Sports Beer?

[Wolf]

Apparently this is a thing.

https://www.sportsbeer.com.au/

Any guesses on ingredients and yeasts to make a super low alcohol sports beer?

[Wolf]

I have found a couple of papers suggesting using a modified mash with more complex sugars and a yeast that won't metabolize them.

https://www.lallemandbrewing.com/en/canada/brewers-corner/brewing-downloads/best-practices-low-alcohol-beer/

Apparently Lallemands Windsor and London strains do not convert maltriose, and they have a super low alcohol strain that won't assimilate maltose either.

https://fermentis.com/en/product/safbrew-la-01/

Does anyone know the breakdown of sugars in the various ingredient and extract packs? 

[Gillies Brewing]

I'm going through some of the older posts from my hiatus and this caught my eye. I think I talked about this with some mates a while back.

Generally speaking you have trouble making a beer that is both low carb and low alcohol and tastes good. Unfortunately the unfermentable carbs are what makes it taste good, and usually they come with fermentable sugars that make it alcoholic. Those yeasts are interesting though!

Also they generally put some electrolytes in "sports beers", Ie sodium salt (table salt) as well as usually potassium and magnesium salts.

It would be interesting to try something like a Bombshell or low carb dry, and drop one of the X5s to take it down to 3.5%. Then at EOF dissolve your electrolytes at whatever is the right amount (I think 0.9% is "isotonic") in some hot water and mix that in. I'd say you should probably force carb it in a keg, since the yeast won't like the salt if you do secondary fermentation.

[Rob Courtney]

8 hours ago, Gillies Brewing said:

I'm going through some of the older posts from my hiatus and this caught my eye. I think I talked about this with some mates a while back.

Generally speaking you have trouble making a beer that is both low carb and low alcohol and tastes good. Unfortunately the unfermentable carbs are what makes it taste good, and usually they come with fermentable sugars that make it alcoholic. Those yeasts are interesting though!

Also they generally put some electrolytes in "sports beers", Ie sodium salt (table salt) as well as usually potassium and magnesium salts.

It would be interesting to try something like a Bombshell or low carb dry, and drop one of the X5s to take it down to 3.5%. Then at EOF dissolve your electrolytes at whatever is the right amount (I think 0.9% is "isotonic") in some hot water and mix that in. I'd say you should probably force carb it in a keg, since the yeast won't like the salt if you do secondary fermentation.

Interesting thoughts

I'm not sure my captain would be all that "on board" with me cracking beers at the drinks break with my excuse that it has electrolytes in it.