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wheat malt is evil....
Posted: Friday Aug 24, 2007 9:44 pm
by Ash
...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
Posted: Friday Aug 24, 2007 9:47 pm
by Kevnlis
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
Posted: Friday Aug 24, 2007 11:20 pm
by KEG
man, i could go some chilli con carne now!
can't say i've noticed wheat malt causing gas with myself lol
Posted: Saturday Aug 25, 2007 6:38 am
by gregb
Some similar commentary
here.
Cheers,
Greg
Posted: Saturday Aug 25, 2007 8:06 am
by Kevnlis
gregb wrote:Some similar commentary
here.
Cheers,
Greg
Leave it to greg to find the fart thread
Posted: Saturday Aug 25, 2007 12:04 pm
by Ash
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
Posted: Saturday Aug 25, 2007 2:23 pm
by KEG
maybe you have a minor gastronomical intolerance to wheat?
Posted: Saturday Aug 25, 2007 6:59 pm
by gregb
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
Posted: Saturday Aug 25, 2007 8:05 pm
by Ash
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?
Posted: Saturday Aug 25, 2007 8:44 pm
by KEG
hmm. good point.
/has another beer
Posted: Sunday Aug 26, 2007 1:06 pm
by Ash
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!
Posted: Sunday Aug 26, 2007 3:00 pm
by KEG
as does the air in whatever room you're in
Posted: Sunday Aug 26, 2007 3:00 pm
by KEG
as does the air in whatever room you're in
Posted: Sunday Aug 26, 2007 3:58 pm
by Kevnlis
Had to be sure we read it KEG?
Posted: Sunday Aug 26, 2007 4:57 pm
by lethaldog
Posted: Sunday Aug 26, 2007 10:47 pm
by KEG
bah, i thought it didn't post the first time
Posted: Monday Aug 27, 2007 10:43 am
by rwh
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.
