Buddy allergic to brewer's yeast!!

[supermoth]

I used to have a lot of asthma problems when I drank beer. Through the years its pretty much all gone, but does pop up once in a while. I used to think it was something in the hops or malt, but it happens almost anytime I drink Ed Wort's apfelwein. So, I'm thinking it some fermentation byproduct.

This is really interesting to me, because my husband sometimes gets a weird allergic-looking reaction to random beers at random times. We thought the same thing, maybe a specific type of malt or variety of hop. And now my first batch of Apfelwein is a month in, so I'll be sure to remember this.

As far as OP's friend's allergy or sensitivity or whatever, allergies can suddenly come on at any age. Same with intolerances to things such as gluten. It sounds to me like the friend is having difficulty describing his problem with yeast, which means he doesn't exactly know what the problem is. That would make it hard for OP to tailor a beer to friend's new restrictive diet. Solution? Make a batch of homebrew for the reception, the rest of the guests will enjoy it, and friend can partake if he desires.

 

[bottlebomber]

Id be extremely careful taking medical advice from an alternative health care provider... especially with some of these hard-to-treat/diagnose medical problems such as fibromyalgia and CFS these frikkin guys are real snake oil salesman. I have heard exactly of this kind of wierd allergy fixation where the "physician" actually takes some blueberries and puts them near you while monitering your "aura" and the response to the item is what helps them decide whether or not your "allergic" to it. Its all a bunch of hooey. If I sound jaded its because I just married a woman who had been taken for many thousands of dollars by these types, and many of the things she's "not supposed to be eating" we have regularly with no problem. She could have bought me an amazing AG setup for all the money she wasted

 

[strat_thru_marshall]

well, if you want to play to him you could just filter the beer with the "sterile" filter pads...no yeast, no problem.

 

[Kaz]

I'd be curious to know how this independent company specified that it was the yeast that he should stay away from. One doesn't normally think of being tested for the effects of yeast.

 

[GuldTuborg]

An easy way to find out if this company has the remotest possibility of legitimacy is to ask your friend (in detail) what kinds of tests they ran to determine his "allergies." If they didn't run a controlled skin or blood test, they're a bogus company. He'd be telling you about the 75+ times he got scratched, injected, or had blood drawn if this test has any chance of being accurate.

Molds are a common allergen, but most people are not allergic to the kind of yeast we make bread, beer, and wine from. I've yet to hear of anyone allergic to saccharomyces.

 

[robtotten]

Try a lager strain. If he's allergic to brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) I don't think that will necessarily mean he's allergic to lager strains (Saccharomyces pastorianus). Can anyone who knows more than me on the subject chime in?

You could use the Common/Steam yeast and ferment at your normal ale temperatures.

 

[GuldTuborg]

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