Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 >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 ... depends on whether you consider dead rats.. apparently every 10 years or so, the guiness vats are cleaned out and they usually find a layer of dead rats at the bottom ... This is a common story in Ireland, but it still doesn't prevent them from drinking it - I'm sure health and safety doesn't allow that anymore, but maybe thats the source of the 'meat in guinness' tale - I sincerely hope it is vegan, because I do like to drink it when I go back home to the old sod ... Joeann - ______________ Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. Go to http://uk.promotions./nokia/ discover and win it! The competition ends 16 th of December 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 ok..rumor...myth.... beer vats are cleaned out after every brew.... every time you brew beer, you clean out EVERYTHING..the kettle, fermenetation tanks, everything..... cheers fraggle joeann cantillon <goosy_gander wrote: > >>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 > >.. depends on whether you consider dead rats.. >apparently every 10 years or so, the guiness vats are >cleaned out and they usually find a layer of dead rats >at the bottom ... > >This is a common story in Ireland, but it still >doesn't prevent them from drinking it - >I'm sure health and safety doesn't allow that anymore, >but maybe thats the source of the 'meat in guinness' >tale - >I sincerely hope it is vegan, because I do like to >drink it when I go back home to the old sod ... >Joeann > >- > >______________ >Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. >Go to http://uk.promotions./nokia/ discover and win it! >The competition ends 16 th of December 2001. > > > >To send an email to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 guiness does seem to be something that goes round and round in the vegan discussions sooo many folks tell me they use isinglass..yet...i've asked them repeatedly, and they always say they don't... eh..i don't like guiness anyways hahahahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 A few years ago I rang Guiness's head office in London and was told they did use isinglass for refining the beer. guiness does seem to be something that goes round and round in the vegan discussions sooo many folks tell me they use isinglass..yet...i've asked them repeatedly, and they always say they don't... eh..i don't like guiness anyways hahahahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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