Is your beer vegan?

[beercus]

Came across this article about a Vegan Oktoberfest. I am a carnivore myself but found it interesting.

https://www.finedininglovers.com/stories/vegan-beer-list-festival/

I use gelatin occasionally so I assume that rules out that beer from being vegan. Isinglass, pepsin and cochineal would also rule out a beer from this event, according to the article. What else do people use that would make their beer non vegan.

I wonder about yeast! I suppose vegans eat mushrooms and probably put yeast in the same category.

I just imagine all these hippies running around pissed with a mug around their neck eating tofu.

Beercus

 

[Dave70]

What a great idea!
In line with vegan guidelines I'll be brewing a tribute beer of yeast free flat wort.

 

[beercus]

What a great idea!
In line with vegan guidelines I'll be brewing a tribute beer of yeast free flat wort.

Nope just had a look around and the vegans argue yeast is OK to eat because they do not have feelings!

 

[Dave70]

I'd argue the contrary.
Look at the lengths we brewers go to to 'keep yeast happy'.

 

[TimT]

Yeast is fungus, whole different category to animals. Though as Dave says, the little fungal beasties just seem so damn frisky that it does seem a wee bit carnivorous consuming them.

 

[TimT]

I wonder if agar can be used as a gelatine substitute in brews? I've dropped in a bit of agar into some of my brews but can't say I noticed the difference.

Other finings that have been used - egg white (nup), blood (double nup.... though lovely nutrient for the yeast).

 

[TimT]

Also, discovery made the other day - both eggs and milk contain amylase. Anyone want to crack an egg in their brew? I do wonder if the amylase plays its part in some old dessert recipes - custards, for instance.

 

[Not For Horses]

I don't what's more horrible: The writing style of that article or the thought of Oktoberfest without pork.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Ross's Cock Ale probably wont go down well with the vegans

 

[beercus]

Vegans don't like cock?
I thought the hairy vegan hippies loved the cock....

 

[Dave70]

I don't what's more horrible: The writing style of that article or the thought of Oktoberfest without pork.

Actually its casual implication that non vegans are comfortable with animal cruelty that ***** me.


Anyway, here's your tofu pig. Shut up and eat it.

 

[Online Brewing Supplies]

Ok what about Muslim vegans ?

 

[beercus]

Actually its casual implication that non vegans are comfortable with animal cruelty that ***** me.


Anyway, here's your tofu pig. Shut up and eat it.

Where is the knuckle?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Thats Fetta

 

[mje1980]

Don't know and don't ******* care to be honest.

 

[Dave70]

Nope just had a look around and the vegans argue yeast is OK to eat because they do not have feelings!

Actually, that raises an interesting point.
So its OK to MURDER a living organism for your own enjoyment so long as it cant feel pain, is ignorant to suffering or is otherwise anesthetized? Whats the policy on roadkill of animals who died from natural causes?
Seems a little kooky.

 

[syl]

All mine are vegan, and being a vego I don't miss pork!

 

[Dave70]

Thats Fetta

Sorry, it looked slimy, gross and is resting in it's own slightly opaque fluid so I naturally assumed..

 

[MrDave]

Surely on the "industrial scale" mentioned in the article, they're using Polyclar or similar rather than gelatine or isinglass?
I guess the dinosaurs that died to make the PVPP had feelings too.

 

[syl]

Sorry, it looked slimy, gross and is resting in it's own slightly opaque fluid so I naturally assumed..

it was pig fat???