njohnsoncs
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I use campden tablets to treat my water during my extract brews. I want to treat all 5 gallons but I only use 3 gallons during the boil and top off with the other 2 gallons after the wort is cooled and in the fermenter.
My process is as follows. I use a clean and dry (but not sanitized) bowl and spoon from my cupboard, split the tablet with my fingers, and crush into a powder with the spoon in the bowl. Then I dump the powder into a bucket which contains 5 gallons of water. After about 30 minutes, I pour 3 gallons into my brew kettle and start the boil while the remaining 2 gallons sits in the bucket until I'm ready to top it off.
Since the extra 2 gallons has not been boiled, I'm concerned about possible contamination from splitting/crushing the campden tablet. How does everyone else do this?
A couple questions you may have which I can answer a priori:
1. I don't use a sanitized bowl or spoon because then they would be wet and would create a paste which would be difficult to get into the water and dissolve completely.
2. I cannot do a full boil because my electric stove is not able to get 5 gallons of water to boil.
Nick
My process is as follows. I use a clean and dry (but not sanitized) bowl and spoon from my cupboard, split the tablet with my fingers, and crush into a powder with the spoon in the bowl. Then I dump the powder into a bucket which contains 5 gallons of water. After about 30 minutes, I pour 3 gallons into my brew kettle and start the boil while the remaining 2 gallons sits in the bucket until I'm ready to top it off.
Since the extra 2 gallons has not been boiled, I'm concerned about possible contamination from splitting/crushing the campden tablet. How does everyone else do this?
A couple questions you may have which I can answer a priori:
1. I don't use a sanitized bowl or spoon because then they would be wet and would create a paste which would be difficult to get into the water and dissolve completely.
2. I cannot do a full boil because my electric stove is not able to get 5 gallons of water to boil.
Nick