Beer

CajunNino

I am a homebrewer and beer enthusiast. I've backed off my consumption simply to jump start my weight loss as I cannot in good conscience afford the calories right now. However, I know there are health benefits to craft beer - all natural ingredients and there's nothing quite like kicking back with something flavorful that you brewed yourself.

How many beer lovers out there? And how have you managed your nutrition?
(And please... if your favorite beer is something like Dos Equis, Bud Light, or any mass produced pale/premium lager, just scroll past)

kevokie

Hey follow homebrewer here. I have just started my weight loss journey myself.
I have two batches of delicious home brew sittin in a closet right now. I have just had to set it aside and realize
that the beer is going to hinder my progress. Now I have had a couple of beers since I started but I have cut waaaaaaaaay back.
Not sure that helps!

I have the ingredients for a batch that I need to brew ASAP, thanks for reminding me!

CajunNino

Hey follow homebrewer here. I have just started my weight loss journey myself.
I have two batches of delicious home brew sittin in a closet right now. I have just had to set it aside and realize
that the beer is going to hinder my progress. Now I have had a couple of beers since I started but I have cut waaaaaaaaay back.
Not sure that helps!

I have the ingredients for a batch that I need to brew ASAP, thanks for reminding me!

I've been kegging lately, but still have to bottle (friends & family want a taste and it makes it easier). Just put an APA in secondary, but wanted to get started on a batch of BelgianStrong Ale..... rethinking that to a Belgian Wit..... little bit lighter for the hot months.
I can still enjoy....but not as much 'til I get more in shape.
Cheers!

Generalle

mmmmmmmm beer....... :drinker:

RacerX_14

Beer is my friend! I am a big fan of Terrapin, Sweetwater, Sam Adams, and Blue Moon.

lalalalyndsey

I like beer because it's good
I drink beer because I should
If there was a song to sing
I'd sing it and beer you bring

I drink beer when I am sad
'Cause the beer it makes me glad
Now there's nothing left to sing
So lets go drink beer

Beer is good, beer is good, beer is good
And stuff
Beer is good, beer is good, beer is good

Let's go drink some
BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER!

When it's warm, it tastes real crappy
But cold beer will make me happy
When I throw-up on the floor
I get up and drink some more

They say beer will make me dumb
It are go good with pizza
Now that we have drunk some beer
Let's go drive a car

Beer is good, beer is good, beer is good
And stuff
Beer is good, beer is good, beer is good

Let's go drink some
BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER!

Dude, I think you've had enough
No!

Let's go drink some beer!

I am drunk, drunk is me, I am drunk, WEE
I am drunk, drunk is me, I am drunk, WEE
I am drunk, drunk is me, I am drunk, *BURP*

aka... I love beer... usually an ipa drinker myself ;3

WonderKP

Hey follow homebrewer here. I have just started my weight loss journey myself.
I have two batches of delicious home brew sittin in a closet right now. I have just had to set it aside and realize
that the beer is going to hinder my progress. Now I have had a couple of beers since I started but I have cut waaaaaaaaay back.
Not sure that helps!

I have the ingredients for a batch that I need to brew ASAP, thanks for reminding me!

I've been kegging lately, but still have to bottle (friends & family want a taste and it makes it easier). Just put an APA in secondary, but wanted to get started on a batch of BelgianStrong Ale..... rethinking that to a Belgian Wit..... little bit lighter for the hot months.
I can still enjoy....but not as much 'til I get more in shape.
Cheers!

I love belgian wit beers

Tonnina

My dad makes his own beer too, then his girlfriend makes dog treats and bread from the spent grains... Beer is amazing. I am a big fan of it, but not wine... lol! If I want beer I will make room in my day for it... It's not that bad if you stick to 12 to 16 oz servings... of course not everyone can do that.
Ha! We went to the Brew Ha-Ha in May, tasted beers from microbreweries from ALL OVER COLORADO! So fun and really good. I got smashed, but last year I drank the same amount and was only buzzed. I blamed the weight loss! lol! Lucky for me, my husband wasn't as drunk and after walking to dinner we got home safely... My hubby LOVES beer, his favorite is called Odin's Tipple and it's from Norway I think... A little brewery with 4 dudes who brew in their spare time, so it's hard to get it all the time. Personally I think that 1554 from New Belgium is great, but I'm a HUGE fan of English brown ales and Hefienwiesens from pretty much any one. :-) I can't stand hoppy beers though, no IPAs for me!!

stevean

I'm a newbie here, and a longtime homebrewer and I'm a BJCP judge.

Go for styles that can be made with small OG but still be tasty. Also, you can hop the hell out of some styles that normally aren't that hoppy, or vary hop characteristics, such as using American C hops in a Mild or Ordinary Bitter. Think of an Irish Dry Stout but sporting a nice Cascade & Amarillo hop nose....

Here are a few styles that are by definition < 1.040 or are just above it so you can make them around 1.040 and yet still come out tasty

Berliner Weisse
Mild
Ordinary/Best Bitter
Irish Red
Scottish 60/-
Irish Dry Stout
Schwarzbier
VIenna Lager
Brown Porter
Witbier
Blonde Ale

Most highly flavored beers can be made into low gravity variants of existing styles, packing lots of flavor.
Small IPA or APA
Small Belgian Pale Ale
Small Dubbel or Tripel
Small Saison
Small Porter
Small Am. Amber

Not sure about Bocks. Might be worth a try.

IMO, I think the milder styles (Kolsch, Dortmunder, etc) would wander periously close to BMC when taken to these low starting gravities, but they can still be tried out.


I was judging 1st Round NHC a few years ago on the Light Hybrids table. One of the entries (a Cream Ale) had a notable lacto infection, but it was the cleanest lactic flavor I've ever had. We scored it a 22, but we kept it on the table for the rest of the flight as a palate cleanser. It really was delicious, and was essentially a fantastic "Berliner Cream Ale". Even though there's no such style, this is exactly the kind of creativity we can apply to come up with flavorful beers that are still low calorie, without subjecting ourselves to BMC swill. Not everything has to be an 1.130 RIS or BW.

Jen Talley won a boatload of GABF medals brewing for Squatter's Pub in Utah, where the laws require low gravity.
She did it by bringing out the other flavors and balancing everything so that even though they are lighter beers, they are still packing flavor and balance.

my .02
HTH-

sbedwards1077

I am a huge mircrobrew fan! I have just been limiting myself lately, not cutting it out completely. I do track it with my food. I love IPA and amber beers.