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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What do you consider ‘ultra low carb’?  Michelob Ultra makes a beer that doesn’t taste appreciably different than their ‘lite’ beer, and is only something like 2.5 carbs per. revek  who prefers a nice cold Amber Bock Woah.. That’s not even beer ,, even  alcohol.. hell.. it’s not even drinkable..

Looks like you’ve changed the subject to something incomprehensible. Of course it’s beer – both of them are beer. And, of course, Ultra is lower carb than traditional beers. A more complete fermentation digests more of the carbs. Less residual non-fermented sugar. Pastorio

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I agree that the Mich Ultra tastes pretty good for a light beer. However, to answer the question about drinking it on induction, if you follow Atkins, it clearly is not allowed. I see lots of threads here where everybody focuses on the carbs in the beer and completely ignore the alcohol itself.  Any of these beers has 100 or so calories, 90% of them are from the alcohol itself.  Alcohol, while not a carb, gets metabolized quickly by the body and can take you out of ketosis. The time to experiment with alcohol in moderation is when you’re well on your way to your goal, not during induction. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – In our last episode, TheCharlie said: It’s not much in the taste department and it’s low-carb (relatively speaking), but…would it violate the rules of induction? Having made beer for many years,  I can tell you that it’s virtually impossible to make a ‘ultra low carb’ beer.. But as a beer maker, I can tell you that if this is what you want to try, then go for it. Take your best tasting low carb beer..  and then cut it two to one with seltzer. ( AT least there will still be some bubbles..) Because the idea of making a lower carb beer goes against the physics of beer making. .. if it can be done, it would turn beer making upside down.  still I won’t consider it impossible  (but suspect it is..) What do you consider ‘ultra low carb’?  Michelob Ultra makes a beer that doesn’t taste appreciably different than their ‘lite’ beer, and is only something like 2.5 carbs per. revek  who prefers a nice cold Amber Bock

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Alcohol is the body’s first choice for metabolism and if present will utilize that before any other. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I agree that the Mich Ultra tastes pretty good for a light beer. However, to answer the question about drinking it on induction, if you follow Atkins, it clearly is not allowed. I see lots of threads here where everybody focuses on the carbs in the beer and completely ignore the alcohol itself.  Any of these beers has 100 or so calories, 90% of them are from the alcohol itself.  Alcohol, while not a carb, gets metabolized quickly by the body and can take you out of ketosis. The time to experiment with alcohol in moderation is when you’re well on your way to your goal, not during induction. In our last episode, TheCharlie said: It’s not much in the taste department and it’s low-carb (relatively speaking), but…would it violate the rules of induction? Having made beer for many years,  I can tell you that it’s virtually impossible to make a ‘ultra low carb’ beer.. But as a beer maker, I can tell you that if this is what you want to try, then go for it. Take your best tasting low carb beer..  and then cut it two to one with seltzer. ( AT least there will still be some bubbles..) Because the idea of making a lower carb beer goes against the physics of beer making. .. if it can be done, it would turn beer making upside down.  still I won’t consider it impossible  (but suspect it is..) What do you consider ‘ultra low carb’?  Michelob Ultra makes a beer that doesn’t taste appreciably different than their ‘lite’ beer, and is only something like 2.5 carbs per. revek  who prefers a nice cold Amber Bock

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It’s not much in the taste department and it’s low-carb (relatively speaking), but…would it violate the rules of induction?

8 of them would. at 2.6 carbs a piece, but you need your veggies. get through induction and then unwind a little.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What do you consider ‘ultra low carb’?  Michelob Ultra makes a beer that doesn’t taste appreciably different than their ‘lite’ beer, and is only something like 2.5 carbs per. revek  who prefers a nice cold Amber Bock Woah.. That’s not even beer ,, even  alcohol.. hell.. it’s not even drinkable.. Take some cardboard, soak it well for a couple hours.   Remove it from the water. Squeeze the juice from cardboard into a vessal and wala…Michelob Ultra,  at least thats what it tastes like.

This is NOT a joke: If you have a Michelobe Ultra, smell it. Really smell into the bottle. It smells like shit. It’s especially strong right after opening it. I drank it for quite a while before I realized that the alcohol was hurting regardless of label carb count. I’ve gone through many 12 packs over a long period of time, and the smell was consistent. There is some sort of ’sulfur’ smell in the bottle that I’ve never experienced with another beer.

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In our last episode, TheCharlie said: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – It’s not much in the taste department and it’s low-carb (relatively speaking), but…would it violate the rules of induction? Having made beer for many years,  I can tell you that it’s virtually impossible to make a ‘ultra low carb’ beer.. But as a beer maker, I can tell you that if this is what you want to try, then go for it. Take your best tasting low carb beer..  and then cut it two to one with seltzer. ( AT least there will still be some bubbles..) Because the idea of making a lower carb beer goes against the physics of beer making. .. if it can be done, it would turn beer making upside down.  still I won’t consider it impossible  (but suspect it is..)

What do you consider ‘ultra low carb’?  Michelob Ultra makes a beer that doesn’t taste appreciably different than their ‘lite’ beer, and is only something like 2.5 carbs per. revek  who prefers a nice cold Amber Bock

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