Like Splenda? Does anyone know if it is possible? If alcohols are made from grains or sugar, would it be possible to make an alcohol with a substitute?
2007-01-16 10:28:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Not at all. For starters, alcohol contains calories. Regardless of the source, so if you have anything with alcohol in it, you have something with calories in it...period.
Second, sugar is what yeast eats. It's the process of the yeast eating sugar and leaving behind CO2 and alcohol as by products that makes alcohol that we drink. Spirits are simply this kind of brew that is then distilled to concentrate the alcohol and flavors.
If you give yeast something that's not sugar, it can't eat it, and therefore can't make all the boozy goodness that you want. It's just that simple.
2007-01-16 15:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by Trid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most liqueur is made from grains, but it does not have carbs. At least clear alcohol does not have carbs. Things like Rum do. You need the fermentation process to make alcohol and you can't get the without something breaking down into sugar. I don't believe it would be possible to use a substitute sugar, you don't even use real sugar to make alcohol. At least not in the pure sense.
2007-01-16 11:06:27 · answer #2 · answered by JCSquardo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't think so because it's the sugar that makes the alcohol.
2007-01-16 10:34:54 · answer #3 · answered by SLUG 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In fact Alcohol is converted into carbohydrate after ingestion. Whatever the conveyance. So no.
2007-01-16 11:52:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
liquor does not have grains or sugar. My spouse has been on a low carb diet for years. He drinks splenda sweetened lemonaide mixed with vodka.
2007-01-16 10:35:53 · answer #5 · answered by bug 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know dude, but if you find a way let me know! tlewis7721@yahoo.com
2007-01-16 12:55:14 · answer #6 · answered by Tina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋