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Why do I throw up after I drink beer?
If you're a Celiac (or Coeliac), you are allergic to gluten. Ask your doctor to give you a test to confirm it. Puts a damper on the idea of enjoying gluten-loaded food like, er, 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.
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Gluten Free Beer reviews
- Dragon's Gold Gluten-Free Beer Don Carter
- Lakefront New Grist Gluten-free beer Ashley Cotter-Cairns
- Redbridge Gluten-free beer Betsy Emery
- Sprecher Shakparo Gluten-free beer Ashley Cotter-Cairns
American gluten-free beer
Bard's Tale Beer have brewed a cracking gluten-free in Dragon's Gold Gluten-Free beer (click for full review). The beer claims to be the world's first gluten-free beer to be brewed with sorghum.
WTF issorghum? 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.
Canadian gluten-free beer
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.
A full review will follow of both the original and red
versions of
this beer. Sad to say, our opinion of La Messagere is not going to be
too positive. In short, it's awful!
Prize-winning
gluten free beer, lager and ale
The Gluten Free Beer Festival, in Sheffield, UK, 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
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
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 at the festival. A honey
beer with all the sweetness this implies.
These were the pick of the almost two dozen beers judged, with more brewers promising to send gluten free beer lager and other brews next year.
The future looks, if not bright, at least hazy, fuzzy and drunken for celiacs everywhere!Interested in more general gluten-free diet information? Visit The Gluten Free Chef.