Does anyone have a source of information about how many calories are removed by filtering homebrew? I know most people don't typically care about this, but I have become pretty curious about it.
Most homebrew calorie calculations involve only the og and fg of the beer, thus taking into account the alcohol content and residual sugars remaining after fermentation. Initially this made sense to me. However, since last august I have been keeping a close (daily logbook) eye on my calories, and have steadily been losing 3 lbs/month. That is until I hit the beginning of February... just when I started drinking mostly homebrew rather than store bought beer. Now, I have been keeping track of what I drink, and estimating the calories in my homebrew using online calculators, but my weight loss has completely stalled.
I'm wondering if the yeast and proteins (or anything else I'm not aware of) that are left in unfiltered beer could be a source of uncounted additional calories, and if so how much.
Thanks in advance.
Most homebrew calorie calculations involve only the og and fg of the beer, thus taking into account the alcohol content and residual sugars remaining after fermentation. Initially this made sense to me. However, since last august I have been keeping a close (daily logbook) eye on my calories, and have steadily been losing 3 lbs/month. That is until I hit the beginning of February... just when I started drinking mostly homebrew rather than store bought beer. Now, I have been keeping track of what I drink, and estimating the calories in my homebrew using online calculators, but my weight loss has completely stalled.
I'm wondering if the yeast and proteins (or anything else I'm not aware of) that are left in unfiltered beer could be a source of uncounted additional calories, and if so how much.
Thanks in advance.