After more than years of brewing, the makers of the world-famous Irish stout were making a big change to their beer — they were finally going to make it vegan. This substance is made from the swim bladders of certain fish and is used to make the beer clear, rather than cloudy. Some beers can also have other animal ingredients added to them, such as milk stouts, which contain lactose, and oyster stouts, which really do contain shellfish.
Isinglass is most commonly used in cask beers — i. However, a number of mostly small-scale breweries across the UK produce cask stouts that are free from animal products. Some breweries use isinglass in their cask stout, but not in the version available in bottles or cans. Welcome to the fold, Vegan beer lovers. Related Stories. Already a print subscriber? Go here to link your subscription. Stephen Kilcullen, master brewer and head of quality for Guinness, said that the stout would have been vegan a decade ago but the technology did not exist to filter out the yeast without isinglass.
In April , Diageo, the company which manufactures the stout, confirmed that all kegs of Guinness on the market are vegan-friendly as they had been made using a new process which does not use isinglass. Bottoms up! Nonetheless, I tried to follow a logical thread that has been apparent from the beginning, when Guinness original explained that a certain product Guinness Extra Stout for export to the U.
How could that be, I asked myself. So, I did some research and found that many of the online commentators at beer sites were wrong.
Moosehead, not Labatt's, brewed it for the U. Thus, I contacted the actual brewers of Guinness Extra Stout that exported here, and their response follows: consumerinquiries moosehead.
We do not make use of isinglass in any of our brewing processes, export or domestic. Company email: pamela. However, isinglass, which is a by-product of the fishing industry is used as a fining agent - i.
Findings are removed by sedimentation and centrifugation. Therefore it would not be suitable for vegans. Company Email diageona consumer-care. To the strict Vegan, this would be considered an animal product and therefore unsuitable.
We can inform you that Guinness does not contain eggs, dairy or honey. In regards to Kaliber, unfortunately we are unable to confirm this for you. The North American Guinness Extra Stout does not contain isinglass, nor are any animal products used in its manufacture. Company Email diageoNA consumer-care. Company Email guinness consumer-care.
Isinglass, a fish product, is used during the clarification process as a magnet to get rid of excess yeast. To the strict Vegan, this would be considered an animal product and therefore unsuitable for Guinness products. Since this applies to Guinness products, it is more likely that this also applies to the Guinness th Anniversary stout Edition. Jan "In reference to your inquiry, isinglass, a fish product, is used during the clarification process as a magnet to get rid of excess yeast.
To the strict Vegan, this would be an animal product and unsuitable. I hope this helps. Once again, thank you for contacting us. Jan I showed them your web page and they explained below is a small part of the email in case you want to quote it that the extra stout is vegan and the draught is not, which explained the discrepancy.
Hope that helps. Guinness Draught does contain isinglass in both bottles and the draught. Our Consumer Relations department has informed us that the Guinness Extra Stout product that you will find in the North American market does not contain isinglass. I hope this is the answer you were looking for. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to ask. In reference to your inquiry, isinglass, a fish product, is used during the clarification process as a magnet to get rid of excess yeast.
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