<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> John Wiseman <[log in to unmask]> asks: > I spent three weeks in Ireland, recently, and decided to try a > pint of Guiness, just for old times' sake ( a gamble I realize). > Oddly enough, there were no ill-effects, and so was emboldened to > continue; does this suggest that there are certain beers that do not > contain gluten, because my reaction to its presence is usually pretty > fast? It's interesting that your reaction and mine are the complete opposite---that I can handle ordinary beer to some extent, but Guinness (and stouts and porters) are harder for my gut to deal with. These things are rather subjective, I think, but I had it rationalised in terms of the use of some *unmalted* barley (together with the normal malted barley) in these beers. Bryan