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Great Gluten-Free Beers
Bon Appétit <http://www.bonappetit.com>  Jul 23, 2014
Joshua M. Bernstein
At its most basic, beer is composed of four core ingredients. Equipped with
water, hops, yeast, and barley, brewers can send beer into thousands of
flavorful directions. For many people, however, beer is not a pleasure but a
source of pain. The culprit is gluten, which is several different proteins
found in cereal grains such as rye, spelt, and barley. Most people easily
digest gluten. But for millions of American suffering from celiac disease,
an autoimmune disorder, ingesting gluten causes wrenching stomach pain and
cramping.
Brewers, however, do not want to deny anyone the pleasure of a cold beer. To
create beers suited for celiacs, as well as people suffering from gluten
sensitivities and dietary restrictions, ingenious brewers have begun
experimenting with alternative grains and grasses such as sorghum,
buckwheat, rice, and millet. The result is gluten-free brews as flavorful as
anything found in the craft-beer aisle.
Here are 12 of our favorite gluten-free beers (updated as of July 21, 2014).
You won’t know what you’re missing.
Ipswich Ale Brewery: Celia Saison 
After John Kimmich’s wife, Jennifer, was diagnosed with celiac disease, the
Vermont brewer (from Alchemist) decided to make her a flavorful craft beer.
For this Belgian-inspired saison, John relied on sorghum syrup, Curaçao
orange peel, and Celia hops to create a crisp, tart beer drinker with a
peppery and citrusy profile. (Note: Though brand rights were sold to
Massachusetts’s Ipswich, the recipe remains unchanged.)
Green’s Gluten Free Beers: Enterprise Dry-Hopped Lager 
Brewed in Belgium, Green’s relies on millet, sorghum, rice, and buckwheat to
concoct its line. While the caramel-y Discovery Amber Ale, rich and
toffee-tinged Endeavour Dubbel Ale, and fruity and potent Quest Gluten-Free
Tripel Ale are all wonderful, the latest release is a revelation: Crisp,
refreshing, and fabulously floral, Enterprise Dry-Hopped Lager is perfect
from afternoon to last call.
Sprecher Brewing Co.: Shakparo Ale 
Sprecher first created this West African-style ale as a one-off for
Milwaukee’s African World Festival. The sorghum-and-millet concoction
(they’re common ingredients in sub-Saharan Africa, where wheat and barley
are rare) was so popular that the Wisconsin brewery made Shakparo a regular.
The pleasingly tangy refresher somewhat recalls apple cider.
Estrella Damm: Daura 
Unlike most gluten-free beers, Spain’s Daura is made with barley malt. The
brewery uses a proprietary technique to remove gluten from barley malt (the
amount of gluten is below the allowable threshold), meaning Daura taste
close to the real thing. The light, bubbly beer gently smells of sweet
toasted grains, with a bit of bitterness on the back end.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales: Tweason’ale 
In lieu of barley, the Delaware brewers turned to sorghum syrup to fuel this
fruit-forward gluten-free offering that’s flavored with strawberries and
sweetened with a bit of buckwheat honey. Tweason’ale is by turns sweet and
tart, and it’ll ably slay thirst on a sunny afternoon.
Omission Beer: Lager 
What’s left out of Omission? Well, the beer is made from low-protein barley
treated with an enzyme that breaks down gluten and proteins. While Omission
beers are below the established cutoff line for gluten-free products, they
can’t be labeled as such. Nonetheless, the pale ale is a hoppy pleasure, the
IPA is smooth and piney, and the crisp lager is made with Citra hops for a
touch of tropical complexity. (Keep an eye out for San Diego’s forthcoming
Duck Foot, which also makes gluten-removed beer.)
Harvester Brewing: IPA No. 2 
Portland, Oregon, may be chockablock with innovative breweries, but few
embrace the gluten-free mission quite like Harvester, which turns locally
grown chestnuts, fruit, and hops into a kaleidoscopic array of ales. Among
the standouts are the citrus-forward Pale Ale, the chocolaty Dark Ale, and
the intensely hoppy IPA No. 2—currently, the hoppiest gluten-free beer
commercially produced.
Epic Brewing Company: Glutenator 
To craft Glutenator, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based brewery dialed up a
blend of brown rice, sweet potatoes, molasses and millet. Add in a boatload
of citrusy and floral American hops, and you have a balanced,
bitter-and-sweet brew with a light body and moderate carbonation.
New Planet Gluten Free Beer: Raspberry Ale 
After being diagnosed with celiac disease, beer lover Pedro Gonzalez founded
Colorado’s New Planet. The trio of releases includes the hoppy Pale Ale,
light-bodied Blonde Ale and Raspberry Ale. The sorghum syrup supplies a
tangy edge that’s balanced by sweetening corn, while orange peel and Oregon
raspberry purée provide a delicately fruity nose.
Lakefront Brewery: New Grist 
New Grist was America’s first gluten-free beverage that the U.S. government
permitted to carry the name “beer.” Its creation was spurred by a call from
a doctor lamenting his gluten intolerance, which led Lakefront president
Russ Klisch to create this straw-colored libation made from sorghum and
rice. It tastes lightly lemony, with an aroma of hay and cloves. Can’t find
Lakefront’s offering? The sorghum-driven Bard’s Gold is a good backup.
Glutenberg: India Pale Ale 
A few months after launching in late 2011, the Montreal-based brewery swept
the gluten-free category at the prestigious World Beer Cup for its
chestnut-driven Red, dry and citrusy Blonde, and lightly bitter American
Pale Ale made with millet, buckwheat, and quinoa. Equally of note is the
floral, fruity India Pale Ale, which counts black rice and corn as
ingredients. Bonus points for the can format, ideal for backyard BBQs and
beaches alike.
Steadfast Beer Co.: Oatmeal Cream Stout 
By and large, most gluten-free beers stick to lighter-hued styles like IPAs,
lagers, or pale ales. Not so Steadfast, of Albany, N.Y. Sure, the brewery
makes the finely fruity Golden Blonde Ale and floral Sorghum Pale Ale, but
the Oatmeal Cream Stout sets Steadfast apart. Made with well-roasted oats,
the inky stout is a silky indulgence. Look for its release in October.
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