I drink the yeasties

[BoBoBenton]

Just wondering who else does?
After pouring a home brew/bottle conditioned I like to swirl the last of the yeast and swig it down, I tell my self it's for the probiotic nature of yeast but really I just enjoy the creamy dregs!
So, it's speak up time, do you?

 

[STB]

Nope I get too farty. I don't mind the taste and it is supposed to be a great source of B Vit but it just bloats the crap out of me.

 

[InityBrew]

I pass on them too. Turns my stomach in to a fermenter.

 

[JimRausch]

Back in the 70's I used to take 'brewer's yeast' pills. Now, I drink the dregs. Has to be beneficial.

 

[jungatheart]

I always let some slip past during the pour and even that little makes me a methane powered musical instrument.

 

[Beernik]

Sacc's aren't probiotic, but some Lacto strains are.

I don't fear the yeast. But I don't make a point of pouring it unless its a hefe.

 

[cfrazier77]

Yeast tears me up, not only gassing up the room but even more tearing up my stomach and making me feel stick.

 

[kadijk]

Check out the Unibroue web site. It's an amazing micro brewery in Quebec, Canada. They have a video on proper pouring techniques for their beers. It involves an intentional yeast inclusion for proper flavor. I could go either way, however the taste does change depending on your decision to include the dregs or not...

 

[nickydballs]

Nope I get too farty. I don't mind the taste and it is supposed to be a great source of B Vit but it just bloats the crap out of me.

I get gassy too but I keg....I am just a gassy guy. Haha

 

[Billy-Klubb]

savages! you should be culturing said dregs for future brews! and bread baking! and beard wax!

 

[Gameface]

I don't like the taste of yeast. The fewer the better.

 

[TAK]

I swig the dregs. I'm gassy too, but I doubt foregoing the dregs would save me from that.

 

[bizarrojosh]

I'm too lazy to use a glass most of the time so I drink everything in the bottle. If I used a glass I would leave the yeast at the bottom. I've never experienced gas like others have said they have, so cheers to that!

 

[biochemedic]

I'm too lazy to use a glass most of the time so I drink everything in the bottle. If I used a glass I would leave the yeast at the bottom. I've never experienced gas like others have said they have, so cheers to that!

Anyone who gets gas from drinking the dregs just hasn't drank enough yeast....

 

[lumpher]

i drink it all down. the yeast is b-complex vitamins, so yeasty beer is good for you

 

[mb82]

I drink them. Normally I pour and try to not get any of the yeast just to see how clear I got the beer. Then I pour the yeasties right in. No gas for me and that is where the vitamins are.

 

[hunter_le five]

Nope I get too farty.

But that's the best part...

After a session of drinking homebrew, my house turns into a bio-chemical warfare zone.

 

[Gameface]

I'm really, really surprised how many of you drink the yeast.

Gas aside, it makes the beer taste worse as far as I'm concerned. You guys that drink it are drinking it because you love the taste so much? It tastes so good you're willing to explode your guts out in order to have some?

Bunch of sick and twisted SOBs, I'll tell ya.

 

[MTate37]

Only since I've started homebrewing have I been drinking a beer every day. If I stick to one a day I'm fine, but in the past month or so I've discovered that if I drink two or three bottle conditioned beers a day for two or three days in a row (yay weekends!) I experience incredibly uncomfortable gas and bloat for a few days afterwards. As a result I've incorporated a few non-bottle conditioned commercial beers into my diet and it appears to have helped a pretty good bit. I can't imagine how terrible I would feel if I drank the dregs on a daily basis.

 

[MaxStout]

I tend to avoid it as well, for the same reasons. Otherwise, Mrs. Rhinofarts makes Mr. Rhinofarts sleep in the spare bedroom.

 

[Hopper5000]

Ya i will drink it too but I try not to because it gives me wicked farts that would get me fired at my office...

 

[gometz]

I drink the yeast most of the time. I am gassy no matter what I do so never noticed a difference there (even when I haven't had a beer in over a week).
I guess it does depend and sometimes I don't, but like I said at first, most of the time I like it. If I am sitting outside and it is hot, I probably won't.