Using campden tablet in kits is bad advice???

[sloe jim]

Love this site to bits as it has saved me YEARS of making mistakes and experimenting, But i was suprised to read about making the most of your'e kits by adding half a crushed campden tablet, Would'nt this depend on the original water quality of your'e area.
I'm fortunate to live in Yorkshire where the quality of water in my area is good, My recent brews of Woodfordes Wherry and Admirals Revenge which were
brewed short at 36 pints had three weeks in the fv and three weeks in the cornie's. they both turned out to be the best pint iv'e had in ages, local pub included.
I then tried the same method using the campden tablet in a Milestone Donner and Blitzed and it turned out rank!
It stunk the house out for weeks (does the campden react with the yeast, not sure?) and it taste awfull.
I would recomend only using campden as a last resort if youre beer is turning out really bad!
Has anyone else had such an experience?
What do the experienced brewers think....

 

[Moley]

Well I would suggest that your beer turning out rank is nothing to do with the CT.

Half a CT in 5 gallons, or even a whole CT in 5 gallons, is not going to bother your yeasties and will not give any noticeable smell or taste.

 

[Runwell-Steve]

+1 to Moley

I can't see any reason why adding half a Campden tablet would cause any harm to your beer, I used to add a whole one in 5 gallon as halving it was too much hassle.

I think I'd be looking elsewhere to find the cause of the problem before I blamed the Campden Tablet.

 

[sloe jim]

Im not trying to place blame or score points!!!
And thats what I love about brewing, Everyone is passoinate and protective about thier own experiences...
I'm so frustrated about the fact ive gone from producing great beer to a really poor beer, but most importantly i dont understand why this is so.
The FV I used was brand new which I then scrubbed,washed and sanitised to the usuall high standard. The yeast I used was the gervin ale yeast,
The temerature ranged consistantly between 20-23 degrees day and night (was this too hot?).
The only thing i did different was to use a CT which is a sulfur based product and i ended up with a sulfur smell...
Shall i put this one down to experience or am i doing something drastically wrong????

 

[evanvine]

Just calm down, even if you put 100 CTs in, it would not smell of sulphur, but of sulphur dioxide!
You got yourself a **** kit, I should take issue with the manufactures not the Forum!

 

[sloe jim]

Lol... Deap breaths and count to ten!
Dont worry im totaly calm and as always very gratefull for poeple taking the time out to give advice!
Thankyou...

 

[Cussword]

Lol... Deap breaths and count to ten!
Dont worry im totaly calm and as always very gratefull for poeple taking the time out to give advice!
Thankyou...

I was going to say, (Best Michael Winner voice) Calm down dear

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Im not trying to place blame or score points!!!
And thats what I love about brewing, Everyone is passoinate and protective about thier own experiences...
I'm so frustrated about the fact ive gone from producing great beer to a really poor beer, but most importantly i dont understand why this is so.
The FV I used was brand new which I then scrubbed,washed and sanitised to the usuall high standard. The yeast I used was the gervin ale yeast,
The temerature ranged consistantly between 20-23 degrees day and night (was this too hot?).
The only thing i did different was to use a CT which is a sulfur based product and i ended up with a sulfur smell...
Shall i put this one down to experience or am i doing something drastically wrong????

Did you throw the campden in the wort or did you treat the water before you mixed in the can?
I've also known to have had a bad Gervin yeast before.
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