guiness

[Guest guest]

ok...fer years and years and years, i've been hearing all kinds of talk and

hearsay that guiness isn't vegan..

ok...now..i remember seeing an article many years ago, in some beer magazine,

and it dispelled all these myths.

plus, about 2 yrs ago, i had a few pints with someone who workid in the old st

james gate brewery, and he laughed when i brought it up

ok, now, if someone has some " proof " that guiness beer is not vegan, please,

send it forward

as far as i know, guiness contains malted barley, roasted barley, barley flakes,

yeast, and hops....it is even sold in germany using the Reinheitsgebot , and

that specifically states you can only use barley, hops and water in beer(yeast

was added later, and they make exceptions fer wheat beers)

guiness does not use isinglass, nor have they used oyster shells since the

1800's...as for the whole " there's meat in guiness " statement i always hear, i

doubt it, and the oils in meat wouldn't allow the beer to foam and produce a

head

someone got a link?

cheers

fraggle

(went to brewery skool and everthin'!)

hee!!!

oh, and i really don't even like guinness..hahahahahahhaa

[Guest guest]

> ok...fer years and years and years, i've been hearing all kinds of talk and

hearsay that guiness isn't vegan..

> ok...now..i remember seeing an article many years ago, in some beer magazine,

and it dispelled all these myths.

> plus, about 2 yrs ago, i had a few pints with someone who workid in the old st

james gate brewery, and he laughed when i brought it up

> ok, now, if someone has some " proof " that guiness beer is not vegan, please,

send it forward

> as far as i know, guiness contains malted barley, roasted barley, barley

flakes, yeast, and hops....it is even sold in germany using the Reinheitsgebot ,

and that specifically states you can only

> use barley, hops and water in beer(yeast was added later, and they make

exceptions fer wheat beers)

> guiness does not use isinglass, nor have they used oyster shells since the

1800's...as for the whole " there's meat in guiness " statement i always hear, i

doubt it, and the oils in meat wouldn't

> allow the beer to foam and produce a head

> someone got a link?

 

Well, there's this one: http://www.vegansociety.com/html/info/info28.html

Technically, no, there's no meat in Guinness, but it is used to

process it, just as bone char is used to make some sugar. Guinness has

at one point used isinglass, and I'm pretty sure they still do, but

I'd love to find out otherwise. (That stuff was my former favorite!)

You can always write the company a letter and ask. Their website is

guinness.com, although you may have some difficulty finding an email

address there.

 

....In case anyone's wondering about Beamish... I inquired if Beamish Stout

was vegan about a month back -- it's not. I was looking for a Guinness

substitute. :]

 

" Thank you for your enquiry. Beamish Stout, as

part of its normal processing is treated with Isinglass Finings. Isinglass

is a solution of a protein called collagen prepared from fish sources, and

has been used to clarify beers for centuries. Te collagen associates with

yeast cells and causes them to sediment to the bottom of the tank. The

sediment remains behind and is not part of the finished product. No

suitable substitute has yet been found, which is why nearly all brewers

still use them. "

 

- Cheryl

 

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