guiseppio
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hi all im just wondering if there is a alternative to sulphites for stabilizing water/kill wild yeasts as i "think" i am slightly sensitive to them!..( i seem to get bloated and sick and heave really inflamed feeling stomach from cheap beer while the pure(no perservative) beers i can drink til the cows come home!)"could just be a coincidence" i also don't want to use just plain old tap water i haven't tried making beer yet (just 2 ciders with mixed results) but have abit of equipment all i need is a hydrometer really .. so question is ... is it essential to use sulphites for beer and if it is .. how much is minimum amount for 5 gal ? do i use it before mixing in the malt extract to water ? or before bottling ..i would prefer not to use campden tablets but... if its going to wreck my brew il use them and deal with the stomach :cross: i am going to roughly follow craigtube's coopers homebrew kit video (as i have pretty much the same gear minus the hydrometer and the bottling tube thing ) and i see he just uses tap water without campden/sulphites could i just boil it and use a sanatized pot/lid or kettle and transfer it into a sanitized keg when it is cool enough ?? problem is id have to do it in 1 gal lots as i only have 1 pot that big.i didint use campden in my 1st cider brew and it turned out smelling like bad eggs .. 2nd attempt i was more intense with cleaning/sanitizing so i am hoping that brew turns out better(still no campden) ... we have a natural water fountain quite close to where i live which is where i get my drinking water from www.huttvalleynz.com/upload/documents/petone_water.pdf (apologies for pdf file) but they say the water is free from micro organisms and organic substances from several years of journey within the aquifer .. hehe sounds good but would that be a ideal alternative to tap water or is my brew going to go bad? cheers all again .... any feedback appreciated :fro:
ps ... apologies about the big post
ps ... apologies about the big post
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