Comments on: Show 28: Suddenly Sorghum

By: Barbara Hansen

Barbara Hansen — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:03:54 +0000

Thank you for a delightful taste treat. My cousin in Utah found Dragon’s Gold Beer for me as I consume very little wheat. I am going to see if it is offered in any of the liquor stores in BC, Canada.

By: Lou Bank

Lou Bank — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:28:00 +0000

I’ve had the British beer mentioned above–Toleration, from Nick Stafford’s Hambleton Ales–and it’s as good as any of the others mentioned. Also had Ramapo Valley’s Passover beer, which is better than all, but still not great. But Sprecher just released two African-style beers that are gluten-free and are amazing! If you’re looking for gluten-free beer, go to Sprecher for your answer!

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 02 May 2007 02:58:32 +0000

After hearing Charlie’s review of the brews I was kinda glad I wasn’t able to find either of the featured beers. Instead I enjoyed a nice Alaskan IPA and grinned listening to Charlie trying to be polite. We all know he wanted to spit that fizzy stuff out, yell yech and then rinse his mouth out with a good stout. Great self control.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:33:29 +0000

Another story on the topic.

http://www.brookston.org/beer/sprecher-remakes-shakparo-gluten-free/

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:53:02 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out, Orlando. I had New Grist listed as the “alternatives” for the show beers in the previous “Beers to Find” post, but it wasn’t mentioned by name on the show. I have some in my fridge, as it turns out, and I like it better than both of the beers sampled on the show. It’s still not my cup of tea (”mug of beer”?), but it had the “crispness” that I wasn’t able to find in the others.

By: Orlando Segura

Orlando Segura — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:30:53 +0000

You forgot to include the FIRST gluten-free beer allowed to be called beer: New Grist from Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee

A gold medal winner at the 2006 GABF, Experimental Category against 37 other “regular” beers.

By: Stonch

Stonch — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:07:36 +0000

A beer loving pal of mine has been told he may have celiac disease. Very sad. Sorghum beers clearly have a market, then, from him alone.
The question is, are beers with only small quantities of malt extract safe in smaller quantities? Many people consider
Nigerian Guinness (reviewed by me on my blog here)Nigerian Guinness, a fine beer, to be safe for those with the disease, for example. Others aren’t so sure.

I’ve got wind that one very well respected British microbrewery - that exports much of its beer to the US - is working on a sorghum beer at the moment.