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homebrew vs commercial beer

gregfreemyer
gregfreemyer Posts: 2
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Joined mfp a couple hours and the first thing that crosses my mind is homebrew!

I've done extracts for the last couple years and switched to all grain (biab) in March.

I'm wondering if homebrew can be made more diet friendly. Maybe a glutten free recipe?

I'm not a huge light beer fan, but corona light and amstel light aren't bad. Are there similar homebrew recipes.

Also, I'm planning on doing atkins more than mfp for my diet. I know it works for me, but I haven't been do I.g anything for the last few years. With atkins I can ignore the calories from alcohol, but not from carbs. Does anyone know which beer styles have the least carbs?

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  • gregfreemyer
    gregfreemyer Posts: 2
    I found this calculator that takes OG and FG as input and tells you the %abv, carb count, calories from alcohol and calories from carbs.

    So it seems the higher the FG the more calories from carbs. Is there any general rule about which beer styles have lower FGs?
  • webdevsoup
    webdevsoup Posts: 384 Member
    You can make any beer be lower grain/abv based on what ingredients you put in it. Unfortunately, when you sacrifice grains, you sacrifice flavors as well. If you want to avoid high OG/FG, carb counts, etc, you should focus on Pilsner, Blonde, Cream Ale, and you can probably get away with doing a very light Pale Ale or IPA.

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    That graph MIGHT suit you.
  • sjaplo
    sjaplo Posts: 974 Member
    Just my two cents, but I tried the "light" beer route - Molson 67 etc. I found it impossible to maintain as I craved a decent tasting IPA. This time around I fit beer into my calories and macros for the day and I am happy and making progress.

    Don't sacrifice good tasting beer. That's not why we brew.

    cheers

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