The Anonymous Widower

A Gluten-Free Beer Created Accidentally

I went to the Allergy Show at Olympia today and came across a beer called Crop Circle from the Hop Back Brewery. They say this on the web site about the beer.

Crop Circle is a very clean flaxen coloured beer with wonderful thirst quenching properties. The Subtle blend of aroma and bittering hops gives a crispness on the tongue which is delicately fruity, giving way to some dryness

Crop Circle has always been Gluten Free – we have however only recently had it tested and certified and believe it is the first main stream beer to be awarded the Cross Grain accreditation.

It is a real beer and not a lager, but it was really to my taste and I shall be buying at least a few bottles. For scientific and research purposes of course!

The interesting thing, is that I once spoke to the head brewer of a famous real ale brewery.  He thought that although his beers were not gluten-free, because of the method of production, they might be very low in gluten.  I’ve drunk the odd bottle of his brewery’s beer and I didn’t have any reactions.  But then I’m not a serious coeliac!

June 9, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Food, World | Beer, Coeliac/Gluten-Free