Do you tell of not tell about Homebrew's possible unpleasant side-effect?

[Grossy]

Do you tell of not tell about Homebrew's possible unpleasant side-effect?

The Farts!!!

Now I understand this is an unpleasant subject, and not very tasteful.

However I have some relatives coming over from back east, 55 or so in age, and I have been debating if I should inform them of this possible side-effect or not.

Perhaps it was the broccoli or the eggs...

 

[stpug]

Never had that problem here..... from homebrew that is

 

[Genuine]

Yeah, can't say that I've ever had that issue with homebrew. Other food items though...are a different story

 

[fivepointslow]

My stout makes me rip them off like no other so I make sure I take some beano first. Maybe just tell them it will cause gas and then hand them a beano or gas-x.

 

[kh54s10]

I too have not had that particular problem....

Added: I have had no complaints from the many who I have shared with.

 

[1975brewer]

Let them enjoy your beer & come to their own conclusions.

 

[blackbeer]

are you decanting the bottles and leaving a half inch or so in the bottom? if you are just glugging it all into a glass, it will make you fart like a buffalo. lots of vitamin d in that yeast.

 

[oogaboogachiefwalkingdeer]

If you drink it straight up instead of from a glass. You are going to need a blow off tube or some clean shorts.

 

[sportpak]

I'm 38yr old and still find my huge farts humorous.
House brew doesn't really set me off though, I usually leave the trub in the bottle.

 

[Fedora]

C'mon guys. Live yeast can most definitely cause some gas. Especially from overconsumption by the non-initiated.

If the company is having one or two, I would keep mum. If you think they might have six or seven, a discreet warning might be in order. For well respected family, that is. Buddies can figure it out for themselves.

 

[Grossy]

C'mon guys. Live yeast can most definitely cause some gas. Especially from overconsumption by the non-initiated.

If the company is having one or two, I would keep mum. If you think they might have six or seven, a discreet warning might be in order. For well respected family, that is. Buddies can figure it out for themselves.

Well said post.

I gave up bottling a few years ago, so no issues with the trub.

 

[Fedora]

Well said post.

I gave up bottling a few years ago, so no issues with the trub.

Even from the keg, I've seen issues. Rather, I've heard them. And smelt them on occasion.

 

[how1]

What does being 55 years old have anything to do with it?:beard:

 

[dsaavedra]

Let them enjoy your beer & come to their own conclusions.

Yeah really, no better way to make people immediately disgusted by your beer before even laying eyes on it than to tell them it will make them fart all night.

 

[sportpak]

I'd keep it to myself unless Granny had church service in the morning.

 

[max384]

Any beer makes me fart, whether it be macro-, micro-, or homebrew.




... Come to think of it, everything makes me fart. I fart a lot.

 

[madscientist451]

From John Palmer's how to brew:

Dextrins are tasteless carbohydrates that hang around, adding some weight and viscosity to the beer. The effect is fairly limited and some brewers suspect that dextrins are a leading cause of "beer farts," when these otherwise unfermentable carbohydrates are finally broken down in the intestines.

I can remember getting bad gas after drinking Pete's Wicked Ale. It was so bad I stopped buying it.
I haven't had that problem with my homebrew or or recent craft beer.

 

[jbaysurfer]

I'd keep it to myself unless Granny had church service in the morning.

In which case I'd DEFINITELY keep it to myself, and probably attend church for the first time in decades just to watch the fallout.

 

[MaxStout]

If you drink it straight up instead of from a glass. You are going to need a blow off tube or some clean shorts.

But do you bubble it through Starsan?

 

[Cadrian]

Never had a problem with this....
I have had people coworkers complain after I shared my beer with them and they went through a 6 pack of 7% and higher. i expect that with any alcohol beverage i drink, that I feel my guts with booze they wont be happy.

Honestly just pour the bottles in a glass, leave the yeast at the bottle. I do that for every bottle anyway, if I am saving my bottles I feel like it lessens my chances of infections.

 

[how1]

If I over carb my beer I'll fart like a jet engine for 24 hours

 

[Aonghus]

Do you tell of not tell about Homebrew's possible unpleasant side-effect?

The Farts!!!

Now I understand this is an unpleasant subject, and not very tasteful.

However I have some relatives coming over from back east, 55 or so in age, and I have been debating if I should inform them of this possible side-effect or not.

Perhaps it was the broccoli or the eggs...

The only time that my beer caused a gas issue (and perhaps, slightly more), was when I was bottling and I decided to not waste the yeast filled, cloudy beer at the bottom of the fermenter. I drank that up on the spot. That must have been a whole lot of vitamin B and those yeast had their revenge.

 

[oogaboogachiefwalkingdeer]

Last time I went off like a jet engine,,,,,,,,, well let's just say it wasn't a pleasant experience. Oh and one time I got the bright idea to pronounce some words with those so called blow outs........ that didn't turn out so good either.

 

[BigFloyd]

Certain foods + homebrew can give you a rippin bad case. Yeast love to feast on fresh fruit and your body temp gets them all excited.

 

[TeeJo]

I just blame the dog.

He came to us able to basically strip paint anyway, so it's an easy sell!

TeeJo

 

[VladOfTrub]

Face it. The beer you brew is sh!tty.

 

[blackbeer]

reminds me of the time years ago that i went to a buddies small vacation home with a few guys in the winter. i brought 2 or 3 kegs of hb, and homemade saurkraut and bratwurst. 4 or 5 guys, 1 small bathroom right off the living room. the next morning the house was almost toxic. it was about 30 degrees out but we had all the windows and doors open. it was unfriggenreal.

 

[supermutantbrewmaster]

Last time I got serious yeast colon blow was the day I went to a friends wedding and ate a bunch of sugary wedding cake. Later that afternoon my fiancee and I stopped off at a local brewery to try some of their wares. The assistant brewer invited a bunch of patrons on an impromptu tour. Part of the tour he let everyone taste beer that was in different stages of fermentation... he was a friendly guy but now that I think about it, he was an evil genius. All that night and most of the next day I was ripping jet engine farts. It was so bad I couldn't sleep because of it. My fiancee slept in the living room and I basically lived on the toilet all night. The upshot was my colon felt like it had been sandblasted clean.

 

[Snowden]

I haven't laughed this hard in a while!

 

[Monkey-BB]

Sometimes my A$s sounds like a kicked keg haha