Deschutes Brewery Announces Gluten Free Beer
Aug 16 2008

Deschutes Brewery Announces Gluten Free Beer

If you are a beer lover living in or near Oregon, I have some good news for you.   It looks like Deschutes Brewery has released a new beer that is completely gluten free.

According to the Full Pint:

Deschutes Brewery is staying true to its “Never Settle” philosophy by creating Gluten Free Golden Ale – its first gluten free beer. Using sorghum, brown rice and roasted chestnuts instead of malted barley or wheat as the sources of extract to avoid gluten, the Deschutes brewers were able to create a flavor that is very similar to the crystal malt used in many of their other signature beers.

Deschutes Brewery’s Gluten Free Golden Ale is a new and improved version of its Rootin’ Tootin’ Low Gluten beer, which won a Gold Medal at the prestigious Brewers Association 2008 World Beer Cup Awards in the Gluten Free Beer category, beating 12 entrants from some of the world’s best breweries.

Although the brewery has produced a small batch of low gluten beer before, the Deschutes brewers were so fastidious in brewing this new gluten free beer that they not only double cleaned the brewing equipment, but also grew the yeast culture used to ferment the beer from a single cell using only sorghum as its nutritional source. The absence of wheat, barley and malt makes the brew a perfect option for individuals with celiac disease.

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Article Written by: Kyle Eslick

Kyle is the founder and webmaster of Celiac-Disease.com, as well as the creator of the popular Celiac Support Groups directory.

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