Any recommendations on which vegan beers (proper UK beer, not american pop)
are good, bad etc.
And where they are available.

Pete

In article >, says...
> Any recommendations on which vegan beers (proper UK beer, not american pop)
> are good, bad etc.
> And where they are available.
>
> Pete
>
>

Not being a beer drinker I can't advise on what is good or not but you
might want to begin by looking at the IsIt Vegan database which can be
found here
http://realfood.redblackandgreen.net.../isitvegan.php

The beer link is
http://realfood.redblackandgreen.net...hp?department=
2&category=107&manufacturer=0&item=&ord=Item&asc=a sc

or, even better as you can carry it around when shopping, help support
the Vegan Society (www.vegansociety.com) and buy The Animal Free Shopper
(£4.99)

HTH
vegcurry

"P Darby" > wrote in message
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> Any recommendations on which vegan beers (proper UK beer, not american
> pop) are good, bad etc.
> And where they are available.

It should be noted that almost all macro brewery beer tastes like that post
ww][ style you are referring to. You can blame the Nazi party for this.
There was less grain to use to make beer, the beer had to appeal to the
tastes of women, and had to be refreshing after a long day at the factory.
American micro breweries offer diversity that far exceeds the rest of the
worlds. Ofcourse diversity is not always good... but it certainly isnt pop.

As far as vegan beer, that depends on how strict you are. All beers are
vegetarian (ok, except for cock ale, but who's ever seen this?), but
harvesting machines kill field mice, making grains murder in themselves.

> As far as vegan beer, that depends on how strict you are. All beers are
> vegetarian .....


Surely that depends on what finings they use, if they use a gelatine finings
that's made from boiled animal bones.
Some also use Isinglass as a finings, this is made from the swim bladders
of fish.

I was trying to find out which beers didn't directly use these animal
products.

Pete D

"P Darby" > wrote in message
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>> As far as vegan beer, that depends on how strict you are. All beers are
>> vegetarian .....
>
>
> Surely that depends on what finings they use, if they use a gelatine
> finings that's made from boiled animal bones.
> Some also use Isinglass as a finings, this is made from the swim bladders
> of fish.
>
> I was trying to find out which beers didn't directly use these animal
> products.

I completely forgot about that aspect.

"P Darby" > wrote in message
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> > As far as vegan beer, that depends on how strict you are. All beers are
> > vegetarian .....
>
Sorry. That's not quite correct.

Some use Isinglass as finings (clarifying agent) which comes from the
swim-bladders of fish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isinglass

Best thing? Brew your own. It's easy. Tasts better too and you can make it
as strong as you like.

Do a Google on "home brewing" with the quotes.


> Surely that depends on what finings they use, if they use a gelatine
finings
> that's made from boiled animal bones.
> Some also use Isinglass as a finings, this is made from the swim bladders
> of fish.
>
> I was trying to find out which beers didn't directly use these animal
> products.
>
> Pete D
>
>

German and Czech beers are vegan, because they have Beer purity law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot