low fattening beer

[the Baron]

my girlfriend reckons one of her mates boyfriends adds some enzyme or something into his homebrew and this means that the yeast ferments more sugars leaving a brew with less kilojoules in it. Her rationale for telling me is that I am a fat prick and while this is not dieting it would be about the closest I would go to it. Does such a thing exist and how would this affect the flavour of the beer and how much does it cost?? Also would I be considered weak for drinking it? Thanks

[Dogger Dan]

From experience they aren't worth it

Women that is

Problem is I didn't find out until way to late

So, who cares what she thinks, surely she should love you for your mind and personality rather than something as shallow as your physical appearance.

Dogger

[richanne]

If you add a good yeast nutrient to your homebrew (White Labs has a great new one out called Servomyces) it will cause your yeast to (among other things) eat more sugar, which will decrease calories AND will have the added benefit of lowering your finished gravity, which means MORE ALCOHOL! So you and your girlfriend can both have what you want!
Anne Brady

[Glen Michel]

Whats this one about weight watchers viagra? Half the fat. Seriously Baron, there is no room in Gods universe for a good low alc/fat beer. The student Prince (Glen M)

[richanne]

Sorry. Forgot to answer your second question about cost. Depending where you buy it, six capsule of Servomyces will run you $9-$13. You use one capsule per 5-gallon batch, added during the last ten minutes of the boil.

[Dogger Dan]

I wonder if I can posibly post something where I am not going to piss anyone off.

Dogger

[db]

http://homebrewandbeer.com/forum/viewto ... ight=#5238

[Oliver]

Dogger,

You're right, mate

Oliver

[Dogger Dan]

Thanks Oliver,

I will see what I can do in the furure.

Dogger

[sago]

If I remember I use a dry enzyme in the brew added at the same time as the yeast.Supposedly scavenges more of the sugars and when I use it theF.G. is down to 1.0 or very close so it must do the job..
Costs about $ 2.50 a packet but does tend to "thin" the beer a bit.
I've got the fat,old ugly bastards disease type 2 diabetes so putting in the dry enzyme salves my conscience .My sugar levels are stable but I am still a fat bastard so don't know how efficacious the enzyme is for weight control.
By the way last time I was in the HBS which is The Country Brewer in Drummoyne I spent a fair bit of money and was given a free tin of their own concoction called Wal's Dry lager.(Struck the owner of the chain so I guess he could afford to be magnanimous) It is a normal tin but had hops in it and the dry enzyme was in the lid space along with the yeast.
Bloody disconcerting to see all the hops floating around at the top of the wort,looked like they'd dropped some Bob Hope in the mix.This was only bottled 15/3 so haven't tried one yet.

[Guest]

Dogger,

I believe Oliver means, "you're alright, mate" as in you don't need to worry about pissing off the Aussies. We're pretty thick skinned most of the time.

[Guest]

Diets are too hard. Join a gym, get some exercise and a bonus perv too.

Greg.

[gregb]

Idiot forgot to log in.

Greg.

[Jay]

Join a Gym I did,

I've been finding that I can drink plenty of beer as long as I keep up the exercise. Nothing too serious just 30 minutes a day. This way you can enjoy a decent, non-watery brew and remain healthy at the same time. The missus appreciates it too

low joule beers are like low fat chocolate what's the use consuming them if you don't enjoy them.

Cheers,
Jay.

[the Baron]

Ok, think I will give it a miss for the moment, but the increased alcohol content probably wouldn't go astray, I will keep that in the back of my mind. I thought that I might be able to get away with a high alcohol beer but less fattening stuff in it, but if the end result is watery beer and tastes like shit I don't like the sound of it.