I still don't see how they are going to negate the simple fact that alcohol = calories but I'll certainly be happy if they can make me a double IPA with 50 calories.It seems like a sad fact of life that anything with fewer calories and grams of fat just doesn't taste as good. And nowhere is that more apparent than in light beer. Luckily for beer drinkers everywhere, the European Union has invested 3.4 million Euros in a yeast research program meant to develop new products for the food industry. According to a report from Gizmag, this could lead to better tasting light beer.Beer gets much of its taste from yeast, as do many other foods like cheese and sausage. You can find yeasts everywhere in nature: on humans, fruit and anywhere else they have access to sugar. About 1,000 species of yeasts have been identified, but at least 10,000 new species are expected to be identified in the near future, thanks in part to the EU's study. The purpose of the EU's program is to produce healthier yeasts that also taste better. That means light beers could have as much flavor as their full-caloried brethren.Even though beer has been linked to healthy bones, the 150 calories on average in each non-light beer isn't helping your waste line. I dream of a day when I can still enjoy my beloved Blue Moon and consume only the calories of a Coors Light. For now, there is an art in finding how to drink to your heart's (but not liver's) content without gaining weight. The only bad news is the time line. The yeast project will begin next January, and go on for another four years. If that doesn't seem like a long time away, consider that by then my Chicago Cubbies will probably be World Series Champs and the BP oil spill will be down to just 3,000 barrels a day.
New Yeasts Could Yield Tastier Light Beers
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Posted 18 June 2010 - 11:23 AM
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Posted 18 June 2010 - 11:49 AM
They can't even make water with less than 50 calories (Bud Select 56). Its freaking terrible. Someone bought that and left it at my house. I dn't know why I haven't thrown it out. Unless there is a tastier less caloric alcohol then this ain't gonna help much.Cheers,Richhttps://news.discove...ight-beers.htmlShort and interesting read.I still don't see how they are going to negate the simple fact that alcohol = calories but I'll certainly be happy if they can make me a double IPA with 50 calories.
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Posted 18 June 2010 - 06:36 PM
Whoa! Don't throw that away!! You know it's pasteurized, so use it to wash yeast...it will have no impact on the flavor of the next beer you brew with it...They can't even make water with less than 50 calories (Bud Select 56). Its freaking terrible. Someone bought that and left it at my house. I dn't know why I haven't thrown it out. Cheers,Rich
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Posted 18 June 2010 - 07:32 PM
Never done that before. Is that to make a starter?Cheers,RichWhoa! Don't throw that away!! You know it's pasteurized, so use it to wash yeast...it will have no impact on the flavor of the next beer you brew with it...
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Posted 18 June 2010 - 07:41 PM
Rich,Washing yeast is a practice used after you collect a yeast slurry from a fermented beer. Its a way to seperate the pure yeast from hop and trub material in the beer. Here is a link to a homebrew club member and an explanation. My linkNever done that before. Is that to make a starter?Cheers,Rich
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Posted 18 June 2010 - 09:34 PM
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Posted 19 June 2010 - 08:21 AM
maybe hops and malt?Does this new yeast taste like hops? If so, I may be interested.
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 05:56 AM
My understanding is that slugs won't even go for it...jus' sayin'They can't even make water with less than 50 calories (Bud Select 56). Its freaking terrible....Cheers,Rich
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 07:21 PM
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 08:16 PM
I think you're on to something hereHere's another problem to add to the long list...People who drink light beer don't want more flavor.
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