chlorine effect

[jayess]

Hi everyone,

I just started my first brew using a Wherry kit and following the "how to make a preimum beer kit, start to finish" thread and may have a problem.

The container I used to hold the water for de-chlorination wasn't large enough to contain all the water so I filled it with half the water and added 1/4 of a crushed campden tablet. I boiled 3.5 litres of this and mixed with the can contents in the fermenter and poured in the rest of the water.

I the filled my container with the rest of the water but forgot to add another 1/4 tablet before pouring it into the fermenter.

So.. the 1/4 campden tablet should be enough for 19 litres and the kit called for 26.5 and half of the water was not exposed to the campden tablet until it was also exposed to the kit contents. How bad an effect is this likely to have on the taste of the final beer? It's been brewing for 36 hours - is there anything I can do at this stage? Add another 1/4 tablet? Should I just not worry about it? - The kit instructions didn't mention campden tablets at all, though I understand they keep things simple at the expense of the best quality result.

Thanks,

J

 

[alanywiseman.]

How does your tap water taste?

If I remember correctly a 1/4 of a campden tablet should be more than enough for 26.5L so it will be perfectly fine. Dot worry about it.

FYI the Wherry kit should be made up to 23L not 26.5. It will just mean that you will have a weaker beer with a slightly diluted taste but it will still be good :thumb:

 

[jayess]

The tap water here (south Wales) tastes good and is soft.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest about the campden tablet.

I mis-read the Wherry instructions - they say to use 3.5 litres of boiling water and then to top up to 23L - not add 23L. Oops! Ah well, if a weaker beer is the worst I end up with on my first attempted I'll be very happy! :)

Thanks again,

J