Hi one year ago I had gastric bypass surgery. This has made me unable to drink anything that is carbonated. I saw there are nitrogen beers. I have only seen dark ales witch I am not fond of. Are there any bottled light lagers available that are nitrogen infused? Thanks for the responses!
It seems to be a west coast thing now to have certain ipa's on nitro. The harsh ones seems to mellow out to be great. I have no idea if it's catching on in other parts of the country though.
Congrats on the life changing decision you have made. Due to malabsorption created by RNY gastric bypass you are going to be a very cheap date, lol. So you are saying you can't handle carbonation? Have you tried carbonated beverages or are you going by doctors recommendations? Because nitro is carbonation just as much a Co2 is carbonation. It's just a different gas.
As its name implies, carbonation is the result of applying carbon dioxide and can't be done using anything else. But nitrogenation , although it uses nitrogen to pressurise the beer , is only an addition to the carbonation. It's added in an attempt to prevent the metallic tang which drinkers complain about with heavily carbonated beer. The question really is-does your problem relate to any gas coming out of solution inside your body regardless of its composition, or is it specifically tied to CO2.
I'm not aware of too many beers available in nitro cans that aren't dark, but two that you should be able to find without much difficulty are Boddington's Pub Ale and Old Speckled Hen. Also, even though it is dark, Young's Double Chocolate Stout is worth giving a try.
there are no beers that are 100% nitrogen. all beer has some CO2. it is a natural product, along with alcohol, resulting from fermentation. most Nitro beers that are poured in the style of draft Guinness use a mix of 75% nitrogen and 25% carbon dioxide. (there are other mixtures of nitro and CO2 but beers that are using a 60/40 or perhaps 70/30 mix are generally not "Nitro" beers since the amount of dissolved CO2 is the same as 100% CO2). so unless you can tolerate one quarter the CO2, nitro beer will not really help your situation. Cheers.
That's a good and valid point. It was late night and I was simply thinking "gas is gas", which I guess as you point out, it all boils down to. I would imagine the issue being presented is the incredibly small stomach pouch being filled with any gas leading to discomfort. I know people who have had gastric bypass who can't drink carbonated soda because of the extreme feeling of fullness and I know people who have had gastric bypass who don't drink carbonated soda because their doctor told them not to do so. The doctors recommendations not to drink carbonation are based upon a range of issues including gas causing expansion of the "stomach pouch", diet soda causing hunger, artificial sweeteners causing health concerns, etc.
sodas and such hurt to drink due to the carbonation fizzing up just like poring warm soda on ice I tried a nitro beer at a local bar and the discomfort was considerably less
I would give it time. I myself had gastric bypass 6 years ago and I started drinking again about a year or so later. I developed 2 ulcers because of it. Nitro would be probably the way to go, but just be very cautious. Ulcers are a bitch, especially after gastric. Also, how much have you lost so far? Feel free to message me if you have any questions and such!
Not a problem, congrats on the loss so far! I have finally begun gaining weight (I had been down to 150 and with the ulcers I wasn't eating at all, but with the added weight, my body has started to level out and not be as troublesome....I have also lost 200, and don't plan on losing/gaining any more). But, this is a huge endeavor that most people don't understand, but cheers to you!
Actually, nitrogen beers are not nearly as carbonated as CO2 beers. Nitrogen is not absorbed into a liquid the way CO2 is. So, a "Nitro" beer is not force carbonated in the brewery (typically) with Co2 and is pushed through a tap system using nitrogen gas (to avoid additional carbonation). Furthermore, the actual pour spout on a nitro tap (that little black nozzle) is slotted per say, engineered to break up the remaining CO2 particles in the beer rapidly- causing a cascading effect. The "Nitro" beer actually has no nitrogen in it at all- and is certainly less carbonated then regular beer. The effect of a nitro beer is to mimic old style english pub beers, or cask beer. I would say it is a decent option for someone looking for a less carbonated beer. It will; however, seriously kill the hop aroma/ profile of a beer.
It might be intended to mimic cask beer but fails dismally.The whole sense of freshness and clean layered flavours of well kept cask has been sacrificed for the sake of appearance. The mouthfeel is totally different and cask drinkers avoid nitro beers like the plague. One beer you may be able to drink (if you can find it) is cask ale, it is carbonated to a very much lower degree than bottled, keg or even nitro pours.More to the point is that the beer doesn't need a high level of carbonation to be excellent.
yes and no. a lot of beer drinkers, at least over here it seems, enjoy cask occasionally and are not engaged in a life long battle with nitro dispense. cask is alive and well. the war is over. nobody cares. Guinness is not going to abandon nitro. cask beer will remain a niche within a niche for brewers and will always have a vanishingly small territory by design. there is nothing to see, return to business as usual... Cheers.
