Low Carb And Low Alcohol Recipe?

[TBird]

Hi all

Well my doctor says I need to change my consumption of beer to improve my health by changing to low carb, low alcohol beer.

So rather than buying the usual, I thought I might have a go at making my own and hopefully adding some taste to the brew.

Does anybody have a tasty tried and tested recipe (preferably mash but open to suggestions) for a low carb and low alcohol recipe?

Cheers and thanks

 

[brett mccluskey]

Hi all

Well my doctor says I need to change my consumption of beer to improve my health by changing to low carb, low alcohol beer.

So rather than buying the usual, I thought I might have a go at making my own and hopefully adding some taste to the brew.

Does anybody have a tasty tried and tested recipe (preferably mash but open to suggestions) for a low carb and low alcohol recipe?

Cheers and thanks

Get your doctor to define 'lo-carb',beer isn't high in carbs to start with,worry about the alc. content more if carbs are an issue with health.English/British milds,Scottish ales,etc are great beers with a restrained alc%,but still retaining heaps of flavour.Guinness is actually relatively lo-carb too,Dry Irish Stouts.. :drinks:

 

[TBird]

Good point toper1

I've found some interesting and by the look of ingredients used, some tasty low alcohol recipes from the recipe database.

Thanks

 

[.DJ.]

low alcohol is much more "healthier" than low carb...


my dietician said it better to drink "light" beer than low carb full strength...

 

[leeboy]

another way of doing it much like the commercial breweries so you don't loose "flavour" is brew whatever it is you usually brew. Say you brew a standard 5% APA. Do it exactly as you normally do. Ferment it exactly as you usually do. Then at the end simply reboil anywhere from 1/2 to a 1/3 of post ferment wort to "burn off" the alcohol then blend the two back together again. Hey presto full taste low alcohol beer.

 

[Nashmandu]

Aim for a low alcohol style that you like. Then mash it in low and use a high attenuating yeast to dry it out. Counteract this with some wheat or any high protein malt to ehance mouthfeel.

Saisons were traditionally low alc beers....that could work