Your Beer Might Not Be Vegetarian

Did you know that there are some beers and alcohol that have fish guts in them? Well, neither did I. It turns out that the some of the most famous beer brands have all sorts of ugly ingredients. Food coloring, additives, and in some cases: fish guts?

The fish guts is of interest to vegetarians because you would think that beer and wine was vegetarian. Well, in some cases it is not.

The ingredient is called: Isinglass. They use it to clarify.

The problem is that many people who are vegetarians for ethical reasons were not aware of this. 

The main culprit turns out to be stout. That means that if you are a fan of Guiness, Murphys, or any other commercially available stout then you better check it out.


Here is an old post I found from 2009 that will give you some more in depth information.

http://blog.beeriety.com/2009/10/01/five-things-you-didn%E2%80%99t-know-about-your-beer/

If you want to find a list of Vegan Beers then you can check this out:

 http://www.barnivore.com/beer/


I was surprised that they still use this stuff. You would think that they would have developed a better method for clarification.