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- Ok, here's a question for the history buffs
  
  By James Lao · Posted 15 minutes ago
  
  I reckon Shepherd Neame IPA is a great English IPA, bloody love it! Pretty sure it only has 'traditional' English hops in it (EKG?).. Get it every now and again from Dans, for research purposes. Cheers James
- bulk priming question
  
  By Cosmo2450 · Posted 1 hour ago
  
  Bulk priming is something I want to explore. Well more or less natural condition a keg. I had thought of maybe keeping some unfermented wort to use as priming sugar. Anyone done anything like this?
- Ok, here's a question for the history buffs
  
  By MartyG1525230263 · Posted 2 hours ago
  
  the natural preservation of sugar is the osmotic potential of high sugar environments ... that is why jams and syrups have no bacterial infections as the sugar content is huge and the bacterial cells are basically destroyed due to the cellular liquid leaving the cell due to osmosis ... but the high sugar environment is great for fungi, yeasts and moulds as they have sell walls which stop the degradation of the cell ... that is a very simplistic explanation but it will do ...
- Ok, here's a question for the history buffs
  
  By porschemad911 · Posted 2 hours ago
  
  Get a hold of Mitch Steele's IPA book, it's a great read that looks at a bunch of old brewing records (amongst other resources). Cheers, John
- ALDI OKTOBERFEST
  
  By porschemad911 · Posted 2 hours ago
  
  Yep, they were at $39.99 at my local Aldi on the weekend. Cheers, John