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Gluten-free beer, or wheat-free beer, has only lately come on to the market and is a welcome relief for those with a love of beer but an intolerance to gluten. Like me, galore of you reading this article will have being diagnosed with celiacs sickness (sometimes spelt coeliacs disease) and so cannot drink beer containing gluten. In this article I will speedily outline what celiacs sickness is, what beer one diagnosed with celiacs may consume and where you may buy such beer. People who suffer from celiacs and dermatitis herpetiformis basically have an intolerance to gluten-, or wheat-based, foods and beverages. Their autoimmune system reacts adversely to the gliadin found in wheat and likewise the hordein found in barley. For beer drinkers it is the hordein in the barley applied to make beer that is to be avoided. This may be done by consuming gluten-free beer. Typical beer cannot be consumed by those on a gluten-free diet as it is traditionally made from barley. Fortunately, little and specialised brewers as well as major brewing companies have with great success developed gluten-free beer without barley by using grain-like crops such as sorghum and buckwheat, as well as cereals such as millet and rice. So let’s take a look at the gluten-free beer available on the market today. Please be conscious that in sure countries the beer is not actually 100% gluten-free. For example, the UK has a specific level under which feed and drink may be categorised as gluten-free at 20 ppm (parts per million). Whether this is a safe level or not cannot be stated with 100% certainty. Other countries such as Australia have a rigorous definition of gluten-free: no detectable gluten in the feed or drink. This is a good general to intention for since even tiny amounts of gluten may have averse long-term aftermaths for celiacs. Premium Golden Ale: brewed using a selection of the best de-glutenised barley malt and hop varieties in natural spring water. 4.8% vol. Produced in UK. Available online. Premium Pils: brewed with natural spring water using hops and de-glutenised barley malt. Produced in UK. Available online. Against the Grain: brewed using the finest wheat-free maize ale. Produced in UK. Available in multi-packs online. Estrella Damm Daura: 100% Gluten-free beer. Brewed in Spain and available for buy in multi-packs online. Nouvelle France’s La Messagere: brewed from buckwheat and rice. Produced in Canada. Not available online. O’Brien Brewing: Australian producer. Can be purchased online. Silly Yak Beverages Pty Ltd: Australian producer for the Australian market only. Bard’s Tale Golder Dragon gluten-free lager: brewed from sorghum. Produced in USA. Can be purchased online. Ramapo Valley Brewery’s gluten-free honey lager: brewed to see to it no cross-contamination. Produced in USA. Six-packs may be purchased online. Anheuser-Busch’s Redbridge Beer: made from 100% sorghum. Produced in USA. Six-packs may be purchased online. Sprecher Brewery’s Mbege Ale and Shakparo Ale: brewed with millet and sorghum. African style. Produced in USA. Can be purchased online.
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