Beer

[KayJay]

I emailed Westons to enquire about their draft ciders (and specifically Westons Ice). Here's the reply:

There is not much space on labels due to the information that is required by legislation.
Labelling for the “Vegans” is voluntary additional information.
We try to give as much information as possible with the space available but some of our products may not state that they are suitable for Vegans. However, at the time of writing, - All Westons branded ciders are suitable for Vegans.

[snaffler]

any body know about bottles of corona - vegan yes or no.

just to check olde english cider (gaymers) is vegan (just asking as occasionally drink it to relive my teen years although now drink it at home not in bus stops :))

OK I hope this helps non of the Gaymers range is vegan, I checked this out for you I emailed the factory it is close to where I live I also double checked with a phone call.

I have posted the info and response on web-blog for you.
http://metaltofu.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/gaymer-cider-company-not-vegan-or-vegetarian/

Corona is Vegan last time I emailed them but I can check again if you like.

As for cider stick to any of the following brands

http://www.westons-cider.co.uk/ All vegan
http://www.westons-cider.co.uk/ All vegan
http://www.sheppyscider.com/ All vegan
http://www.aspall.co.uk/ All vegan

[Daffodil]

just bought some samuel smiths from my veg box supplier..it's organic and vegan (haven't tried it yet tho - is it nice doesn't anyone know?)....got an ale and a lager. if it's nice i might order a slab next week :-)

[snaffler]

I am keen to buy Sam Smiths could anyone please point me to a mail order place that does this in the UK or near Somerset.

[Gwydion]

just bought some samuel smiths from my veg box supplier..it's organic and vegan (haven't tried it yet tho - is it nice doesn't anyone know?)....got an ale and a lager. if it's nice i might order a slab next week :-)

It's ace!


I am keen to buy Sam Smiths could anyone please point me to a mail order place that does this in the UK or near Somerset.

There's quite a few places, for example:

http://www.vintageroots.co.uk/index.asp
http://www.vinceremos.co.uk/organicwine/copy_of_Organic_Lager.html



Happy Drinking to you both :bigsmile:

[Mr Flibble]

Send a pm to cumin - he order several cases a couple of years back of Sam smiths from somewhere

[vw misfit]

OK I hope this helps non of the Gaymers range is vegan, I checked this out for you I emailed the factory it is close to where I live I also double checked with a phone call.

I have posted the info and response on web-blog for you.
http://metaltofu.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/gaymer-cider-company-not-vegan-or-vegetarian/

Corona is Vegan last time I emailed them but I can check again if you like.

As for cider stick to any of the following brands

http://www.westons-cider.co.uk/ All vegan
http://www.westons-cider.co.uk/ All vegan
http://www.sheppyscider.com/ All vegan
http://www.aspall.co.uk/ All vegan


THanks for checking the cider, thats another one of the list :(.

If you dont mind check corona that would be great :thumbsup:

[Daffodil]

I am keen to buy Sam Smiths could anyone please point me to a mail order place that does this in the UK or near Somerset.


This is where I get mine from. Their farm is in Devon area so I presume they will deliver to you. :)

http://www.riverford.co.uk/

Btw the lager was really really nice.... the ale wasn't so nice (prefer Tangle Foot personally). I have just ordered a slab of the lager to come with my next veg delivery. :-)

[Frosty]

Not in the UK, no.

Is it outside of the UK?

[Eat Y'self Fitter]

I've been doing more and more research on what beers are vegan. It seems many craft brewers atleast in the US are almost offended if you ask if they use animal products because its almost necessary in good quality beer. Synthetic filters and centrifuges are cheaper and easier to use. Also many brewers now use Seaweed and irish moss to clarify their beer.

To quote Lagunitas Brewery " Isinglass is a strange thing--how can something that smells so bad make beer taste better? And who came up with the idea of fish swim bladders to clarify beer?? Sounds like an unlikely accident..."

[Eat Y'self Fitter]

So I've been really digging learning about Belgian beer culture lately. What really intrigued me is how they cook with beer and pair beer with food. Unfortunately a lot of the recipes are meat ladden so in the future I want to adapt them to be vegan.

I was stretched for time today but I made some really simple beer bread today. Using Sierra Nevadas stout and it actually tastes a lot like the stout.

I want to do more cooking with beer but I'm wondering how many or if any of you have fooled around with this or thought hey, lets pour some beer in that.

[harpy]

I sometimes put beer in casseroles (what can't you put in casseroles? :D but I think beer in a casserole has authentic Belgian precedents).

Beer, prunes, beans and mustard is an unlikely but IMO successful combination (again this has precedents in traditional Flemish cooking except that they would use meat rather than beans).

[Mr Flibble]

I'd second ale in casseroles and pies. Probably the only use for what is otherwise filthy liquid. ;)

[harpy]

:eek: You're a heretic, Mr F!

Yes, pies are a good idea. I seem to remember a rather fine mushroom and ale pie in Mildreds.

[BlackCats]

I seem to remember a rather fine mushroom and ale pie in Mildreds.

I love that!:satisfied:

You can use beer to make a beer batter for tofu or vegetables/ onion rings.

[fiamma]

I've never cooked with beer... where have I been????
I'de better start making up for lost time. :lol:

[Corum]

To be honest, Real Ale is the one thing that I have no wish to give up for being vegan. I try and find the breweries that don't use Isinglass and try to put the point across about using bentonite or whatever but some refuse are so set in their ways to change.

I brew beer myself - from kits at the moment, but if I had the money, a friend of ours from Liverpool has offered to install a full mash brewery :) - when I do, I bottle the beer as soon as it is ready and have it as 'bottle conditioned' real ale.

[Eat Y'self Fitter]

To be honest, Real Ale is the one thing that I have no wish to give up for being vegan. I try and find the breweries that don't use Isinglass and try to put the point across about using bentonite or whatever but some refuse are so set in their ways to change.

I brew beer myself - from kits at the moment, but if I had the money, a friend of ours from Liverpool has offered to install a full mash brewery :) - when I do, I bottle the beer as soon as it is ready and have it as 'bottle conditioned' real ale.

If you started a brewery I would move to England to work for it. It is my dream to run a brewery with like minded vegans.

This is just a general question for the UK

I notice in the uk you call it REAL ALE. Where as in America high quality artisanal beer CRAFT BEER. As someone stated earlier they made it sound like it was difficult to find a variety of beer in the UK. Do you get any of our craft beers like Sierra Nevada, Dogfish Head, (two of the leaders in the scene)? Also are there a lot of Belgium and German imports? We get all your beers thats why I'm wondering.

[Risker]

Thought this was interesting.


The UK has more breweries than at any time since the Second World War despite a slump in beer sales and the closure of 50 pubs a week, new figures have revealed.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iFSQeOpsp00WtSDmvRx3OpvlOR9w

[Mr Flibble]

Just found a pub round the corner from home that has aspalls on tap.

Actually I didn't find it, I always knew it was there, but was too scared to go in. Having only lived on the road next to it for the past 3 years I'm don't feel even remotely local enough.

[Risker]

Is it outside of the UK?

Pretty sure it is in America.

[Corum]

If you started a brewery I would move to England to work for it. It is my dream to run a brewery with like minded vegans.

This is just a general question for the UK

I notice in the uk you call it REAL ALE. Where as in America high quality artisanal beer CRAFT BEER. As someone stated earlier they made it sound like it was difficult to find a variety of beer in the UK. Do you get any of our craft beers like Sierra Nevada, Dogfish Head, (two of the leaders in the scene)? Also are there a lot of Belgium and German imports? We get all your beers thats why I'm wondering.

Cheers for the comment, EYF! :D I'm on the verge of designing pump clips for my mate's new brewery in Liverpool - the one I mentioned before.

"Real Ale" is CAMRA (http://www.camra.org.uk/)'s name for, "beer brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide"
That term has been in existence since 1973. I think the term Craft Beer sums up how it's made - on a small scale with a low production run. We do have quite a lot of good breweries like that round here, like Fallen Angel, who were at the Brighton Vegan Fayre earlier this year, who are 90% vegan. :)

I've not heard of the two you've mentioned - they're likely to pop up at beer festivals on the foreign beer stands, along with the belgian and german beers. Most stuff in pubs is either local or some well-known brand which travels well, such as Tim Taylor's Landlord (my all-time favourite).

Corum - ex researcher for CAMRA's Good Beer Guide :D (one of hundreds, of course!)

[vorpal]

Hello,

Are any of your beers suitable for vegans? In particular I would like to know if isinglass, gelatine or egg albumen are used in the clearing process and if honey is one of the ingredients you use?

Many thanks in advance
My Name

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Subject: Re: Are your beers suitable for vegans?
From: info@dbcales.com

Good evening,

Thank you for your enquiry. As far as I am aware, none of the products used in our bottled beers contain or derive from isinglass, gelatine or egg albumen. None of our products contain honey.


In our cask draught beers we do use isinglass to fine the beer.

I hope this is helpful.

Yours sincerely,

Giles Smeath
Dorset Brewing Company
www.dbcales.com
tel: 01305 777515
World Heritage Beers from the World Heritage coast

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Thankyou for your quick reply.

Thats great news, I look forward to trying your bottled beer next time I see them.
May I suggest that you add this information to your website so that other vegans and vegetarians know that they can enjoy your beer too.

Thanks again
My Name

[Eat Y'self Fitter]

Hmm, I just watched the Micheal Jackson beer hunter series "Best of British" he explained a lot of the real ale stuff. Granted it was from 89'. Still top notch.

check out the beers this company is doing corrum. http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/index.htm really experimental stuff.

[beanstew]

For some reason this has made

Beer, beer smurfing beer,
You don't get drunk and it isn't dear.

go through my head.

Have an earworm now.