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- From: emeeks@unity.ncsu.edu (Edward Meeks)
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Additives in beer
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.150505.20019@ncsu.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 15:05:05 GMT
- References: <19921229141406EEY9JJT@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
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- In article <19921229141406EEY9JJT@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> EEY9JJT@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (John Talbert) writes:
- >German purity laws dictate that beer can have only 4 ingredients:
- >water, hops, malt, and yeast.
-
- So it goes for many German breweries. But there are exceptions, and
- they aren't considered "outlaw" breweries. Wheat beers are an obvious
- example.
- >Many beers are using isinglass (swim bladder of a sturgeon)
- >as a clarifying agent. Others use gelatin (boiled animal bones).
- >I would like to avoid beers that contain such disgusting substances.
-
- These (and other "finings" like Irish Moss) work by bonding with
- proteins in beers, making the proteins too heavy to stay in solution,
- so they settle out. This is done before final packaging, so the
- disgusting additives are left out, with the haze-causing proteins.
-
- >How can I find out the ingredients of beers?
- >How would I contact the breweries?
- >
- Well, they aren't required to list the ingredients on the package, so
- do you think they'll "come clean" if Joe Public calls to ask?
-
- As someone else suggested, learn about various beer ingredients by at
- least perusing a book on homebrewing. Making your own is a worthwhile
- pastime.
- >Thanks,
- >
- >John Talbert
- >jtalbert@saonet.ucla.edu
-
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