Idential to Potassium Metabisulphite, but in pill form! One Campden tablet is equivalent to a 1/4 tsp of potassium metabisulphite.
Campden Tablets/Potassium Metabisulphite is one of the most useful ingredients in winemaking. It has a wide variety of uses. We use it exclusively for sterilizing our equipment, stabilizing our wines, and for preparing fruit for fermentation.
Usage:
- 12 tablets/gallon of water for a re-usable sterilizing solution
- 2 tablets/500ml water in a spray bottle for a spray sanitizer. Be sure to rinse with water after using.
- 4 tablets/22L of wine mixed with 100ml of water to stabilize post fermentation. Can also used stabilizer in this place as well.
- 2 tablets tsp/22L of wine mixed with 100ml of water at bottling to ensure the wine is properly stabilized. Do not add stabilizer at this stage - only metabisulphite.
- 1 tablet/5 gallons of fresh fruit must to kill any wild bacteria and yeasts. Let it sit for 24 hours before innoculating with yeast.
- 1 tablet/5 gallons of water to de-chlorinate (useful for when brewing with chlorine or chloramine filled city water like Guelph or KW)