Gluten Free Beer List

On a gluten-free diet? This gluten free beer list should come in haindy for you. Beer is normally brewed with barley, something which celiacs and those with gluten-intolerance cannot consume. However, there are gluten-free beers on the market that actually tastes very similar to regular beer. Some are malted and others are not. Brewers can use either rice, sorghum, buckwheat or corn instead of barley. Sorghum and buckwheat are the most used. What you should be aware of is that some manufacturers use barley. They state that the barley disappears during brewing, and when tested for gluten it measures up to the other gluten-free beers. Below you will find my gluten free beer list with descriptions. Mugs up! – chilled of course!

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Gluten Free Beer List

Bard’s

Founded by celiacs, Bard’s gluten-free beer is the one I hear about the most. I have seen it top a survey as the best in taste. You can read the rave reviews on many gluten-free blogs and forums, probably because it is America’s first gluten-free beer. It is malt brewed with 100% malted sorghum. In a response to my inquiry, Bard’s states that their beer tests at 5 parts per million (ppm) gluten.

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Estrella Damm Daura

Damm Daura is imported into the U.S. from Barcelona, has been awarded, for the second time, the “world’s best gluten-free beer”. It is known for retaining the same taste and as regular beer, its creamy hops-flavored froth, and tests at less than 6 ppm (parts per million) gluten. The FDA’s proposed allowance is 20 ppm. Their motto, “The Beer of Barcelona.” In Chicago Tribune’s gluten-free beer taste taste, done by non-gluten-free dieters, it was stated that Estrella’s gluten-free beer “tastes like a can of beer.”

Other beers tested were in the taste test were:

Ámbar: Ámbar is the first dark lager beer produced in the Dominican Republic. It is made from feature-defining low temperature active yeast and spicy malt. It is brewed with barley malt, but tests below 6 ppm.

Schnitzer Brau: Two flavors – Original and a citrus and lemon blend. Organic without chemicals, pesticides or insecticides. The company states that their gluten-free beer is lower in gluten than those found in the U.S. Brewed from raw materials derived from certified organic cultivation.

St. Peter’s G-Free™ Beer: Brewed with sorghum. In a separate taste test in the UK, of 16 gluten-free beers, by gluten-free and regular beer drinkers, it was praised for it’s excellent flavour and drinkability from across the range of tasters.

Green’s:

Premium Golden Ale marketed in the UK: is an amber colored beer brewed with natural spring water and unglutenised barley malt.

Premium Pils: is brewed with natural spring water and de-glutenised barley malt.

New Bottle Refermented – Blonde, Dark and Brown Ales: A Blonde, Dark and Brown Ale brewed with de-glutenised barley malt and hop varieties. Winner of the “2011 Free From Awards”.

New Grist: brewed with sorghum and rice. Made by Lakefront Brewery and is currently only available in Milwaukee. In the Chicago Tribune’s taste test it was stated, “tastes like a summer beer, with its litchi [fruit] aroma, champagne color and tropical, citrusy taste.”

Redbridge – Anheuser-Busch: brewed from sorghum.

Other gluten-free beers include:

• Nick Stafford’s Hambleton Ales : 2 varieties of gluten-free beer, made in the UK: GFA - A tawny ale with aromas of Cascade, Liberty and Challenger hops and specially prepared dark sugars providing full bodied initial sweetness giving way to pronounced fruit and hop character with a strong citrus finish; and GFL - Pale lager style beer with an initial fullness complemeted by a fruit character, dervived from East Kent Goldings and Continental Styrian hops, finishing with bitterness and citrus notes. Uniquely balanced and best served chilled.
• Ramapo Valley Brewery Gluten Free Honey Beer – its main fermentable is amber honey. Molasses is used for flavor, nutrients and color. Bright golden in color, the taste naturally has notes of honey and hop. Hops add a touch of bitterness to balance out the sweetness. It is also Kosher certified for Passover. They have distributors throughout the United States.
• Microbrasserie Nouvelle France makes 3 gluten-free beers: Messagère (a limpid and crystalline pale ale, with a bouquet of honey, reminding a touch of citrus fruits); Messagère Red Ale (is a gluten free rice and buckwheat beer with a delicate, woodsy taste); and Messagère Millet (is malted millet lager gluten-free beer). Their beers are ELISA tested and is made in Canada.
• Joseph James Brewing Company makes a gluten-free beer in a can! The best part is that they test every batch! It’s called Fox Tail. Fox Tail is a light bodied beer with a slight citrus flavor. It’s made from organic rice, nectars and North American hops. You may read some reviews. Or visit their site to fine where they sell Fox Tail.

UPDATE September 23, 2012:

New Planet Beer Company makes 3 gluten free beers: Treadlightly Ale, 3R Raspberry Ale, and Offgridpale Ale. The founder has celiac disease, and had a master brewer friend of his create gluten free beer that he’d enjoy. They went through many different beer until he discovered one he liked. A matter of fact when it debuted at his 40th birthday party it received rave reviews, even by those without a gluten intolerance. Together they launched New Planet Beer with Tread Lightly Ale. Each batch of their gluten free beer is tested for gluten, under 20 ppm (parts per million). It is made from sorghum and gluten free yeast.

UPDATE: April 25, 2013:

Omission Beer

Omission beer is made from barley, water, and yeast. They have a proprietary process that removes gluten. It is tested using the R5 Competitive ELISA test for gluten for less than 3 ppm. As stated on their site, “Omission Beer may contain gluten.” This testing method is known to be unreliable on gluten free beer. When beer is fermented it breaks down gluten, possibly to undetectable levels. Visit their site and click on the “Test Results” for more details. Meanwhile, you’ll find rave reviews on the taste of this beer below in the comments section.

UPDATE March 16, 2013:

Woodchuck Hard Cider - Woodchuck is made from apples rather than grains. All their varieties are gluten free, and always have been. See all of their Gluten Free Hard Cider choices.

Non-Alcoholic Gluten Free Beer

Ambar Green - Made in the U.K., Ambar Green has a slight honey taste and is low in calories. Known as a Spanish beer it consists of water, barley malt, antioxidant E-300, stabilizer E405, fiber and natural flavors. The barley malt has been treated it leaves less than 6 ppm (parts per million) gluten. The FDA standards are 20 ppm.