wheat malt is evil....

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Friday Aug 24, 2007 9:44 pm

...makes me fart like a trooper, am I the only one? Both my local drinking cohorts have confirmed my suspicions.

What say you?

ps: I "may" have put a decent dent in a keg tonight

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Friday Aug 24, 2007 9:47 pm

Let me guess, you had chili con carne for lunch and indian curry for dinner and now you are trying to blame the HB!

I must say I have never noticed an increase in flachulance with wheat beers, but..better out than in right? Maybe you should be more worried about the missus letting you into bed tonight

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Friday Aug 24, 2007 11:20 pm

man, i could go some chilli con carne now!

can't say i've noticed wheat malt causing gas with myself lol

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Saturday Aug 25, 2007 6:38 am

Some similar commentary here.

Cheers,
Greg

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Saturday Aug 25, 2007 8:06 am

gregb wrote:Some similar commentary here.

Cheers,
Greg

Leave it to greg to find the fart thread

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Saturday Aug 25, 2007 12:04 pm

that's interesting then, cause last night was with a golden ale - the previous bad arse explosion nights involved a stout & irish red, both with wheat malt to add body, the golden was 2/5ths wheat - no maltodextrin (Corn syrup) anywhere near it, unless there is some in the malt extract?

My barley only brews don't seem to do it though, same boil procedure regardless of ingredients so that shouldn't be a variable.

I'd put it down to wheat

Oh, no curry or any other flatulence inspiring foods for a couple of days prior too

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Saturday Aug 25, 2007 2:23 pm

maybe you have a minor gastronomical intolerance to wheat?

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Saturday Aug 25, 2007 6:59 pm

Kevnlis wrote:
gregb wrote:Some similar commentary here.

Cheers,
Greg
Leave it to greg to find the fart thread

It's important to know where the important threads are.

Cheers,
Greg

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Saturday Aug 25, 2007 8:05 pm

KEG wrote:maybe you have a minor gastronomical intolerance to wheat?

Could well be, but what's the odds both my drinking buddies do too?

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Saturday Aug 25, 2007 8:44 pm

hmm. good point.

/has another beer

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Sunday Aug 26, 2007 1:06 pm

Ohh, now that I think of it they've only commented on it for the darker beers, where is could be proteins or unfermented carbs doing it for them - whereas it could be wheat for me.

the plot thickens!

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Sunday Aug 26, 2007 3:00 pm

as does the air in whatever room you're in

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Sunday Aug 26, 2007 3:00 pm

as does the air in whatever room you're in

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Sunday Aug 26, 2007 3:58 pm

Had to be sure we read it KEG?

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Sunday Aug 26, 2007 4:57 pm

MMMM double dose of thick air, somebody get the sword out

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Sunday Aug 26, 2007 10:47 pm

bah, i thought it didn't post the first time

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Monday Aug 27, 2007 10:43 am

There are multiple explanations I've heard for this, the most authoritative being maltodextrin and yeast. Could it be that your wheatie has a poorly flocculating yeast?

I know that yeast affects me that way, so I'm quite a careful pourer of homebrew when it's in a bottle, and I usually leave my kegs in the fridge for a week before I get started on them.

Oh, and I never use maltodextrin, I just use carapils instead.