You might also like to try Arbor’s 4% Motueka single hop pale ale ( £4.40 for 568ml from Hop Burns & Black), Magic Rock’s widely available 3.9% Saucery Session IPA ( £6 for four 330ml cans at Morrisons, or £6.50 Ocado) and Vocation’s 4.4% Heart & Soul Session IPA ( £2 a 440ml can direct from the brewery). To be honest, I left out as many good beers as I’ve listed below. “We went for 3.5% for our Jandals & Togs, because we get asked for that a lot,” says Colin Paige of Round Corner Brewing. Most of the beers I tried for this column were light session ales for which brewers have also taken the opportunity to meet the increasing demand for lower-alcohol beers. If you’re at the extreme end of the coeliac spectrum, you may also want the additional reassurance of buying from a brewery that specialises in gluten-free beers – Green’s, Hepworth and Westerham all being good examples. “If you’re dealing with people’s health, you don’t mess about.” Brewers also have to take care to avoid cross-contamination in the brewing and packaging processes. “You’ve got to test every batch,” says Robert Wicks of Westerham Brewery. The process, while simple, is relatively expensive, mainly due to the cost of specialist testing. Increasingly, they are choosing to do the latter, not least thanks to an amazingly effective enzyme called Brewers Clarex that was originally used to clarify beer. In order to meet the official target of less than 20 parts per million, brewers either have to use different grains or remove the gluten. “Our brewers are already looking at interesting things they can do.Conventionally made beer is a culprit, because beer is made from malted barley (and sometimes wheat), both of which contain gluten. If the two Omission beers are successful, the Craft Brew Alliance might follow up with brand extensions, says Michaelson. To promote the efforts of Oregon brewers to make beers safe for celiacs, Portland mayor Sam Adams (yes, that’s his name) declared May 16 to be “ Gluten-Free Beer Day.” Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), co-chair of the House Small Brewers Caucus, blasted the federal bureaucracy for delaying the marketing of an innovative product. Speaking at the Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego, Rep. The brewers of Omission have some friends in high places. Michaelson said the brewery was talking with the TTB, and he was “very optimistic” that a deal will be worked out to permit some sort of statement about the beers’ gluten content (or lack thereof). “We’ll be relying heavily on the social media to get the word out,” admitted Michaelson.Īlthough the Craft Brew Alliance claims every batch is laboratory-tested to guarantee it contains 6 ppm or less of gluten, the federal Tax and Trade Bureau - the agency that regulates barley-based beer - doesn’t officially recognize any test for determining the gluten content of a fermented beverage. The catch is, to market the beers across state lines, Widmer had to alter the original labels to eliminate the phrase “gluten-free.” Indeed, the label cannot make any statement about gluten at all. Look for them in six-packs of 12-ounce bottles. The East Coast release is set for June 11. in Portland, Ore., were scheduled to move into California and Washington State this week. The Omission beers, brewed by Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
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