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Increased flatulence with home brew
yup another weird question from BrewLuva, k since i've gotten back into home brew i've notice increased flatulence compared with comercially made beer. why? am i not aging the beer long enough? I saw someone post in a recipe the use of Beno, does that work? or will it just kill carbonation? k i can hear the comments already on this one.
I think it has to do with the amount of yeast carryover into the final product vs. a commercially filtered beer.
so is it a matter of increasing the aging time or maybe a increase in time in the secondary?
That or filtering on a 1 micron.
What about the Beano idea?
BrewLuva wrote:
What about the Beano idea?
Beano is used to get fermentation down further. One problem with beano is it can cause the beer to ferment too far.
DT
Beano? I don't suppose someone could elaborate on this idea.
Beano, the pill that you take before or after or durning a meal to reduece gas and bloating.
Brewbie wrote:
Beano? I don't suppose someone could elaborate on this idea.
The addition of Beano to the brew reduces the complex sugar content of the final product, thereby reducing the carbohydrate content of the beer, and also slightly increasing the alcohol content of the beer. A disadvantage of the addition of Beano to homebrew is that the lower carbohydrates lead to less head retention of the beer, the loss of the sugars results in a less sweet flavour of the final product, and fewer of the malty flavours are conveyed since some of those flavours are from the complex sugars that are affected. <swiped from Wikipedia>
DT
I have the same problem Brewluva, and man it's just awful, not just the homebrews either, any ale.
I run myself out of the room, the wife is yelling at before long, it just awful. But being a guy, to me it's funny.
Maybe you should just take the beano before consuming any ale. But that wouldn't be as much fun.
lol
Did I say fuel? I think I meant gas. It's been said that homebrew gives gas a plenty and I know it to be the truth. I'm wondering what causes this. I was sitting in my aroma wondering why this batch was giving me such noxious fumes and then it occurred to me that this batch didn't ferment as completely as I had hoped and it was slightly sweet still. Some people have said that it's the live yeast in homebrew that causes the gas, but I've got a different theory. I think we already have yeast in our guts that ferments at relatively high temperatures like body temps. The yeast in beer wouldn't effectively ferment at body temps. So the higher your FG the more "fuel" you add to the "fire". The pale ale that I mistreated my yeast (too cold in my basement) and they didn't want to work hard in the fermenter gave me the worst gas yet. Not bottle bomb high FG, but just a bit higher than I wanted or expected for my FG (1.018). Any body fermentation experts out there? Here is your chance to shine.
Sorry all, this is a repost after being pointed to the original thread by BrewLuva. Thanks BrewLuva!
After reading the other things about reduce carbs and whatnot from Beano, I think I may be on the right track. It would seem that more fermentation in the fermenter makes less fermentation in the body. just my $.02.
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