addis29
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My dad loves my homebrew but has recently started taking medication where he can't drink alcohol. Has anyone ever done a non alcoholic homebrew.
It is funny I have a few 12 stepper friends. they dont even drink the NA beer because of the small amount of booze in it. they even dont drink anything naturally carbonated.
No ABV.....what's the use? Drink water :rockin:
To bottle condition after heating, you'll have to add yeast (a cheap dry yeast like Munton's is fine) and prime normally. You will end up under 0.5% ABV and close to 0.25% if you do everything right.
Oh, yes, how awesome you are for positing such an awesome assertion You even added the "rockin" emoticon. Man, you are HARD CORE, dude. Whooo, yay booze!
First off, my dad's been sober for 20+ years, but he still likes the taste of beer. Why don't you go ask him "what's the use"?
Secondly, my wife has a fetus in her belly the size of an avocado right now, but she loves the taste of beer. Why don't you go ask her "what's the use"?
Here's the thing: not everyone is a drunk-ass college kid, and getting blasted is not always the primary goal. So perhaps, next time you think about posting such nonsense, you should think again.
Can you justify this claim?
If fermentation is complete, there are no fermentables left in the beer. Corn sugar that would be used for priming has the potential of 1.046. At 0.3lb in 5 gal would raise the SG .003. If it ferments completely, that would raise the ABV 0.26% ABV..... And in reality, it probably wouldn't attenuate that far, so the actual percentage would be even lower.
Yeah but what about the alcohol that is already in the beer?
Yeah but what about the alcohol that is already in the beer?
That was pretty much addressed in the first three posts, I believe.
My post was just a response for "justifying" the ABV left behind after bottle conditioning....
I agree that the ABV after bottle condition is marginally higher than the ABV before, just not that any method has been presented that will get the ABV before anywhere near 0.
I wondered if you have found out any more information for brewing non alcoholic beer. The infor I have found in the past few days suggest a high water to malt ratio in conjunction with a good dose of unfermentables(for body) and a low attenuating yeast. After fermentation heat by stove top or oven to 174 degrees F for 30 minutes to burn off alcohol.
I am a bit stumped on bottle conditioning as to how much yeast and surgar use as I believe cooking the beer will kill the yeast in the beer. If you are kegging you can force CO2 and let it condition.
I will be experimenting on a 1 gallon batch of all grain stout this week end.
Fallowing the quote below this and increaseign the boil off time from 30- 45 or 50mins would get your ABV easily below .5%
i have done sevral of my own distilations purely for educational purposes only of course... and after 50 minutes of distilation have found the achohal level lower then my hydrometer could regesture... the last line on my hydrometer is 1/2%... and i have done this sevral times... so i guess personal experience... but also inferior equipment... in case your wondering i let the remaining wort cool down to 70F before i tested it... Granted it was only about a gallon of brew which was heated, not 5 gallons
Cheers
I could be misunderstanding you here, but you do know that the % alcohol scale on the hydrometer is a measure of the potential alcohol (if all the sugar present was fermented). Any finished beer will have very little potential to make more alcohol. I could be wrong about what you're saying, maybe it just went over my head.
How about only doing an initial 30 min boil adding your bittering hops, then chill and ferment. After fermentation, rack to the boil kettle and boil again for 30 min adding your flavor and aroma hops before chilling a second time and straight to keg.
Thoughts?
-J
I got another one which shows achohal percent persent, it says hydrometer on the box but it maybe called somthing else... i used that
Cheers
Oh, yes, how awesome you are for positing such an awesome assertion You even added the "rockin" emoticon. Man, you are HARD CORE, dude. Whooo, yay booze!
First off, my dad's been sober for 20+ years, but he still likes the taste of beer. Why don't you go ask him "what's the use"?
Secondly, my wife has a fetus in her belly the size of an avocado right now, but she loves the taste of beer. Why don't you go ask her "what's the use"?
Here's the thing: not everyone is a drunk-ass college kid, and getting blasted is not always the primary goal. So perhaps, next time you think about posting such nonsense, you should think again.
I have been sober for 2 1/2 years and I really love the taste of beer. I am interested in homebrewing again. Did it many years ago and had some great brews. However i am wondering how to get it right without the alcohol. I understand why some people would think its pointless to drink beer with out the alcohol. If they had lived my life they would understand..... Brewing and drinking beer is a great hobby and I really enjoyed sharing my brews. Anyone have tips on how to get started on this again?
At what temperature does finished beer boil? From what I recall, it will remain at the boiling temperature of ethanol (176 F?) until all of the ethanol boils off. Any temperature over 176 and the etOH absorbs the heat of the solution until etOH heat of vaporization is met and the etOH boils away, leaving behind the rest.
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