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It's Friday night and you're out with your friends celebrating Vegan Month. You raise a tall frosty mug of Guinness but wait!! Stop! It's not vegan! Neither is Harp or most of your other Irish favorites! Not only that, but don't think about Bass either! The British are also not on board when it comes to making beer vegan.
Okay, so you think I'm blowing smoke up where the sun doesn't shine, huh? Nope. Not all beers are vegan as sad as that is. What makes them not vegan is actually pretty disgusting. Isinglass is the monster that keeps vegans from enjoying some beers. What is it exactly? Well, if you're drinking a beer as you're reading this, you may want to set it down for a moment.
Isinglass is made from the ground bladders of fish, cod more specifically, which helps to settle the yeast to the bottom of the cask where it is then removed. Bladders of fish? Really. While only miniscule amounts remain in the finished product, it is a deal breaker for the majority of vegans.
British beers not only use isinglass, but also use gelatin, glycerin or casein in some of their brews. Casein! The stuff that makes cheese addictive is used in alcohol!
Don't fret! There are plenty of delicious beers you can enjoy! The best rule of thumb is if it's German or Belgium, then, it's vegan! But there are plenty of other beers (outside of Gernany or Belgium) that make some great vegan beers! Here is just a (very) short list:
Amstel & Amstel Light
Corona
Heineken
Magic Hat
Mike's Hard Lemonade
Miller Brewing Co.
Redhook Ale Brewing
Roque Ales (except for Honey Orange Wheat and cask beers)
Rolling Rock
Bottoms up!
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