Wish me luck, i added 8x more campden than the recommended

[The_Glue]

So during messing with the water i accidentally added about 8 times more crystalline sodium metabisulfite than i the recommended amount (1 tablet per 20 gallon) in campden tablets. I used it for dechlorination.

The water tasted a tiny bit more funky than usual but i thought it was because of the citric acid i added. (i used it for the first time ever, in a really small amount) It did not smelled sulfury. Maybe the store sold me old metabisulfite?

I did some crazy stirring before and sometimes during the boil because i have heard that areating wine can lower the sulfur levels.

Apart from that it was a pretty good brewday. The beer is in the fermenter now.

Is there anything more i can do than praying at this point?

 

[The_Glue]

Quick update: 10-12 hours after pitching it started to bubble pretty good

 

[The_Glue]

After 7-8 days it looks like it fermented out totally, not even bubbles left.

It could be my best fermentation with an US05 yet. I opened the bucket and it had zero of that peachy/fruity US05 smell i used to get all the time.

It is either because i dropped two packets into a 5 gallon 1.060 OG wort, i rehydrated, i used yeast nutrient and a bit of olive oil for fun and the temp stayed between 66-70 or because the campden already killed off the yeast.

 

[peanasky]

I bet you had a nice clean, strong fermentation due to pitching rate, nutrient, hydration, and ferm temps. Also having less chlorine in the water could allow the yeast to work better as well.

 

[wanders]

I've accidentally followed the label on my campden packaging and put in 1 tab per gallon a few times. Always fermented fine and turned out perfectly drinkable anyways

 

[The_Glue]

That sounds good!

I used to ferment everything for 4 weeks but it looks like i will be able to bottle it next week i hope.

 

[The_Glue]

It fermented down from 1.060 to 1.010 and there was no sulfury smell during bottling.

 

[surffisher2a]

I might have done that once or twice as well. Everything turned out fine, no off flavors that I could taste.