Im brewing my own beer and i was wondering if anyone knew what ingredients would produce a bud light type beer!
Edit: Yeah, unless you live in china, you don't have to worry about adding formaldehyde to your beer, and even there it is a rare practice used for clarifying the beer. How some folks can claim to be so informed and knowledgeable about beer, and yet spout off superstition, rumor, and urban legend like it is fact is beyond me.
Answers: You would want to use "Rice Syrup Solids" from a brew shop. If you're making extract, use extra light dry/liquid malt extract, and rice syrup solids in about 50/50 ratio. Go pretty light on the hops, and then ferment cold with lager yeasts, or a pretty neutral ale yeast. If you're an all grain brewer, just use pilsen malt and flaked rice in a 50/50, and try to mash around 140'F for a drier beer.
Edit: Yeah, unless you live in china, you don't have to worry about adding formaldehyde to your beer, and even there it is a rare practice used for clarifying the beer. How some folks can claim to be so informed and knowledgeable about beer, and yet spout off superstition, rumor, and urban legend like it is fact is beyond me.
You will not be able to produce anything that light at home. It's not just the ingredients, but the techniques that make that sort of beer.
I have to ask, though - why would you want to homebrew something like that?
It is all a matter of your taste buds..
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They introduce special enzymes that break down the unfermentable sugars to reduce the calories. Unfortunately that also takes most of the flavor out.
Enzymes are very expensive and you aren't going to be able to duplicate it at home.
But why would you want to? Most people get into homebrewing because they LIKE beer, not to make more crap that tastes like water.
urine.
Urine, seltzer water, corn and a dab of feces.
Keep in mind the rice adjuncts, used to lighten the color and flavor (also what gives it that astringent aftertaste).
Oh! Don't forget the preservatives, too. Remember, they use a ton of preservatives, such as Formaldehyde. You'll have to contact a lab of some kind. Or check with a funeral home or taxidermy shop, since Formaldehyde is an embalming fuid.
Seriously, those things are in it. But, why try to brew it? It'll cost you nearly $50, or more to brew 5 gallons (more than the cost of the same "beer" at the store). As a homebrewer, your palate should be developed far beyond that of Bud Light, so I must also ask: Why waste your time?!
AKKKKKH! If you must brew your own lite beer, at least brew a clone of something drinkable. Papazian wrote a book on cloning gold medal winning beers. The Miller Light recipe is pretty decent. Look thru the bigger bookstores for a yellow-covered paperback with "Gold" in the title. If Borders or Barnes and Noble or whichever one you visit doesn't have it in stock, they can ordeer it for you. Alternatively, go to your local library and check "Paperback Books in Print" or try Amazon.