Need information on gluten free beer, lager and ale?

Probably means you're a Celiac (or Coeliac) and so allergic to gluten. Kind of puts a damper on the idea of enjoying gluten-loaded drinks like, um, beer...

At the United Nations of Beer, we believe everybody should have the right and the ability to enjoy a tasty brew or three.

So, without further ado, we're proud to present the UNOB guide to gluten free beer, lager and ale.

If you can't find something to tempt you here, you probably aren't human! Celiacs or Coeliacs, you too can get happily toasted every Friday night, without any nasty side effects!

Interested in more general gluten-free diet information? Visit The Gluten Free Chef.

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American gluten-free beer

Chaucer would have changed his tune if THIS Bard's Tale gluten free beer lager were around back then... Bard's Tale Beer have brewed a cracking gluten-free in Dragon's Gold.

The beer claims to be the world's first gluten-free beer to be brewed with sorghum.

WTF is sorghum? No, not something you'd complain about to your dentist!

Sorghum, also known as jowar, is a grass used for food, fodder, and the production of alcoholic beverages (a much higher cause, we're sure you'd agree).

It's especially good at surviving in drought-prone areas.

Talking of which, we're thirsty. What about the beer?

Bard's Tale website includes a map showing retailers in your area. Check them out by clicking here.

Candian gluten-free beer

Gluten-free beer, lager and ale

Nobody knew that Carlos the Jackal was a celiac...

La Bieres de la Nouvelle France ("the beers of 'new France'"), a Quebec-based brewery, has launched its own gluten-free ale, La Messagere.

It claims that this brew is the first gluten-free ale in North America, the result of three years of R&D.

We're not going to argue that point one way or the other (after all, that would require tiresome research).

Let's let that slide, along with the 'new France' thing and their oh-so-strange accents, and enjoy the beer for what it is.

A cracking good booze!

Why not visit the company's website? It includes links to retailers, plus other beers in the brewer's stable. Vive le nouvelle France!

(We'll review La Messagere in the near future. Ed.)

Prize-winning gluten free beer, lager and ale

The recent Gluten Free Beer Festival, in Sheffield, England, awarded top prizes to five beer or lager drinks without gluten. The winning beers are listed below. Enjoy!

Beer Lover's Club Against the Grain

Gluten content: less than 13ppm
Strength: 4.5% alcohol by volume
A traditional ale of very decent strength. Described as a "Really good bitter beer."

Green's Explorer

Gluten content: none
Strength: 6% alcohol by volume
Fruity, deep red beer with a range of aftertastes.

Lakefront New Grist

Gluten content: none
Strength: 5% alcohol by volume
Pale ale, medium- to full-bodied.

O'Brien Premium Lager

The only true lager to win an award in the competition. Gluten content: none
Strength: 4.5% alcohol by volume
The only 'true' lager to win an award at the festival.

"Lager - no doubt!" sums it up nicely, in case you had any niggling doubts.

Ramapo Valley Passover Honey Beer

Gluten content: none
Strength: 4.5% alcohol by volume
The only Kosher beer in the festival! The only Kosher beer at the festival. A honey beer with all the sweetness this implies.