Bill Velek <billvelek@alltel.net> writes:[color=blue]
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> Thanks, Pierre. So can I interpret that to mean that trace amounts of
> sodium citrate will not harm the yeast or hurt my beer?[/color]

Right. As a matter of fact (it's not true of all additives or
preservatives) citrate will very likely be metabolized by the
yeast, since it is an intermediary in cell respiration (the
citric acid, or Krebs, cycle.)

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle[/url]

Pierre
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