Fiber in beer?

[Cheesefood]

Anyone ever try adding some fiber to their beer? Maybe a cup of Metamucil to a 5 gallon batch would help keep the system healthy.

 

[the_bird]

What are you worried about, "Mr. Twelve Incher?"

 

[Cheesefood]

What are you worried about, "Mr. Twelve Incher?"

Nothing. It feels good to be healthy. Plus, I can tell my wife "Nix the fiber one, I'm having another homebrew!"

 

[sirsloop]

I like snacking on fiber one...lol... it goes good with beer!!

I'll save the metamucil for when I NEED it w/ SWMBO, LOL...

(...but but... honey its high in fiber!!)

 

[Evan!]

I wouldn't take the chance of spoiling a whole batch. You never know what an additive like fiber is going to do to a beer. Why not just stir some of that tasteless benefiber stuff into a glass after it's poured?

 

[Vermicous]

The yeast alone already makes me pretty regular, I can't imagine what adding fiber on top will do.

 

[Cheesefood]

The yeast alone already makes me pretty regular, I can't imagine what adding fiber on top will do.

My hope is that it'll blast out the yeast sooner to eliminate the day long trumpet solos.

 

[lumberjackjack]

Wow... no one has wondered about this for almost 20 years? Even now that the kveik strains have come on the homebrew scene? I too am wondering if adding some orange-flavored fiber supplement at bottling might be beneficial for health, especially in a citrus-forward kveik or IPA.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Brewer's Yeast is already an available supplement for gut health. Since there's an abundance of it in our beers, I wouldn't want to over do it by adding fiber and possibly blow out an O-ring.

 

[amber-ale]

Isn’t Metamucil just psyllium husk?
Wouldn’t that create a gel that would make it hard to lauter/decrease the volume harvested / give you jellie beer in the bottle? Depending on what stage you added it?

Try it with a mini batch and tell us what happened!!

 

[Drinking Sensibly]

Oats?

Stir in some Psyllium Husk before drinking. Might fizz a bit mind.

 

[AmarikinBrew]

I did this.
Standard pils w/pilsner only, no carapils/oats/wheat -a SMASH really.
Added a tablespoon to 6 gal batch. Made mud that would not ferment. A dumper.
Did it again with a dusting from what I could get on the very end of a standard needle threader in the full boil.
Fantastic body. Head that lasts and lasts.
Then I learned optimized my process, not needed anymore.

 

[Imhoppy]

Try making a batch of Ex-Lax chocolate stout and see how it comes out.

 

[mac_1103]

Rice hulls have a lot of fiber.

 

[Somesaymybeerisdrinkable]

Wouldn't beer already contain soluble fiber extracted from the grains?

 

[sibelman]

Stir it into a shot: cloudy Jack with a beer back.

 

[AmarikinBrew]

Try making a batch of Ex-Lax chocolate stout and see how it comes out.

UR full O Chit

 

[amber-ale]

Add gelatin and be able to eat your beer !!

 

[VTMongoose]

Isn’t Metamucil just psyllium husk?
Wouldn’t that create a gel that would make it hard to lauter/decrease the volume harvested / give you jellie beer in the bottle? Depending on what stage you added it?

Try it with a mini batch and tell us what happened!!

This is exactly what would happen. The type of soluble fiber in psyllium husk forms a gel. During saccharification, absolutely none of the fiber would end up dissolved into the wort in any meaningful fashion. It would absorb water, and sugar along with it, reducing the amount of wort and sugar remaining after saccharification and also likely resulting in a stuck mash and a gooey mess.

 

[AmarikinBrew]

This is exactly what would happen. The type of soluble fiber in psyllium husk forms a gel. During saccharification, absolutely none of the fiber would end up dissolved into the wort in any meaningful fashion. It would absorb water, and sugar along with it, reducing the amount of wort and sugar remaining after saccharification and also likely resulting in a stuck mash and a gooey mess.

Been there, done that, -see prior post.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Try making a batch of Ex-Lax chocolate stout and see how it comes out.

My guess is the same way as it went in.