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Thanks aruzinsky! I've noticed in batches where I've added a little salt that yeast activity is impeded; I wonder if the "sodium" in sodium benzoate will have a similar yeast dampening effec ...

I'm a few months into brewing and bottle-fermenting root-, bark-, and spice-based root beer, and over time I've seen where sodium benzoate is used to kill the yeast before it overcarbonates the bottle ...