Do You Drink Gluten Free Beer?

by Faydra on November 14, 2010

in Gluten Free Beer

I do…but only certain ones & Redbridge is NOT one of them.  I don’t care for the taste, but the real reason is it makes me sick.  Yep, I know it’s gluten free.  But, for some weird reason my body doesn’t like sorghum, at least products made from the good ol’ USA sorghum.  It sounds crazy, I know.  I didn’t believe it either for a LONG time.  I just thought it was my imagination or something.  I did a lot of experimenting with using sorghum flour in baked goods, Redbridge beer & lots of other sorghum GF foods.  It is definitely the (ahem..American ) sorghum.  (I’ll post soon about some of the problematic, seemingly American, GF grains later…)

So, fast forward a few years & hubby brings home some dark, GF beer from Belgium to try.  So exciting!  I deflated when I read the label.  SORGHUM & MILLET – both no-no’s for me.  Drat!  Well, I decided to just sip a bit, esp. after I saw how beautiful it was poured into the glass.  Having a super-sonic gluten detection system, I usually know pretty quickly if something is not quite right.  First sip seemed fine & so the did the second…long story short – these beers are not only wonderful to drink, I can drink them!  Yippee!!!  I guess you’re wondering what beer I’m talking about, huh?  Well, how about you come to a gluten free/celiac meeting this week, where we’re having a gluten beer tasting & try some yourself.  :-)  Seriously, if you’re in the Norfolk, NE, western Iowa or SE South Dakota area, come join us on Tuesday, November 16th.  My hubby &  The Gluten Free Beer Association, along with some gluten free breweries are sponsoring the beer tasting.  Leave a comment or shoot me an email and I’ll give ya the details.

Oh, the beer…right…it’s Green’s Dubbel Dark -

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  • GFMom in VA

    I just wanted to let you know that Heineken Light ONLY is Gluten Free…not the regular one….I have heard many online say they have had no reaction to drinking this beer so I tried it and I was fine as well…..

    • https://www.glutenfreesavvy.com Faydra

      That’s interesting! I will definitely look into that beer.

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