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Serious question: I need a rec for a low carb craft beer. Michelob Ultra has 2.9 GM of carbs. This gets pretty watery. I could go up to 5-6 GM (Bud Light, Miller Lite range) and be cool with the carb limits.

Any microbeers from local brewers that would get down in this range?
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I wonder if Scriptown gets down closer to that. They brew session beers that have lower alcohol content so might be lower carb.
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I do not know how many beers actually have carbohydrate contents listed, but you can find estimated calories at RateBeer.com
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Coyote wrote:I do not know how many beers actually have carbohydrate contents listed, but you can find estimated calories at RateBeer.com
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iamjacobm wrote:I wonder if Scriptown gets down closer to that. They brew session beers that have lower alcohol content so might be lower carb.
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New Brewery:

Lazy Horse Vineyard - Ohiowa, NE (45 min south of York)

https://www.facebook.com/LazyHorseVineyard
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Deschute's Woody will be at Beer Corner from 4-10 tonight. ..
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Coyote wrote:Deschute's Woody will be at Beer Corner from 4-10 tonight. ..
It was a the West Blatt last night too. I want to go tonight, but I am doing the Taco Ride...
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Coyote wrote:Soaring Wings explores beer after a decade of winemaking

Current Tap List:

Pegasus
ABV 4.5   IBU 8
Light and refreshing but full flavored German Helles style Lager

Aviator English Ale
ABV 4.5   IBU 11
English session beer with low hop bitterness - think Boddingtons or Tetley's

Hop Zeppelin Double IPA
ABV 8  IBU 67 or greater
Double Hop IPA.  Double the alcohol and double the hops for all you "hop" lovers!

Blackbird
ABV 6.2   IBU 25
Creamy Dark Stout with coffee overtones.
Finally tried these four beers tonight at a jazz concert at Soaring Wings.

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What did you think of the beers?
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daveoma wrote:What did you think of the beers?
Their English Ale was very weak and flat, their Pilsner was average at best, but their Stout has a nice body and complex roasted malts and their DIPA was nice and hoppy on the first try, but then seemed to just get all mingled with too many hops where it really didn't make sense... "We use Columbus, Centennial, Cascade, Warrior & a touch of Simcoe hops for all you "hop" lovers." yes I love hops, but only when they compliment each other. I will go back someday to try their Imperial Stout aged in their wine barrels though...
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Zipline and NBC each took home a gold medal at the GABF in Denver!
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And a Lincoln homebrewer was named a Longshot winner, and his beer will be part of the next Sam Adams Longshot six pack.
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yellowcolumbia wrote:And a Lincoln homebrewer was named a Longshot winner, and his beer will be part of the next Sam Adams Longshot six pack.
Apparently he will also be a part of a new brewery in Lincoln.

http://www.omaha.com/go/nightlife-notes ... 39db7.html
By Andrea Kszystyniak / World-Herald staff writer wrote:
Tim Thomssen will help open Boiler Brewing Company in the basement of the Grand Manse, at 129 N. 10th St. in Lincoln. The project is a collaboration between the president of U.S. Property’s Monte Froehlich and Lincoln-based Alpha Brewing Operations.

Thomssen was a winner in Samuel Adams’ Longshot Competition for his raspberry berliner weisse last week at the Great American Beer Festival. He and two other homebrewers will have their beer featured in a Longshot Variety Pack, to be released nationwide in the spring.
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Yay, more Nebraskan craft brews!
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Not Nebraska brewed, but Odell is brewing a signature beer for the Flagship Group restaurants. It is a blood orange saison.
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Need a low carb beer. Any local breweries getting into these?
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As discussed in the thread about that building, it appears that Benson Brewery is now planning their deli/brewpub to go in the proposed year round farmers market at 10th and pacific.
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bigredmed wrote:Need a low carb beer. Any local breweries getting into these?
Not that I know of. If you stick to lower alcohol beers, those will typically be lower in carbs because of lower starting gravity (sugar content).
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yellowcolumbia wrote:
bigredmed wrote:Need a low carb beer. Any local breweries getting into these?
Not that I know of. If you stick to lower alcohol beers, those will typically be lower in carbs because of lower starting gravity (sugar content).
yellowcolumbia dropping knowledge! :yes:
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Coyote wrote:
yellowcolumbia wrote:
bigredmed wrote:Need a low carb beer. Any local breweries getting into these?
Not that I know of. If you stick to lower alcohol beers, those will typically be lower in carbs because of lower starting gravity (sugar content).
yellowcolumbia dropping knowledge! :yes:
Helpful. Still looking for Coors light equivalent (5gm/12oz) in a Amber or dark lager style.
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First Street Brewing Company - Hastings

http://www.nbcneb.com/home/headlines/Pl ... C_Nebraska
Right now Hoeft brews five beers regularly and then has several seasonal brews. He will continue to grow his quantity in the new First Street Brewing Company which will also create 10-12 new jobs in the first two years alone.

Along with selling the beer locally, it will be made with local ingredients as Hoeft said he has several friends who grow hops and wheat here in Nebraska.

He said opening up the brewery in downtown Hastings is expected to help grow the area quite a bit..
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Work on Lincoln brewery's new cave space delayed – just until the bats wake up

http://www.omaha.com/go/nightlife/work- ... c3fb8.html
Andrea Kszystyniak / World-Herald staff writer wrote:He’s delaying work in the cave until March 11, around the end of the bats’ hibernation time, and at that time the bats will be moved to one specific area of the cave.
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10 UNTAPPED BEER CITIES POISED TO BLOW UP

https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/ ... eer-cities

Omaha, NE
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:banger: :clap: :cheers: :clap: :banger:
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Brad wrote:10 UNTAPPED BEER CITIES POISED TO BLOW UP

https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/ ... eer-cities

Omaha, NE
The Big O blowing up.. What else is new..

Time to dust off a reward I haven't given out in years- A big Cowboy BRAVO to Thrillist and this piece!..

:banana: :coolwoot: :coolwoot: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :banger: ...

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iamjacobm wrote:Not Nebraska brewed, but Odell is brewing a signature beer for the Flagship Group restaurants. It is a blood orange saison.
I took my parents to Plank of Friday and ordered an Infusion Vanilla Bean that they said was seasonal and were out of. I then turned to the Odell Saison that I only got half a glass of. The bartender said it was exclusive to Flagship in Nebraska and I got the last drops of it. I was really disappointed that they left me with only one craft brew option on tap.
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Trips wrote:I took my parents to Plank of Friday and ordered an Infusion Vanilla Bean that they said was seasonal and were out of.
That's not seasonal. Its been on tap all over town for over a year now.
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I was just about to say the same thing. If someone there thinks that it is one of Infusion's seasonals, that does not bode well for their management or wait reputation...
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Coyote wrote:...If someone there thinks that it is one of Infusion's seasonals, that does not bode well for their management or wait reputation...
My only thought is maybe the Vanilla Bean was seasonal for Plank. I was more surprised that their "signature" beer, the Saison, was gone from all of their locations after only a few months. That is not what I consider a signature beer.
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Nebraska bill would establish a state craft brewery board
Nebraska State Sen. Tyson Larson introduced Legislative Bill 1105 that would propose to establish a craft brewery board and, maybe more importantly, allow breweries to maintain certain retail operations (tap rooms) beyond the current 20,000-bbl threshold. At the moment, if you a growing, successful brewery and ready to zoom past that mark, you have to shut that retail function down.
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I saw an article in the OWH about that a couple weeks ago, I was surprised to learn there was a limit.
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Updated the list on page one.

First Street Brewing - Hastings, NE (2016)
https://www.firststreetbrewing.com/
https://www.facebook.com/FirstStreetBrewing

Boiler Brewing Company - Lincoln, NE (2016)
http://boilerbrewingcompany.com
https://www.facebook.com/boilerbrewingcompany
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Bolo Beer Co., Valentine, NE
https://www.facebook.com/BoloBeerCo/
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Bolo Beer Co.. I need to check them out :thumb: ...

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LOVE the bison logo.
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HASTINGS ENTREPRENEUR’S FASCINATION FOR BREWING LEADS TO LAUNCHING A LOCAL MICRO-BREWERY
First Street Brewing is tentatively set to open this July by owner Nathan Hoeft. Hoeft has been in the business of brewing for around a decade. He is mostly self-taught, though he has had opportunities to talk with and learn from professional brewers such as Trevor Schaben from Thunderhead Brewing Co. in Kearney, Marcus Powers and Tom Wilmoth from Zipline Brewing Co. in Lincoln and Mike Klimek and Caleb Pollard from Scratchtown Brewing Co. in Ord.

First Street Brewing Co. will include a tap room where they will test out different beers with the community. Hoeft and his business has plenty of room to grow. “We’re starting out with a 15 barrel brew house, [so] each time you brew [you produce] about 465 gallons of beer,” said Hoeft. “It seems like a lot, but it goes very quickly if you’re doing it right.”
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Loving all the beer this state is kicking out! NeBrewski! :cheers:
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Brad wrote:Loving all the beer this state is kicking out! NeBrewski! :cheers:
Loving all the support these new breweries are getting from the local established craft brewers!
Thanks Caleb, Mike and Trevor!
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Does anyone know when Infusion West is going to be opening?
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