Beer question

[calico1]

Is yeast used in the production of beer?

I know it sounds like a strange question. I suffer from occasional eczema and earlier this week I got a red, itchy rash around my neck. After going through anything different I was consuming I realized I had bought a case of a Sam Adams variety case.."Brewer's Choice." Since I live in CT I generally drink beer only in warm weather. I came across an article that said that yeast can be a cause for eczema flareup. I have been drinking one beer for the past 10 days or so. The rash flares up after my shower, even though I only use cool to lukewarm water. Yesterday I did not drink a beer and the redness did no appear. So I am just wondering if beer could be a cause. All comments are appreciated.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. Yes, yeast is used in beer.

And people avoiding yeast shouldn't drink beer.

[calico1]

2. I thought so. Thanks. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. It's used in wine too.

What a horrible allergy.

[LeftyMom]

4. oh shit, beer causes ezcema?

This thread's gonna ruin somebody's day. :(

edit: Come to think of it I have a friend with rosacea and almost any alcohol makes her problem much worse. So I really shouldn't be surprised.

[txwhitedove]

5. Yep, and heavy drinkers are prone to psoriasis...,all over.

[calico1]

6. I am not a heavy drinker. I usually drink

about 4 or 5 drinks a week. In the Winter because I live in CT I don't usually drink beer. I go for wine or a mixed drink. Oddly enough, I don't get the same reaction when I drink wine. Its just that this week I broke out in a rash and the beer was the only thing different that I was consuming so I was thinking it must be that. Maybe I need to keep looking. Maybe its certain types of beer. I just wish I knew.

[SteppingRazor]

7. In addition to all the above comments, just in case you're wondering...

there's no such thing as a yeastless beer. The fungus is as necessary to the beer-making process as hops and grains. Sorry! :(

[calico1]

8. I guess its back to wine!

I love a nice ice-cold beer in warm weather. But its not worth an itchy rash on my neck. ;(

[SteppingRazor]

9. Actually, yeast is used in wine too...

but not as much of it. For least yeast content, drink hard liquor, especially clear liquors like vodka and gin.

[calico1]

13. I don't get that reaction with wine.

But I do like Vodka. Its just that beer seems a more Summer type drink. This problem only started this year. I have had eczema problems before occasionally. But I never got a reaction from beer. It was dark beer by the way. I wonder if that makes a difference. I had had some lighter beer earlier in Spring and I didn't get any reaction like this.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

15. i suggest Patron

[Duer 157099]

10. Wait a minute -- there's *live* yeast in beer?

I know yeast are involved in the fermentation process, but once it's done, isn't the beer somehow pasteurized or otherwise processed to remove/kill the yeast?

Is the skin problem a result of a yeast-byproduct, perhaps a protein they make or are composed of, or is it an actual yeast-infection type problem? In other words, is the problem due to live yeast or yeast products or dead yeast?

I'm confused....

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. The corporate stuff gets pasteurized.

The good kind- microbrew, homebrew, etc. does not. You'll notice a fine layer of sediment at the bottom of the bottle. You're not supposed to drink that stuff.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Not all beer is pastuerized. American shit beer is, and most mass-produced

beer is, but some small breweries of America and europe and elsewhere don't.

[calico1]

14. It was Sam Adams beer.

When I was in Puerto Rico recently I drank Heineken and did not have any problem.

I should add too that I have had "Sam Adams" beer many times before with no problem. The kind you usually get is the Boston Lager which is what most people get when they ask for a Sam Adams. However, the case I got was a variety pack with I think 6 different types--ales and lagers. So I wonder if it was some of them but not others. Is an ale beer more "yeasty" than a lager? I usually drink lager. Maybe that is the problem.