new beer harmful?

I just kegged my first 2 brews and can't resist tasting the odd cupful to see and taste what it's doing.

It tastes pretty good already - 4 days old.

Does it harm either me or the beer to draw it off this early?

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Pete
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You're fine. Nothing wrong with "sampling the wares" as they mature. It's a good way to "taste for yourself" the final stages of finishing.

Enjoy!

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dug88

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NEW BEER IS VERY HARMFUL AND MUST REPEAT MUST BE DESTROYED RIGHT AWAY. I AM A GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED NEW BEER DESTROYER WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND BACKGROUND. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF. PLEASE SEND ME ALL YOUR NEW BEER AT ONCE WITHOUT DELAY. I WILL ENSURE THAT IT IS PROPERLY DISPOSED OF. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN THE GOV"T TAKING AWAY ALL YOUR NEW BEER AND REPLACING IT WITH MICKEYS BIG MOUTH.

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Mike

having a party? you almost look cute turn off the bathroom lights toss you into the bathtub toss in a radio for sound effects and you look like anyone else i suppose.

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dug88

hey wood somebuddy please take this dude to bed he needs something maybe a life

hey wait a minute

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dug88

Obviously new beer is not good for one's mental state :-)

My question really was whether live yeast in the new beer could cause stomach upsets; but being English I didn't like to be that blunt...

Reply to
Pete

Live yeast will often (but not always) give a person gas. So take some Beano or Gas-X with it if you're concerned. If you don't care about a little flatulence, then be sure your significant other is around when you begin farting so she can complain about it. ;)

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David M. Taylor

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 06:40:52 -0500, "David M. Taylor" said in alt.beer.home-brewing:

Beano is an enzyme that breaks complex sugars into simple sugars. It wouldn't do anything in this case.

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Al Klein

Bullshit. Complex carbohydrates (long chain carbs) account for most flatulance. The body can't break them down but bacteria (the good ones living in a symbiotic relationship in our gut) can and do, producing gas, mostly methane, in the process. Steve W.

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QD Steve

You know... that makes perfect sense! You learn something new every day I guess.

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David M. Taylor

"David M. Taylor" wrote in news:Ud5ae.12543$ snipped-for-privacy@fe07.lga:

Possibly, but so does live yeast fermenting things in the stomach and causing gas or something along those lines.

This site

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seems fairly highly regarded around here and it suggests the yeast layer at the bottom can have the descibed effects, so I guess beer that hasn't had time to settle also could.

peter

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Peter.QLD

Yes. You're gonna die. But before you do... send the rest of the batch to me for analysis, ok? :-)

Actually, mini-tastes (assuming proper sanitation is maintained) is a good way to learn about the process, in my opinion.

Steve

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