Wort and Dieting

[MeanGreen]

I am increasing my waste line with this hobby

How bad in theory is unfermented wort to drink. Isn't it the sugars that are so fattening in this


I have no interest in brewing a mich ultra clones

 

[Tinga]

its the carbs that go unused. time to buy a gym membership

 

[MeanGreen]

its the carbs that go unused. time to buy a gym membership

I did but the gym schedule is trying to interfere with my brewing schedule

 

[l1ranger]

I did but the gym schedule is trying to interfere with my brewing schedule

this is why i hate gyms

and work

 

[Pick]

Cut back on eating, so you can drink more. Buy a bicycle and ride at least 4 miles per day.

 

[daddarioc]

Cut back on eating, so you can drink more. Buy a bicycle and ride at least 4 miles per day.

Yup, have to either eat less or do activity to account for the liquid calories. Stupid evolutionary metabolism, sigh. .

 

[Airborneguy]

The unfermented wort would probably be worse considering it has far more sugar in it than beer.

 

[KYB]

Cut back on eating, so you can drink more. Buy a bicycle and ride at least 4 miles per day.

Hah, it's is pretty often that I don't have anything to eat at my house, so I just drink beer after work. It helps.

 

[Shepherd5]

I am increasing my waste line with this hobby

How bad in theory is unfermented wort to drink. Isn't it the sugars that are so fattening in this


I have no interest in brewing a mich ultra clones

I prefer to drink only fermented wart.

Seriously, don't do the crime if you can't do the time!

 

[SC_Ryan]

You can make flavorful low calorie beers. Take your favorite pale ale recipe and scale it back by 20%. Rack onto a teaspoon of amylase enzyme in secondary. The enzyme will help to ferment out almost all of the residual sugar. The result will be a beer that is lower in calories but nearly the same alc. %. The beer will certainly be dryer and crisper than the original recipe but it will be no MGD 64...

 

[Got Trub?]

Both the unfermented sugars AND the alcohol contain calories. The former 4cal/g, the later 7cal/g.

There are a number of very flavourfull, low calorie beers you can brew that are NOT light american pilsners. Try brewing some English Bitters or Sottish Ales 60/- or 70/-. A lot of flavour, you can brew them quickly and drink them without adding as much to the waistline or getting blasted.

GT

 

[ThreeTaps]

I typically spend an hour at the gym per day, unless I'm just too tired to get up at 6:30am. Seems to work in maintaining weight. Then again, I only do a couple brews every 6 weeks or so, now.

 

[ToddO]

My wife laughs at me because I am completely on a strict diet JUST so I can drink beer.

 

[wulfsburg]

My wife laughs at me because I am completely on a strict diet JUST so I can drink beer.

Well... if you don't wanna get fat ... it's what you gotta do. I haven't been to the gym in a while, and just started going again because 1 month of regular homebrew drinking has made me a tad chubby. I went on a diet, and a regular workout regiment, and am brewing 4 consecutive 5g batches to get ready to have enough on hand for the rest of the year.

 

[bsdx]

Some people have 6-pack abs... Others go for the Keg shape. Isn't everyone always saying kegging is the way to go?

 

[cockybitz]

fermentation removes only about 5% of the energy from sugars. Your body breaks the chemical bonds to unlock the rest of the energy (calories). Quite simply-- you want less calories, you need a lower SG.