madscientist451
Well-Known Member
Since Thanksgiving I've splurged, eating junk, drinking high calorie/high ABV beers and not getting very much exercise. First day of spring is today, so its time to cut back. I've brewed some low-cal/low-carb/low ABV beers before, but most I didn't really like that much. I know, if I want to loose a few pounds I should quit drinking altogether, but that's just not realistic. I'm leaning toward the low starting gravity/high attenuation technique using enzyme additions, but am open too other ideas. So if you've got any low calorie beer recipes that you actually like to drink, post them here:
I'll go first, this is from Drew Beechum, I've made it a few times and definitely recommend it. If you start with an OG is 1.038 and you can get it down to 1.012, the beer will have about 125 calories for 12 oz.
Pale Oat Mild
A silky smooth and toasty malt forward mild with toffee notes and that richness of oats without a ton of hop character. Yes, if you overloaded the hopping this thing would be a light weight NE Session IPA.
Recipe Author:
Drew
Beer Style:
Pale Mild
Batch Size:
5.50 gallons
Boil Time:
90 minutes
Original Gravity:
1.038
IBUs:
10.00
SRM:
6.70
Malt/Grain/Sugar/Extract:
6.0 lbs Maris Otter
2.0 lbs Thomas Fawcett Malted Oats
0.5 lbs Simpsons Medium Crystal
Mashing Instructions:
Single Infusion at 152°F for 60 minutes
Hops:
0.13 oz Target | 11%AA | 60 minutes
0.25oz Challenger | 6.5%AA | 30 minutes
Yeast:
Wyeast 1275 Thames Valley, White Labs Essex Ale, WLP001 Cal Ale, Wyeast 1056, Wyeast 1318 London Ale
I'll go first, this is from Drew Beechum, I've made it a few times and definitely recommend it. If you start with an OG is 1.038 and you can get it down to 1.012, the beer will have about 125 calories for 12 oz.
Pale Oat Mild
A silky smooth and toasty malt forward mild with toffee notes and that richness of oats without a ton of hop character. Yes, if you overloaded the hopping this thing would be a light weight NE Session IPA.
Recipe Author:
Drew
Beer Style:
Pale Mild
Batch Size:
5.50 gallons
Boil Time:
90 minutes
Original Gravity:
1.038
IBUs:
10.00
SRM:
6.70
Malt/Grain/Sugar/Extract:
6.0 lbs Maris Otter
2.0 lbs Thomas Fawcett Malted Oats
0.5 lbs Simpsons Medium Crystal
Mashing Instructions:
Single Infusion at 152°F for 60 minutes
Hops:
0.13 oz Target | 11%AA | 60 minutes
0.25oz Challenger | 6.5%AA | 30 minutes
Yeast:
Wyeast 1275 Thames Valley, White Labs Essex Ale, WLP001 Cal Ale, Wyeast 1056, Wyeast 1318 London Ale
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