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This is the Brulosophy podcast. I'm your host Marshall Shot and in this episode contributor Malcolm

Fraser is joining me to talk about carbonation.

Malcolm, I don't know about you, but I'm a big fan of carbonation in beer.

I feel like it's one of those things that without it, I'm not sure I'd be drinking beer as often as I do.

Right, the Sparkle Fiz component which adds to some of the theater of beer, you know, that pops

on when we open up the cap and that fizzle the the bubbles rising to the top that foam

starting to form that's that's part of the dramatic aspect of beer and it's one of the

things that separates beer from so many other beverages especially adult

beverages that's right yeah the fact that it that be from so many other beverages, especially adult beverages.

That's right, yeah, the fact that beer is not still.

And I think, you know, carbonation is one of those things.

I've thought a lot about how we got to the point of beer being as carbonated as it is.

And we're not pushing like soda levels in beer or anything like that.

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