Beer

[RedWellies]

Oh, OK, thanks. Is it nice?

[Soul Rebel]

Oh, OK, thanks. Is it nice?

It was nice in college because it was cheap, but I haven't drank it since graduating.

[Frank]

Cobra is vegan but I don't know what King Cobra is.

I would be wary of Cobra.

Cobra have refused to state whether or not they use isinglass.

They would not even tell the Vegan Society either - after repeated attempts.

I believe if it was suitable for vegans they would have come forward and acknowledged it.

They don't want to do that so it probably isn't.

They did make statements in earlier times that it was vegan - but nothing since they were asked about isinglass.

Until you get an assurity from them on this point - I wouldn't bother.

[RedWellies]

I would be wary of Cobra.
.

Oh, OK, thanks for that Frank. I haven't re-checked with them for ages. I don't drink it myself but I like to know about alcohol so I can let others know. I will have to look into it... along with Pimms, my next challenge!

[Lilac Hamster]

Here is the reply I got from Cobra for anyone who is interested.


Hi

We have had a final confirmation that there are no finings or animal derived materials used to brew Cobra , so I’m sure it is OK for Vegans.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Mela Masser
Marketing Coordinator

Cobra Beer Ltd.
Alexander House
14-16 Peterborough Road
London
SW6 3BN
Tel: +44(0)2077316200
Fax: +44(0)2077316201




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From: Lesley Dove [mailto:Lesley@vegan4life.org.uk]
Sent: 08 March 2007 11:16
To: Mela Masser
Subject: RE: Cobra Beer


Thanks, but this does not really answer the question as to if it is vegan which it would not be if any animal ingredients such as milk or egg derivatives are used in the process. Please can you confirm whether or not anything of animal origin is used in the making of Cobra?



Regards,

Lesley Dove




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From: mmasser@COBRABEER.COM [mailto:mmasser@COBRABEER.COM]
Sent: 08 March 2007 10:17
To: Lesley@vegan4life.org.uk
Subject: Cobra Beer
Importance: High



Hi Lesley,



Thank you for your email.

Cobra beer is suitable for Vegetarians.



If you have anymore questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.



Kind Regards,



Mela Masser

Marketing Coordinator



Cobra Beer Ltd.

Alexander House

14-16 Peterborough Road

London

SW6 3BN

Tel: +44(0)2077316200

Fax: +44(0)2077316201

[ajkochanowicz]

What about Guiness? Is that vegan?

(I love Guiness)

[Frank]

No - Guiness is not vegan.

Guiness are happy to state that fish finnings may be present in the final product.

What about Guiness? Is that vegan?

(I love Guiness)

[ajkochanowicz]

Damnit.

[Kevster]

'NEW LIFE PARROT RESCUE & HELPLINE SERVICE

PRESENTS Vegan/veggie 'PALE ALE'

We are proud to announce the arrival of NLPR 'Pale Ale', especially
made for vegans and vegetarians - it is completely animal friendly and is
made using an ethical green system, as with all other ales made by St. Judes
Brewery.

The NLPR pale ale is only available at St.Judes Brewery -
www.stjudesbrewery.co.uk - who have a license to sell ale to you
straight from their brewery for you to enjoy at home.
However, we are working toward getting this stocked in supermarkets and other high street
outlets.

Retail price is £2 per 500ml bottle and for every bottle sold the
Charity will receive 25% of the revenue raised. NLPR Pale Ale follows on from
the NLPR 'Golden Ale', and to our knowledge, this is the first vegan
Ale in the UK designed to help an animal charity. If you drink Ale, then please support
this effort and buy a bottle or two and help our small charity to build a large parrot rescue,
rehabilitation, education and awareness facility for us to continue and expand our valuable
work and help more needy parrots today and, unfortunately, for those of tomorrow Small
animal rescue charities need your help the most.'

[Kevster]

'it is completely animal friendly and is made using an ethical green system, as with all other ales made by St. Judes Brewery.'

This bit isn't quite right, with their other ales you have to request the vegan version. As they do offer a fined version of the beer which isn't vegetarian.

[Kevster]

New...... http://www.atlanticbrewery.com/

[gertvegan]

They're at the Bristol Vegan Fayre Mr Kev.

[Kevster]

Indeedy doody, as are Sam Smiths i believe....

[gertvegan]

Has anyone tried Stoodley Stout made by the Little Valley Brewery? See http://www.vintageroots.co.uk/product.asp?id=1866

Rich black stout containing chocolate malt mixed with oats and wheat. Stoodley Stout has a rich and creamy roasted flavour with aromas of orange, citrus and berry.

[Kevster]

I most certainly have tried the Stoodley Stout, and the others in their range.
Suma also do a similar range by Little Valley but under their own label, and vegan trademarked! Available just about anywhere by asking your independent wholefood shop to sneak some in.

All pretty good, i've got a batch of their Elphin Brook bitter at present.

[Risker]

All of Brothers Cider's products are vegan, I had to check because they're the official cider of Glasto.

[Kevster]

Made a special detour to Borough market in London for one of each of the Atlantic Brewery beers. http://www.atlanticbrewery.com/

I'll be having the Celtic ale shortly.

[Kevster]

The Celtic Ale was quite distinctive, the Summer Ale is pretty lovely it's got a slight lemmony twang to it, i'd definitely have a few more bottles of that.

[Kevster]

The Dark Ale is a bit rich for me, i'd definitely go for the Summer Ale though, and will get hold of a few more when the opportunity arises.

[Poison Ivy]

I have asked our liquid engineers....

I'm sorry, but 'liquid engineers' .... that made me chuckle!

[Mr Flibble]

I was thinking of donating a vat full as my contribution

[shez]

I have been just looking at The Bristol Vegan guide online and they have a small artical in the back regarding vegan drinks but I noticed some beers in the guide I thought were unsuitable (the ones in bold)

OTHER WIDELY AVAILABLE BRANDS
Bass Grolsch (except 275ml bottle); Budweiser; All; Carlsberg-Tetley Carlsberg, Lowenbrau; Pils Charles Wells Beers Can, Bottle, Keg (NOT Cask): Bombardier Bitter, Eagle Bitter,
Banana Bread Beer, Red Stripe Lager, Kirin; Lager, Cobra Lager; Interbrew Heineken; Export, Hoegaarden, Rolling Rock; Scottish
Courage Ltd Beck's, Holsten Pils

CIDERS
Aspall Suffolk Cyder: Dry, Medium, Organic; Bulmer UK Ltd Bulmers Original, Bulmers; Traditional (keg only), Strongbow, Symonds; Scrumpy Jack, White Lightning, Woodpecker
Cider; Dunkerton's Cider Company Black Fox; Sparkling Medium Dry, Premium Organic; Sparkling, Kingston Black Cider; Sedlescombe; Organic Vineyard Dry Cider; Thatchers All

In the Beers section I noticed Grolsch now a while back I read that only the
450ml swing top bottles and keg Grolsh was Vegan

In the Ciders the Woodpecker and Strongbow, again I am sure these have alway been unsuitable, I think this info was from the animal free shopper not the latest edition though...

Have these companies updated the process to a vegan one ? Confused

Thanks
Snaffler

hi there,
yer ive found this a few times. beers and stouts are tricky when it comes down to whether their vegan.

As far as i know strongbow is vegan but blackthorn cidar is not, (you can actually see the second is a lot more "orange" in colour) proabaly somethin' to do with beta carateen


As for grolsh yer its vegan. i think they actually have the vegan approved stamp, although im not to sure.

p.s i still miss guinness

[refinnej]

Does anyone know if Waitrose Ales are vegan? There is an organic one labelled "suitable for vegetarians".

[Kevster]

They used to have an organic ale that was vegan trademarked....

[refinnej]

Ah. See the one I found today had the Vegetarian Society seal.

I think it's really rare for alcohol to be clarified with egg or milk (that is vegetarian, but not vegan), but I've read that it's possible, using egg albumen or casein.

Blech.

[Gorilla]

i don't think it's that rare, i know there are plenty of wines that are vegetarian but not vegan.

[Mr Flibble]

actually the use of egg seems to be quite common.

[Ara]

Does anyone know if the koppaburg ciders are vegan? I emailed them a month or so ago but they didn't reply...

[Corum]

I've found loads of Budvar outlets in Lewes. They range from the full pint bottles at the Elephant, to the tiddlers at the Lewes Arms.

It's a shame the vegan option doesn't tend to go much past chips at either though... unless you've got a fiver or so to spend on lunch.

[Frosty]

Does anyone know if the koppaburg ciders are vegan? I emailed them a month or so ago but they didn't reply...

My friend has informed me that Koppaburg ciders aren't vegan I'm afraid, but to be honest I'm not too sure where she's getting her info from. I think it was one of those heard from a friend of a friend type things.. I might send them an email too, see if they get back to me. I have stopped drinking it since my friend said this to me, and I do miss drinking their cider, the Pear is rather refreshing So would be nice to find out a definate answer.

[Ara]

Yeah i used to love the pear too but haven't drunk it for ages for fear of the unknown! lol. I'm taking their lack of reply to mean that it's not vegan...but maybe they'll get back to you with good news!

[twinkle]

They're a danish company, aren't they? Are people writing in english? Maybe the people there don't understand the question?

[Frosty]

I mailed them today. They're a Swedish company, but they have a branch in Belfast (I think), so mailed them. Hopefully be hearing something soon The lack of response does kinda indicate to me that they either don't or just don't know. Or don't care.

[vegcurry]

Does anyone know if the Perry in Waitrose is vegan? I can't seem to find much on their site about it. Apols if this has been answered elsewhere.

[Marrers]

I'm in the process of finding out about some alcohol-free vegan wines and beers. I'll post the details soon.

[flutterby]

For info, since this thread was getting quite long, what with beer, cider, wine, spirit, pimms, and sangria posts etc, a number of posts have now been moved (where possible) to make seperate threads, all in the 'drink' forum. Hopefully making it easier for all to find info. Any queries, please pm me.

[RedWellies]

Great idea, Flutterby!

[vegcurry]

I was at Westons Cider Farm/Vistors centre the other day on a tour of the cider factory, and found that not only are all their products are suitable for vegans (but you probably already knew this), but that they also bottle their ciders under the name of:

Tesco Oakleys Cider
Waitrose Traditional Farmouse Cider
Sainsburys Organic Westcountry Cider


They said a way to confirm it is Westons is if it says it's oak conditioned and from Herefordshire, then it's Westons.

BTW, their perry is really tasty

[Gorilla]

good to know, thanks vegcurry

[sandra]

I didn't know that Vegcurry.........thanks!

[Windfall]

I've been told that Kopparbergs pear cider is vegan, has anyone else heard anything different? (LOVE kopparberg, its a shame we dont get all the flavours here, in sweden there are so many more apart from apple and pear..)

[BlackCats]

Ooh really? I think I have tasted that a while back, it was yummy.

[Frosty]

I've been told that Kopparbergs pear cider is vegan, has anyone else heard anything different? (LOVE kopparberg, its a shame we dont get all the flavours here, in sweden there are so many more apart from apple and pear..)

I emailed them at their office in Belle-fast, but never received a reply. I know I'm not the only one on here that never received a reply from them as well. I heard that it wasn't vegan. I wish I knew a definate answer, cos it is tasty stuff, and haven't drank it just in case, since becoming vegan.

[sandra]

Oh, I didn't know they were based in Belfast.................do you have their address Frosty and I'll pay them a visit!

(Why when I read that back did it sound ominous?)

[Frosty]

Its main office is based in Sweden, but their UK distributor is in Belfast, and I thought I'd be able to get an answer from them rather than the Swedish office - being English speaking an all...

It did sound a little ominous, you're not going to letter bomb them are you?

Kopparberg Cider
Cider of Sweden Ltd.
Suite 1, Malborough House
348 Lisburn Road,
Belfast BT9 6GH
Northern Ireland
T: +44 (0)28 90668901
F: +44 (0)28 90663370
E: info@ciderofsweden.com
Visit our Brewery Website @ http://www.kopparbergs.com

[sandra]

hee hee!

I'll call in the next time I'm up the Lisburn Road!

[Gorilla]

i have a Swedish colleague at work who drinks Kopparberg, and it does sound delicious, but i have no info about whether or not it's vegan. she's veggie but i don't know how strict she is about alcohol. i hope it's ok, i'd like to try it.

[sugarmouse]

I have googled but cnnot find if Sourzare vegan. Anyone know?x

[Rattdogg]

Does any one know where I can by some no animal derived Beer finings, as most google searches come up with severe amounts of cleverness as to what beer finings are but not where to get them.


Pete

[Stu]

Is your username a wee pun on that of an existing member?