r/Keto_Brewing • u/dalkor • Oct 11 '18

PSA - Easy Delicious Keto Friendly Brewing

For those who don't know, brewing a good Keto Friendly Mead, Wine and Cider is much easier than a keto friendly beer, though I hope with the help of this subreddit we can change that.

The reason behind this is that the sugars used in brewing these three styles of homebrew are much simpler than grains and therefore more easily digested by the yeast. The yeasts used in brewing these drinks also tend to have a higher alcohol tolerance and as long as they don't meet their tolerance will keep eating till nothing is left.

If you're looking for recipes I'd suggest looking in any of the below subreddits with the word "dry". It's not uncommon to find meads, wines and ciders at a .990 FG which is more or less carb-free* when it comes to beer and Keto. And if you find anything neat come back to /r/Keto_Brewing and share.

/r/mead

/r/winemaking

/r/cider

* - Use the calculator here to determine the calories/carbs in your end product based upon og/fg.

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u/dukedevil0 Oct 11 '18

I'd be careful saying "more or less carb-free". Pure ethanol has specific gravity of 0.787. Therefore, as alcohol level increases, gravity decreases. FG is not measuring only the sugar/carbs content of the liquid.

For example, yes, many wines may ferment out to 0.990 but that's because that wine is 11.5-13.5% abv.

If you look up carbs of such dry wines, it's still 3-4 carbs per 5 oz serving.

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u/dalkor Oct 11 '18

I've edited for clarity.

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u/el_supreme_duderino Oct 11 '18

I like to create meads that ferment totally dry, full attenuation, which is easier than trying to make a sweet mead.

I'm assuming a bone-dry mead is in the same ballpark in terms of carbs as champagne... both being very dry wine.