chlorine neutraliser

pelican · Post by **pelican** » Tuesday Jan 04, 2005 7:24 pm

had a thought while filling my fish tank and adding chlorine neutraliser, Has anyone put chlorine neutraliser in there brew i usually use rain water and dont have any problem, i ask this cause im one of these ppl that dont drink tap water

Evo · Post by **Evo** » Tuesday Jan 04, 2005 8:00 pm

You can get rid of the chlorine by just letting your water sit in an open container overnight. You'd have to then boil it up to get rid of any bugs that might have gotten in (since there wouldn't be the chlorine there to kill them).

Personally I think the use of different waters (rainwater, mineral water) in a beer is a waste of time. Unless of course you were making a copy of Tooheys New or Carlton Cold, then I'd recommend filtering the water through ones body first.

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Tuesday Jan 04, 2005 10:21 pm

You will strip the chlorine during the fermentation

Dogger

Post by **Oliver** » Wednesday Jan 05, 2005 5:13 am

Dogger is right.

The boiling point of chlorine is -34C (-29F) and it leaves no residue, so I'd be worried if there's any in your finished beer!

Chlorine neutraliser is Sodium thiosulfate. God only knows what that does to you!

Cheers,

Oliver

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Wednesday Jan 05, 2005 4:20 pm

Chlorine neutraliser is Sodium thiosulfate. God only knows what that does to you!

Or more importantly what does it do to the Beer?

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Wednesday Jan 05, 2005 10:09 pm

That stuff (sodium thiosulphate) breaks down adding sodium to the beer and the sulphate joins with some hydrogen along with a few other neat little reactions to produce hydrogen sulphide. (rotten egg smell)

You have to agitate the beer in order to get it out.

Yummy

Dogger

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Thursday Jan 06, 2005 4:52 am

I think I'll take my chances with the Chlorine that is in the water.