What has more calories
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My understanding is it's the OG which determines he calories as residual sugars also contain calories. Theee is no difference between commercial or home brewed tho.
There can't be any calories in alcohol otherwise my missus would be about 35 stones!
It's about a 60/40 contribution between calories from the alcohol and calories from the residual sugars. There's a good readable explanation on the beersmith blog if you're interested.
What goes in, must come out. It's got to be the OG which determines calories. What doesn't get converted to alcohol remains as sugar. The ABV will make no difference. I have made 2 saisons this year. The OG has been in the 1050s like my pale ales. The FG, however, has been down at 1003! ABV is therefore 6.7% but calorie wise I don't think it will be any different.
Klemay83
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who cares, get fat, be happy you have beer :)
Cwrw666
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You do realise how they determine the number of calories something has, don't you? They get rid of the water, put a measured amount (I think it's a gram if I remember correctly) into a bomb calorimeter - basically a very substantial tin can - which they then flood with oxygen and ignite with an electric charge. The heat generated is the calories.
So sawdust comes out at about the same as wheat flour. You won't get fat eating sawdust.
As far as beer is concerned most of the metabolisable energy is in the residual sugars. Alcohol is a poison that your body expends energy on getting rid of. Which is why heavy beer drinkers get fat whereas heavy wine or spirits drinkers don't.
I don't know why human dietitions still use calories as a measure of anything. Certainly in the agricultural feed industry it was abandoned in about 1930. In the seventies when I was at university they were using metabolisable energy as a measure of feed value but I'm pretty sure they've now moved on to even more accurate ways of doing things.
So sawdust comes out at about the same as wheat flour. You won't get fat eating sawdust.
As far as beer is concerned most of the metabolisable energy is in the residual sugars. Alcohol is a poison that your body expends energy on getting rid of. Which is why heavy beer drinkers get fat whereas heavy wine or spirits drinkers don't.
I don't know why human dietitions still use calories as a measure of anything. Certainly in the agricultural feed industry it was abandoned in about 1930. In the seventies when I was at university they were using metabolisable energy as a measure of feed value but I'm pretty sure they've now moved on to even more accurate ways of doing things.
Try setting fire to a peanut then go look at the pack and check the calorific value!
Think you've got it there. ....it's like those sacks of dog food for ã80...you can feed a St Bernard on an egg cup full a day....but it'll still cack like a race horse!
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Beersmith as a calorie calculator.
Most of of brews come surprisingly high compared to commercial beers, but who cares
Most of of brews come surprisingly high compared to commercial beers, but who cares
Homebrew: it's a meal!
Commercial: watered down tat brewed to a price and sold to the impressionable. Ye... who cares?
To me the home brew,just like home cooking has more "goodness ", less filtering,additives,preservatives.
Maybe the live yeast keep the fat down, maybe I parp away all calories
there's a question for the early hours! - how many calories in a fart? :lol:
I agree with this in general, not sure about calories ect but apart from malting and yeilding the grain and hops the rest is us.
I don't tend to drink loads anyway but compared to when I drank more for the shelve beers my head doesn't suffer and I certainly don't get that gut rot.
