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A Pint a Day (1996)

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Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by Nursie »

dfee wrote: post #8
omneity wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you heard of Bananaweizen before? It’s a hefeweizen beer mixed with a banana. Relatively common in bars in Germany.

My favorite beer - Live Oak Hefeweizen - has natural banana notes in it. It seems that’s common for Hefes, anyway. I’d be curious as to how the bananaweizen tastes and whether it ruins the beer - like a Radler in Britain or Blue Moon which kinda tastes a bit artificial. I posted in another comment about micheladas, but I think why I make a distinction about that not ruining the beer is due to the complexity of the fl…

The yeasts used for hefe’s quite often produce banana ester. Many/most yeasts do at certain temperatures and it’s considered an ‘off’ flavour in most styles, but desired in some white beers.

Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by eurasiantiger »

isoprophlex wrote: post #9

> The modest levels of alcohol in beer improve blood circulation, reducing the risk of heart disease for light drinkers compared with that for heavy drinkers and abstainers. I'm not sure this still stands up to scrutiny in the current year; iirc when controlling for external factors, any alcohol intake is worse than no alcohol intake. Either way, yeah, this resonates with me. I drink one beer every afternoon while co…

The real danger is to the psyche from monoamine oxidase inhibition. Beer is a mashed beverage, the boiling of the mash generates Harmala alkaloids. Alcohol is just one part of the story.

Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by omneity »

dfee wrote: post #8
omneity wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you heard of Bananaweizen before? It’s a hefeweizen beer mixed with a banana. Relatively common in bars in Germany.

My favorite beer - Live Oak Hefeweizen - has natural banana notes in it. It seems that’s common for Hefes, anyway. I’d be curious as to how the bananaweizen tastes and whether it ruins the beer - like a Radler in Britain or Blue Moon which kinda tastes a bit artificial. I posted in another comment about micheladas, but I think why I make a distinction about that not ruining the beer is due to the complexity of the fl…

Beer and banana mix pretty well surprisingly.

Radler (beer with some lemonade in it) is also pretty common in Germany, with a similar reputation to what you describe.

Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by lend000 »

eurasiantiger wrote: post #12
isoprophlex wrote: post #9

> The modest levels of alcohol in beer improve blood circulation, reducing the risk of heart disease for light drinkers compared with that for heavy drinkers and abstainers. I'm not sure this still stands up to scrutiny in the current year; iirc when controlling for external factors, any alcohol intake is worse than no alcohol intake. Either way, yeah, this resonates with me. I drink one beer every afternoon while co…

The real danger is to the psyche from monoamine oxidase inhibition. Beer is a mashed beverage, the boiling of the mash generates Harmala alkaloids. Alcohol is just one part of the story.

Any sources? No clear conclusions about danger show up in a quick Google for concentrated MAO inhibitors, let alone the incidental quantities you would be exposed to in a daily beer.

Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by isoprophlex »

eurasiantiger wrote: post #12
isoprophlex wrote: post #9

> The modest levels of alcohol in beer improve blood circulation, reducing the risk of heart disease for light drinkers compared with that for heavy drinkers and abstainers. I'm not sure this still stands up to scrutiny in the current year; iirc when controlling for external factors, any alcohol intake is worse than no alcohol intake. Either way, yeah, this resonates with me. I drink one beer every afternoon while co…

The real danger is to the psyche from monoamine oxidase inhibition. Beer is a mashed beverage, the boiling of the mash generates Harmala alkaloids. Alcohol is just one part of the story.

Unless you're drinking tobacco beer, or a peganum harmala infused brew, I don't think there are MAOI's present in beer. A quick google search doesn't really show anything as well, can you cite any sources?

Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by joeberon »

terminalcommand wrote: post #2

Another interesting thing I learned was beer cocktails. For example in the mid-west there is a cocktail called Red Beer, which is beer mixed with tomato juice. I understand that it is basically a bloody mary made with beer instead of vodka. I read that many people drink it as a breakfast meal before work. When you mix small amounts of alcohol in a high ball glass with other ingredients, it becomes even more healthier…

That kind of thing is very common with many kinds of mixtures in Germany, especially apple juice unsurprisingly :) but really all kinds of things. I was shocked because in the UK it is very uncommon to see such a thing. I remember having something similar in Budapest too.

Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by ckastner »

> a pint of beer provides about 180 kcal

Then two paragraphs down:

> Contrary to popular opinion, however, beer does not contain any fat. Rather, the pot bellies of heavy drinkers probably result from the effects of alcohol as an appetite stimulant.

Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by eurasiantiger »

isoprophlex wrote: post #15
eurasiantiger wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The real danger is to the psyche from monoamine oxidase inhibition. Beer is a mashed beverage, the boiling of the mash generates Harmala alkaloids. Alcohol is just one part of the story.

Unless you're drinking tobacco beer, or a peganum harmala infused brew, I don't think there are MAOI's present in beer. A quick google search doesn't really show anything as well, can you cite any sources?

Sure.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1541-4337... (See table 22)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1530-0277....

Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by eurasiantiger »

lend000 wrote: post #14
eurasiantiger wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The real danger is to the psyche from monoamine oxidase inhibition. Beer is a mashed beverage, the boiling of the mash generates Harmala alkaloids. Alcohol is just one part of the story.

Any sources? No clear conclusions about danger show up in a quick Google for concentrated MAO inhibitors, let alone the incidental quantities you would be exposed to in a daily beer.

See my other reply. The quantities are not ”incidental” in daily use, because these alkaloids tend to get stored in brain fatty tissues and have a rather long half-life, measured in weeks.

Re: A Pint a Day (1996)

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Post by eutectic »

ckastner wrote: post #17

> a pint of beer provides about 180 kcal Then two paragraphs down: > Contrary to popular opinion, however, beer does not contain any fat. Rather, the pot bellies of heavy drinkers probably result from the effects of alcohol as an appetite stimulant.

But how efficiently are alcohol calories metabolizied? (I think not very)
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