Vegan Beer

yag is made of deer blood. that = unvegan. just for future reference

 

If you are referring to Jagermeister, that isn't true. It's an old myth that Jagermeister contains deer blood, which it does not.

 

LOL. Jager containing deer blood.

gotta love urban legends.

All liquor is vegan...except tequila with the worm. Wine is vegan..and from what I understand after searching the net...beer is also vegan.


Don't worry vegans! you can still become alcoholics without harming any animals.

 

interesting. someone told me that this weekend and i wanted to vomit.

 

German purity laws require that beer be made from only barley, water, hops and yeast.

Most craft beers in the US meet that standard. Support your local brewery!! I am sure that if you ask about their process, they will be proud to brag about how they make their beer. Just don't ask the Ph of their water.

 

The Reinheitsgebot, or Bavarian purity law of 1516 is load of bs with no place in 21 century . The original ducument honestly has more to do with taxation and sales than anything. It was original put in place by the royalty to keep the peasantry from using bread grains in aclohol. Adjunct Grains, such as wheet and rye can be used to make verry good beer, where barley is not a good bread grain. but makes good beer. The upper class and Gerrman royalty still used the other grains in thier beer of course.

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Also in the 1500s people didnt know much. and brewers would do things like add whole chicken carcasses in the mix. Or thing like barks, herbs, roots, and what not. making toxic and somwtimes lethal drinks. the putiy law protected people form this, and this is where the purity part of the law comes into play. modern food and drug regulations, usually protect people from this such things nowdays.

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In Belium Trappist monks make beer from techniques and practices near melenia old. Most of these beers do not conform to the purity law, but today are considered some of best beers in world. bottles of trapists ales, and fruit lambic ales cost in the same range as good wines and champaignes
most english and irish beer do not meet german laws as they tend to use adjucts, this inludes the all mighty Guiness.



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some other things you may not know

diamonium nitrate fertalizer is used as a yeast nutrient, and is commonly used in wines and ciders.

some wines, and stouts use lactose, as a mild sweatner as the yeast wont break it down

two chemical preservatives, known as stabilizers are comanly used in wine and cidar, potassium sorbate, and potassium metabisulphate. they are used during juicing to kill fungus , bacteria and wild yeasts. Then again after fermantion if the wine is to be sweetened, this prevents newly added sugar from being fermanted.

 

If you buy localy made beers or wines, you can ask the maker the details of their process to find out if that product uses animal products.

Plus you save all that petro-deisel transporting the beer.

 

to whoever said vegan food is tasteless...

YOOSE A FOOL

vegan food is bomb!

 

I know local brewarys sometimes give a tour if you are interested in how they make it. Usually with a sample at the end of the tour. I am pretty certain real ales are vegan. These are made mostly from barley, hops and yeast.
Matt