So I have been brewing for a little while now and have a problem. I recently got the water report for this year and it has chloramine in it. I have a few brews that are fermenting away and wonder if I could add some campden tablets to remove the chloramine. Please help me
Chloramine removal
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I can't ofer any advice on the use of campden tabs.
However, my water also has a small level of chloramine in it (whithin government limits). I believe most folks who have a muninciple water supply do.
I use a large in-line water filter from Home Depot on my fridge water inlet line with quick disconnects. The filter performs well enough that you can tell a difference from the water straight out of the tap. Mostly, the chlorine odor/taste is gone in the filtered water, and there is no sediment at all.
I don't have hard numbers on my filtered water, but have heard repeatedly that if your chloramine and mineral content are whithin accepted limits, then a filter is all you need. My beers certainly back this up.
The plus side of this is now your fridge water and ice cubes taste and look great!
Pez.
However, my water also has a small level of chloramine in it (whithin government limits). I believe most folks who have a muninciple water supply do.
I use a large in-line water filter from Home Depot on my fridge water inlet line with quick disconnects. The filter performs well enough that you can tell a difference from the water straight out of the tap. Mostly, the chlorine odor/taste is gone in the filtered water, and there is no sediment at all.
I don't have hard numbers on my filtered water, but have heard repeatedly that if your chloramine and mineral content are whithin accepted limits, then a filter is all you need. My beers certainly back this up.
The plus side of this is now your fridge water and ice cubes taste and look great!
Pez.
mjohnson
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I think the idea is that you put the tablets in before you brew with the water.
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No. You'll have the chlorophenols already. I assume you're talking about beer, not wort. But even if you've just brewed, and it is wort, it's too late if you've boiled. You treat the water before brewing with it.
The campden does work in the brew water before brewing, though. So, it's too late for this batch but for the next one you can treat the water the day before. One campden tablet is enough for a batch of beer, I think one campden is good for 10-20 gallons of water. You crush the campden, add it and stir well, and by the next day the chloramine will be removed.
Bubba_Mustafa
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I've been under the impression that clorine will evaporate out of the water (aquarium pump/air stone can help things along)
But the Chloramine doesn't evaporate out of suspension.
It does, if prior to brewing with the water you treat it with campden (potassium metabisulfite). A chemical reaction causes the chloramine to disipate. It will NOT boil off, though.
Bubba_Mustafa
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Well yeah. I meant that just leaving it untreated it wouldn't be removed by sitting out or being boiled.
Regular Chlorine will evap off. But most city water is moving towards the chloramine because it doesn't evap off. They use less and can have safer water throughout the system.
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I use one campden tablet per gallon in my fresh fruit musts.
