Stevorino
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Anyone ever try making low calorie homebrew? SWMBO is interested in me making some for the New Year...
The Beano tablets convert a lot of the carbs so it is a lot less caloric.
Low-carb is not the same as low-calorie. The Beano will convert more of the complex sugars to simple sugars that the yeast will eat and convert to alcohol, but since alcohol is also a source of calories this will not change the caloric content of the beer to a significant extent.
OG is king; brew a small beer with a low starting gravity and you'll have a less caloric beer, even if it finishes at a higher FG (and hence is higher in carbohydrates) than your IIPA.
Low-carb is not the same as low-calorie. The Beano will convert more of the complex sugars to simple sugars that the yeast will eat and convert to alcohol, but since alcohol is also a source of calories this will not change the caloric content of the beer to a significant extent.
Low-carb is not the same as low-calorie. The Beano will convert more of the complex sugars to simple sugars that the yeast will eat and convert to alcohol, but since alcohol is also a source of calories this will not change the caloric content of the beer to a significant extent.
OG is king; brew a small beer with a low starting gravity and you'll have a less caloric beer, even if it finishes at a higher FG (and hence is higher in carbohydrates) than your IIPA.
Not so, about half the calories are lost in the fermentation process producing CO2. One of the reasons corn ethanol is so inefficient.
As you know, alcohol has calories too. . . .
i am wondering if alcohol calories are the same in terms of being fattening as other types, such as sugar and fat.
doesn't the alcohol get treated as a toxin and eliminated by the kidneys instead of being metabolized like sugar?
(my swmbo is asking for a less fattening beer, too, but she is not into light colored watery swill. we enjoy good tasting swill like dark ales and stouts.)
i am wondering if alcohol calories are the same in terms of being fattening as other types, such as sugar and fat.
A calorie is a calorie.
So what are the big guys using to go from 1.030 to .999 resulting in a 125 calorie 4% beer
I don't see a homebrew yeast going that low without help or am I wrong?
So what are the big guys using to go from 1.030 to .999 resulting in a 125 calorie 4% beer
I don't see a homebrew yeast going that low without help or am I wrong?
The "big guys" may be using additional enzymes. Which is what Beano is.
US-05 is a monster at attenuation.
so - gasoline is fattening?
and by extension, every fart you let fly is helping you lose weight!
Attitude aside, if it has calories it can contribute to weight gain; it it helps you burn calories it can contribute to weight loss.
Feel free to drink some gasoline if you wish to test the theory. I'm confident even a mental midget can determine that it is not a good idea.
Attitude aside, if it has calories it can contribute to weight gain; it it helps you burn calories it can contribute to weight loss.
Feel free to drink some gasoline if you wish to test the theory. I'm confident even a mental midget can determine that it is not a good idea.
the point was that alcohol calories might be metabolized differently than carb calories.
a calorie is scientifically defined as an amount of energy stored within a substance. biologically they are not all the same.
I wouldn't recommend Atkins, or any diet regiment besides support groups. You need to think about overall health, not just weight loss. Carbs are important, and so is exercise.
IMO, eliminate processed food from your diet and get some regular exercise every day, and you can enjoy pints of delicious Bitters, Milds, Northern/Southern Browns, Scottish 60-80 shillings, Dry stouts, or other beers below 5% without any worries. You'd rather do them right than adulterate them with weird enzymes for questionable benefit (maybe shaving off half a teaspoon of sugar worth of calories?). Just walk around the block and enjoy your pint.
Eat 2,000 calories in any format you want and burn off 2,000 calories, you won't alter your scale weight. How it will impact your body composition is a whole different discussion than your trite remark. A 2,000 calorie diet of pure sugars versus a balanced 2,000 calories will have health implications beyond simply weight.
Eat 2,000 calories in any format you want and burn off 2,000 calories, you won't alter your scale weight. How it will impact your body composition is a whole different discussion than your trite remark. A 2,000 calorie diet of pure sugars versus a balanced 2,000 calories will have health implications beyond simply weight.
The fact of the matter is, it's not the sugars/carbs/etc that will make you fat, it is how much you ingest along with living a sedimentary lifestyle.
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