Food & Drink The Hangar Beer Thread

[Whispering_Jack]

I'm not 100% sure but I think the calories are lower in lower carb beer and I guess over a session, it adds up? But still, if you have a session, it's going to be bad regardless! For example, Carlton Draught has 30% higher calories per 100ml than Pure Blonde.

 

[Howard Moon]

Not sure - but it wouldn't surprise me if there are at least incidental trace amounts in most.

Grains and starches used in gluten-free beer
Here’s a list of the prohibited grains and their derivatives that people with celiac disease should avoid:

• Barley and barley malt
  
  
• Malt, malt extract, malt flavoring, and malt vinegar
  
  
• Rye
  
  
• Wheat — including durum, semolina, kamut, and spelt
  

Beer made from gluten-free grains isn’t likely to match regular beer for taste and quality, but to someone facing a lifetime restriction from drinking beer, gluten-free beer is like manna from heaven — made without gluten, of course!

Sorghum, millet, and buckwheat are the three most common substitutions for glutenous grains used to brew beer, but here’s a more complete list of the grains and starches that are safe to consume:

• Beans
  
  
• Buckwheat
  
  Buckwheat is an herb of the Buckwheat family Polygonaceae, and it has origins in central and western China. Its small beechnuts are milled, which separates the edible groats from their hulls. These groats are then roasted and used as a grain product.
  
  
• Corn
  
  
• Millet
  
  Millet is a family of grasses and represents some of the oldest cultivated crops known to man. Millet seeds are harvested and used for food or feed; in this case, that food is beer! Millet has regularly been used for making beer in Africa, and it’s now one of the most widely used grains for brewing commercially made gluten-free beer.
  
  
• Potato
  
  
• Quinoa
  
  
• Rice
  
  
• Sorghum
  
  Sorghum is a vigorous grass that tolerates dry weather and is commonly used as one of the ingredients in African beer.
  
  
• Soybean
  
  
• Tapioca
  

A list of gluten-free beers
Most brewers of gluten-free beer have formulated their products with 100 percent gluten-free ingredients and processes that ensure purity of product. But some filtering processes used by brewing companies render gluten undetectable in low-gluten beer; so unless a beer is totally gluten-free, people with celiac disease have no assurance that it’s completely safe. And because gluten-free is a health claim, current U.S. beer label regulations don’t allow the term gluten-free to appear on any beer sold in the United States. Buyer and imbiber beware!

Commercially Produced Gluten-Free Beers

Beer Brewery Country
Australia Pale Ale Billabong Australia
O’Brien Premium Lager O’Brien Australia
Green’s Discovery Amber Ale De Proef Belgium
Green’s Endeavor Dubbel De Proef Belgium
Green’s Quest Tripel De Proef Belgium
La Messagère New France Canada
Kukko Pils Laitilan Finland
Beer Up Glutenfrei Pale Ale Brauerei Grieskirchen Germany
Birra 76 Bi-Aglut (food products) Italy
Mongozo Palmnut Mongozo Beers The Netherlands
Mongozo Quinua Mongozo Beers The Netherlands
Celia Saison The Alchemist U.S.
Dragon’s Gold Bard’s Tale U.S.
New Grist Lakefront U.S.
Mbege Sprecher U.S.
Passover Honey Beer Ramapo Valley U.S.
Redbridge Anheuser-Busch U.S.
Shakparo Ale Sprecher U.S.
Tread Lightly Ale New Planet U.S.

http://www.dummies.com/food-drink/drinks/beer/choosing-a-gluten-free-beer/


pure blonde has gluten.. but 'low' gluten

Low Gluten. Although we make Pure Blonde with malted barley (which contains Gluten), our brewing process breaks down the Gluten. We have had Pure Blonde tested by professionals and the beer contains around 10 parts per million (10 PPM), which equates to 1mg per 100g.

id reckon loads are low gluten..

 

[HirdyLannister]

Coopers pale ale is low carb. Winning!

 

[eth-dog]

Gluten free tastes shit but there is actually a place for it I guess, because there are people that have a genuine (not imagined like some others) intolerance to it.

Low carb? Utterly pointless.

Yeah, my friend is celiac and has to drink gluten free. Basically means no yeast in the beer. There are some brands that are okay apparently.

 

[DapperJong]

Beer of the month up here in Sydney is Apaerol Spritz.

kill me

 

[Its Manbearpig]

Coopers are good. Almost all of them
Favourites on tap would be:
Session Ale + Summer Ale

From a shop would be:
Carlton Dry.

Sneaky local beer
Mildura Honey beer, incredible on tap
Not actually local for me but isnt as good in a bottle.

 

[revival_mode]

further to Howard's post above coronas are also low in gluten

 

[eth-dog]

further to Howard's post above coronas are also low in gluten

Corona's are the third worst beer on the planet. Tub's and VB hold the dubious honour of being inferior.

 

[Pweter]

Corona's are the third worst beer on the planet. Tub's and VB hold the dubious honour of being inferior.

I think you need to try more beers. Sure, there are a plethora of better beers but I'm sure there are more than 2 worse beers on the planet.

 

[revival_mode]

corona's are pretty inoffensive... certainly worse beers out there

 

[Doss]

Worst full strength beers I've had would be a close contest between Carlton Cold, Corrs, Brahma, Miller, Bud and Oettinger. Just appalling.

 

[Howard Moon]

unbelievable! eth.. blasphemy..

ok, i'm going to tell it how it is.

There are plenty of great beers around, and I have sampled many

but I challenge anyone.. anyone! to find a better beer, ice cold, straight out of the spare fridge in the garage, to crack after you have mowed the lawn on a windy, dusty, hot, 35 degree summers day.. than a VB stubbie.

its not possible.

not talking sessions, not talking food matching - im talking pure refreshment.

 

[Howard Moon]

Worst full strength beers I've had would be a close contest between Carlton Cold, Corrs, Brahma, Miller, Bud and Oettinger. Just appalling.

you know whats funny

they say a bad days fishing is better than a good days work

they say a bad days golf is better than a good day with the missus

they say even when pizza is bad, its still good

but a bad beer, is terrible - there's no redeeming it.

 

[Doss]

unbelievable! eth.. blasphemy..

ok, i'm going to tell it how it is.

There are plenty of great beers around, and I have sampled many

but I challenge anyone.. anyone! to find a better beer, ice cold, straight out of the spare fridge in the garage, to crack after you have mowed the lawn on a windy, dusty, hot, 35 degree summers day.. than a VB stubbie.

its not possible.

not talking sessions, not talking food matching - im talking pure refreshment.

It is absolutely, definitely possible.

 

[Beerfish]

Corona's are the third worst beer on the planet. Tub's and VB hold the dubious honour of being inferior.

I'd suggest you haven't tried many beers then. Coronas are too bland and inoffensive to be anywhere near the worst beer. That's why they're so popular with the kids.

 

[Pweter]

Worst full strength beers I've had would be a close contest between Carlton Cold, Corrs, Brahma, Miller, Bud and Oettinger. Just appalling.

I'd throw West End Draught into the mix too.

 

[Howard Moon]

Corona is the beer ill have if I don't feel like drinking that day but have been roped into a bbq with my missus friends

im not here for enjoyment but ill act like im fitting in with this beer

 

[Pweter]

you know whats funny

they say a bad days fishing is better than a good days work

they say a bad days golf is better than a good day with the missus

they say even when pizza is bad, its still good

but a bad beer, is terrible - there's no redeeming it.

Who says bad pizza is still good? I suggest these people have never had a truely bad pizza.

Bad beer still gets you pissed, that's about as far as I can go with attempting to redeem it. If only having a quiet drink I'd certainly prefer to not drink at all than drink crap beer.

 

[Pweter]

I'd throw West End Draught into the mix too.

and Royal Dutch Posthorn extra smooth, I got sucked in by the international beer served in 500ml tubes thing, it was a long carton to get through.

The more I think about this, the more I am coming up with. There really are some horrendous beers out there.

 

[Pweter]

unbelievable! eth.. blasphemy..

ok, i'm going to tell it how it is.

There are plenty of great beers around, and I have sampled many

but I challenge anyone.. anyone! to find a better beer, ice cold, straight out of the spare fridge in the garage, to crack after you have mowed the lawn on a windy, dusty, hot, 35 degree summers day.. than a VB stubbie.

its not possible.

not talking sessions, not talking food matching - im talking pure refreshment.

for a hard earned thirst....

 

[Howard Moon]

It is absolutely, definitely possible.

Let me quantify...

I like beer, I like wheat beer, I like an ipa, I like the odd stout, I like sampling different local beers wherever I may roam

Every time and place has its accompanying beer. A perfect match.

When its hot, dry and dusty, and you have just busted your balls doing a menial task.. That is the time and place made for the ice cold VB.

they made the ads to match the moment, not the other way around

 

[Howard Moon]

Who says bad pizza is still good? I suggest these people have never had a truely bad pizza.

Bad beer still gets you pissed, that's about as far as I can go with attempting to redeem it. If only having a quiet drink I'd certainly prefer to not drink at all than drink crap beer.

I've had some terrible pizza in my time!! in India we had one that was still raw dough - in Belize the cheese pizza was pretty much a circle of melted but ungratinted cheese.

I still say it was better than eating my greens.

Bad beer still gets you pissed yes, but the bad beer that makes your face scrunch up so bad because its so terrible? Id rather a coke.

 

[Howard Moon]

I forgot, i'm preaching to the wrong crowd in here!

hands up, whos ever mowed a lawn before?

 

[DapperDon]

hands up, whos ever mowed a lawn before?

nudge* nudge* wink* wink*

 

[Pweter]

I forgot, i'm preaching to the wrong crowd in here!

hands up, whos ever mowed a lawn before?

Grew up on a quarter acre block, now live on a 680sqm block. Last lawn mowed: 16th March 2018, approx 11am.