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We have several customers with celiac disease, which makes one unable to tolerate gluten, the protein found in most grains used to make beer. We have two gluten-free beers in-store, Bard’s Tale Dragon’s Gold and Lakefront’s New Grist. We also just added the Belgian Sara Buckwheat Ale, which some can tolerate. (Buckwheat is sort-of a misnomer because it isn’t really a wheat.)
On the Beer Therapy blog, they discuss this new segment of the beer market and those who are helping it evolve. Specifically, there is a tidbit about a new brewery in Arkansas, Dark Hills, that is making FIVE gluten-free rice beers in a completely gluten-free facility to avoid any chance of cross-contamination. These beers will be available by Fall 2007. Coming soon from Dark Hills: Iron Age Lager, Eric’s Red, New World Pale Ale, Sleipnir’s Kick Dark Stout, and Loki’s Lemon Fruit Beer. (We love the last name, as Loki is the god of mishchief in Norse mythology.)
If you suspect any intolerance to beer (and you’ll know it via the digestive issues), have a check-up by a physician. If you have friends with celiac disease, here is a good online site for them.
Sources: Beer Therapy / Dark Hills Brewery
Logo: Dark Hills Brewery
