2006-11-28 08:37:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
well i guess vegan beer *oink* vegans have rules to what they eat
2006-11-28 08:40:00 · update #1
Yes.
Many beers no longer use isinglass (fish swim bladder) to clear them.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS ISINGLASS NOT ALL BEER IS VEGETARIAN NO MATTER WHAT THE OTHER ANSWERERS SAY
Even mass produced Becks is vegan.
There are even beers out there for celiacs.
Just do a search on google as I can't really help any more as I don't know where you live
OK
I've GOOGLED for you
If in UK http://www.gonchong.co.uk/vegbeer.html has a list of VEGETARIAN beers
2006-11-28 08:40:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Weatherman is right!!!
"The introduction of animal matter into an otherwise vegetarian beer happens in the filtering system. In order to quickly clear beer of the yeast sediment and have it drop to the bottom of the cask, substances called finings are added. The major fining ingredient is Isinglass, which is made from the swim bladder of the sturgeon fish. Along with sturgeon, other fish species that are used for beer finings are the catfish, the drum fish and the threadfin.
"By using these animal products, almost all beers are unacceptable to vegan and vegetarians. There are some small breweries that use other methods of filtration, but it does take some dedicated research to find them. Vegetarian beer is not widely recognized, if at all, in the USA. [...]
"Great Britain has an impressive number of breweries that are producing vegetarian beer. The brewers of vegetarian beer in Great Britain have been meeting with great success. And with this success comes recognition of the product. The vegan and vegetarian consumers of this ancient and esteemed brew should make sure the major brewing companies in their own countries know there is a market for this product."
2006-11-28 16:56:35 · answer #2 · answered by MamaFrog 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Beer that uses isinglass to clarify is not vegetarian.
However, not all breweries use isinglass to clarify their beer.
Irish moss is also used (a form of agar...kelp based gelatin) very frequently in the same capacity as isinglass. Bentonite, an ultra fine clay is also a frequently used, very effective fining agent.
If you ever want to be sure your beer is vegetarian or vegan, brew your own. It's not hard, and you will get a beer that's a whole lot better than what you'd buy in the store/bar, *and* you have absolute control of its ingredients and methods of brewing.
2006-11-28 21:15:57 · answer #3 · answered by Trid 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beer is not made from animals so all beer is vegetarian. Now if beer is made from animal by-products like all these smarty pants say that it is than beer is not "vegan." I love the rush to judgment without the facts. If you are vegetarian than drink away if you are vegan read labels.
2006-11-28 16:40:24 · answer #4 · answered by I do what I want.. 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Beer is vegetarian. I have never had a meat beer or a chicken beer or a pork beer
2006-11-28 16:39:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I've never heard of any beer made with Meat products... Eww.
2006-11-28 17:41:33 · answer #6 · answered by alwaysbombed 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, all beer is vegetarian. Barley, hops, sugar, yeast...
No animal products.
Yeast is not an animal. It's a fungus - like mushrooms.
Oh BTW if you're going to be one you need to learn how to spell it. At least learn how to use Spell-checker....
2006-11-28 16:45:59 · answer #7 · answered by Lorie W. 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Uh, beer doesn't have meat in it! It is water and barley hops and possible some others stuff but not meat.
2006-11-28 16:40:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
ROFL....beer isn't made from animals......that's quite possibly the funniest thing I've ever heard!!! lol
2006-11-28 16:57:55 · answer #9 · answered by amy l 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All beer is vegetarian beer.
2006-11-28 16:38:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋