Hey Fap...are you the guildie who makes beer? If so...Where do the bubbles in beer come from? Is it from the yeast? or do they add carbination? I know I could goggle it...but I figure I'd get a better answer here.
HI! Yep, I'm the resident beerinator. When yeast eats sugar, it produces two waste products, alcohol and CO2. If a beer is naturally carbonated, the bubbles are from yeast farts, and you can tell if the beer is naturally carbonated if there is a sediment at the bottom of the bottle (it's just sleeping yeast, so feel free to drink it). If a beer is not naturally carbonated, it is "force carbonated", which means it's pressurized until the gas seeps into the beer. The gas used is usually CO2, but sometimes they use a CO2/nitrogen mix called beer gas. This is what they push Guinness with. The nitrogen makes the bubbles way more fine, and causes the beer to have a silky, creamy head (huh huh huh).
I used to! It's just a bit of a chore to bottle beer ever since I built my kegerator. What I should really do is bottle some beer for christmas gifts. If I can just ever get around to it . . .
Fap
Mon, 11/02/2009 - 10:58amHI! Yep, I'm the resident beerinator. When yeast eats sugar, it produces two waste products, alcohol and CO2. If a beer is naturally carbonated, the bubbles are from yeast farts, and you can tell if the beer is naturally carbonated if there is a sediment at the bottom of the bottle (it's just sleeping yeast, so feel free to drink it). If a beer is not naturally carbonated, it is "force carbonated", which means it's pressurized until the gas seeps into the beer. The gas used is usually CO2, but sometimes they use a CO2/nitrogen mix called beer gas. This is what they push Guinness with. The nitrogen makes the bubbles way more fine, and causes the beer to have a silky, creamy head (huh huh huh).
Hope that wasn't too much information : )
Qyn
Mon, 11/02/2009 - 8:41pmYou should goggle it. Goggling ftw.
Also natural bubbles ftw.
Ariwyn
Mon, 11/02/2009 - 9:08pmThank you Fap.
Vasya
Tue, 11/03/2009 - 6:13am8-)
Fap
Tue, 11/03/2009 - 9:29amnp : )
also, on a related beer note, i have a new recipe that i'm going to be putting in the keg in the next week or sooner. imperial red ftw
Qyn
Tue, 11/03/2009 - 5:30pmFap you should bottle your beers for Amaranthians. I'd buy some.
Fap
Tue, 11/03/2009 - 8:07pmI used to! It's just a bit of a chore to bottle beer ever since I built my kegerator. What I should really do is bottle some beer for christmas gifts. If I can just ever get around to it . . .
Agiathas
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 7:59amWait...are you already trying to teach Claire the intricacies of beer?
Fap
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:17amI could have just said "sometimes yeast farts", but I decided to be a little less opaque lol