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Contents:
  Barley Balance - FDA claims soluble Barley fiber helps the heart ("Dave Burley")
  Re: Saflager Strains (le Man)
  RE: Starters ("Anderson, Keith T")


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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 08:22:38 -0400
From: "Dave Burley" <Dave_Burley at charter.net>
Subject: Barley Balance - FDA claims soluble Barley fiber helps the heart

Brewsters:

I do not have any information about the soluble fiber content of beer. Any
info on this?

Keep on Brewin'

Dave Burley
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>From Food Navigator:

The FDA has confirmed the qualified health claim linking whole grain barley
to a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, which could help raise
awareness of the grain amongst heart health-conscious consumers.

Barley BalanceT reduces cholesterol, glycemia 
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beta-glucans derived from cereals. Recently, the health benefits of barley
beta-glucan were recognized by FDA with a Health Claim for reducing risks of
heart disease. 

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BalanceT are necessary to provide benefits, beta-glucan can be added to many
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 17:24:07 +0100
From: le Man <hbd at thebarnsleys.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Saflager Strains

Matt Wrote

 > > why not try a dry lager yeast?
 > > Have folks found that the Saflager strains are not good enough,
 > > at least for certain styles?


Our experience here in the UK with Saflager, has proved not to be a good
one. I will say that when you pitch enough S23 it produces a really fine
lager, it is a high sulphur producer but that dissipates with lagering.
The problem is that looking at the DCL site it gave two sets of
completely different instructions and pitching rates depending on if you
are in the homebrew / Pro brew arena. The inference being that if you
are a home brewer you are NOT going to do it properly, and you will
pitch and ferment at 20C!!!!! Under these circumstances the amount of
viable yeast in one of the 11g sachets is barely sufficient to ferment 5
US Gallons of lager. Looking at the Pro brewer instructions it tells you
to pitch and ferment at 12-14C and recommends pitching rates around 5
times that for home brewers! If I'm buying 4 or 5 sachets of Dry Yeast I
may as well go the whole hog and get a whitelabs phial and make a
starter, is as cheap

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Le Man (The brewer Formerly Known As Aleman ) Mashing In Blackpool, 
Lancashire, UK


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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 15:11:20 -0400
From: "Anderson, Keith T" <ktanderson at cbs.com>
Subject: RE: Starters

First time post - long time reader.  Love the list.  Can't believe I got
through.  

Anyway, I brew 10 gallon batches and do the following for ales.  Not
exactly Eric's question but I wish I had this type of info a few years
ago and patched it together based on this list and it works great.  

Day 1 - 1 liter starter with ~ 1/4 cup DME and 1/8 tsp of yeast
nutrient.  Aerate with O2 and stone.
Day 2 - add 2 liter starter with ~ 1/2 cup DME and 2/8 tsp of yeast
nutrient.  Aerate again. 
Day 3 - add 3 liter starter with ~ 3/4 cup DME and 3/8 tsp of yeast
nutrient.  Aerate again.

I'll usually brew a day or two after this.  I've siphoned off the liquid
and I've dumped the entire thing in and not really noticed a difference.
No stir plate and no constant aeration and my fermentation takes off
every time.  And I don't aerate the wort at all but I do open ferment in
a 15 gallon keg with a lid on.  And I don't make crazy high gravity
brews.  

I have tried to save time by making one 3 liter starter and not stepping
it up this way and have been very disappointed every time.  Weak
ferments and high FG which also result in beer that just doesn't taste
as good.

This regiment would probably work well for 5 gallons of a lager but
others would know better. 

Keith in Red Bank, NJ  



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