Adding Fruit to Secondary

lthursdayl · Jul 15, 2010

If I boil Rhubarb in a few cups of water, and add it to my cider do I need to add campden to the secondary?

Thanks.

Priemus · Jul 16, 2010

To my knowledge you only use campden tabs to either kill lambic yeast, or to treat water with high chlorine levels, so no.

gratus fermentatio · Jul 19, 2010

lthursdayl said:
If I boil Rhubarb in a few cups of water, and add it to my cider do I need to add campden to the secondary?

Thanks.

No, the boil will kill off anything that might've come in on the fruit; though you'll likely set any pectins in the fruit. Regards, GF.

gratus fermentatio · Jul 19, 2010

Priemus said:
To my knowledge you only use campden tabs to either kill lambic yeast, or to treat water with high chlorine levels, so no.

What does campden do in water with high chlorine levels?

Priemus · Jul 19, 2010

gratus fermentatio said:
What does campden do in water with high chlorine levels?

It removes both free chlorine and chloramine from the water. 1 crushed tab is enough to do something like 100 leters of water so it goes a long way.

msmylie · Jul 20, 2010

you might want to use some peptic enzyme to prevent cloudiness
mfs

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