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12-03-2011, 03:53 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Noob campden question
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Hey all,
Kind of a beginner question, but would there be anything inherently wrong with tossing in some campden tablets during kegging just to be safe, then force carbing as usual? I was just thinking about brewing some soda with some less than sanitary ingredients and wanted to minimize infection risk.
TIA
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12-04-2011, 03:04 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Fort Collins, Co
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Well, as long as your surfaces are sterile, this would just be a waste of tablets. But if kegged, it should be consumed within a week or two. The next best thing is citric acid.
Does that answer your question?
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12-08-2011, 12:50 PM
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Location: Erie, PA
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What "less than sanitary" ingredients are you using? If you're brewing, and you give them a proper boil, you should be fine. I agree with the citric acid, that way you're sure to avoid botulism if you're using something with dirt on it.
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12-09-2011, 03:55 AM
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Well my thoughts were to brew a soda with honey, without pasteurizing it, and it will probably be around a while. So if it was safe to use a tablet in the keg I thought that might be a good idea. I know honey usually comes with microbes so I wanted to sterilize it somehow.
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12-09-2011, 03:56 PM
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Location: Fort Collins, Co
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The microbes in honey are enzymes, not bacteria. Honey NEVER spoils.
Though even with preservatives, you should refrigerate your soda and consume it in a timely manner.
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12-10-2011, 04:13 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Innisfil, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roach
The microbes in honey are enzymes, not bacteria. Honey NEVER spoils.
Though even with preservatives, you should refrigerate your soda and consume it in a timely manner.
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Honey has been known to contain botulism SPOREs (not bacteria, and in small quantity.). Thats why its not recommended for children under 3; their immune system cant fight off the spores like an adult can. |
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12-12-2011, 01:33 PM
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Location: Erie, PA
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Botulism Spores are activated by heating, with a kill temperature at 240F. Once activated, they grow and produce toxin in any environment without oxygen and with a pH higher than 4.6, so you may be fine. It will take a while, but you can get a sugar solution to boil that high if you want to get rid of them that way.
I don't think that a campden tablet will do the trick on the spores, but it would deal with any wild yeasts in the honey, if there are any.
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