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Bruosophy contributor Malcolm Fraser to chat about a beer everyone loves to hate, a style so controversial it receives oodles of hate on social media

around this time every single year that's right today we're going to be talking

about pumpkin beer Malcolm you're a fan of the style so I like any beer when it's brewed well and balanced for the style.

So I cartoonishly ping on them when people just love them over the top but I brew one every year and I usually try a few every year and I don't know I like them I'll have one or two you know when I go out whatever but I'm not one of those people who who chase around the pumpkin truck

Yeah, I remember you know it seems like and we'll get more into this later, but it seems like pumpkin beers the focus among

Home Brewers at least these days is they have to be you know that people don't like the word balance

But but it seems like with this with the spices and the different that people

it seems like with this with the spices and the different ingredients people use for

pumpkin beers they really do need to strike a balance

uh... in order for them to be

i don't know for for people who appreciate beer may be enjoyable.

Yeah, balance I think is different for every beer and it's different for every person too

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