Gluten Free Beer Tasting Videos
Posted by Mike in GF Product ReviewJan 2nd, 2010 | 16 responsesHere are the videos from all of my beer tastings:
Gluten Free Beer Tasting: Episode 1: Part 1 of 2
- Redbridge
- Bard’s Tale
- New Grist
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Gluten Free Beer Tasting: Episode 1: Part 2 of 2
- Green’s
- St. Peter’s
- Hambleton
Please see the full gluten free beer review article HERE.
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nice review mike, glad there are some more options out there now. something you might want to look at to go with the woodchuck review is hornsby’s hard cider, i have gotten mixed info online as to how gluten free it is but after about 5 and a half one night i had no reactions so i would be willing to say it is fine (might not be for some extremely sensitive celiacs but i am decently sensitive) however i didnt like the taste but others might.
-matt
I think this was a fair review. I’d like to see a cider review- I’m biased, Strongbow is the best. I do disagree with the reviews of Bard’s, Redbridge & New Grist. I like Bard’s the best, I think this is a tough review b/c these guys aren’t glutenfree so it’s hard because they’ve tasted the regular beers recently. I’ve been gf for a while now and I cannot even remember what gluten tastes like. I did however drink beer frequently – mostly dark beers. Keep up the good work though.
Achatel: I have 5 flavors of Woodchuck and another cider beer in my fridge. I plan on doing a review with them sometime soon.
Yes, those first three are hard to compare and pick a favorite. Depending on the day, I could pick any of the three as a favorite.
Great review! I just stumbled across your site from CeliacFacts.com. I’ve been drinking Redbridge for quite some time – good to see how it compares to some of the others. Keep up the great work – love your site!
Being newly diagnosed w/ CD, I sincerely appreciate these reviews. I think they would have been more credible, though, if (1) two of the tasters weren’t smoking stogies (which has got to affect the taste) and (2) the test was “blind,” i.e., the tasters couldn’t identify the beers by seeing their colors and didn’t know what samples they were tasting. Maybe next time?
@Ray
Great ideas! I have all of those brands, plus a few more, sitting in the fridge waiting for my next video tasting. I agree, the next one will be blind!
I recommend for your next review you try Green’s Amber Ale. It’s marvelous!
@bobby that is their “discovery” right?
IMHO it wasnt my bag, their double dark though was killer.
those 2 greens i had seemed to be better beers though than some of the other more common ones, i have a greens triple blonde still to drink but i expect it to be less than the double dark
I am allergic to wheat, so am constantly on the look out for GF anything… I personally prefer RedBridge vastly to Bards (I find Bards to be quite bitter at the end), but am quite excited to hear about New Grist and St. Peters– thanks for the reviews! I have had quite a few of the Green’s and am mixed on them.
Thanks for the reviews, just found your site looking for some different gf beers. I am in the boonies and the only beer I have found (after lots of searching) is the Redbridge. I do like it but have been looking for a pils type beer so this is helpful. now, if I could only find it!
I did have 1 thought besides what ray said. I think if you cleansed the palate that would be good. Ehow tells you how to cleanse you palate after beer tasting.
thanks for the review, will be reading your blogs.
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Hey Mike,
Just want to say I appreciate the videos. I had to go gluten free about a year ago and didn’t even realize I’d miss beer. I’ve tried two and didn’t care for either (not much different than the reaction here, the Red Bridge & the same Green’s you did)…so decided simply to just go without. I now think it’s time to try again. I usually like more of a hoppy beer, like an IPA, so I may have a hard time finding something even close. Knowing Green’s has several umm, let’s say ‘flavors’, I may look into their others.
So, thanks..and looking forward to your next review.
btw, the videos were MUCH more helpful than the written review (for me anyway!).
@hsc
not sure where you are located but Dogfish Head brewery is releasing a gf brew, “Tweason” this month. not sure how hoppy it is supposed to be and it is supposed to have some fruity flavors in it (not sure if its fruity tones or actual fruit flavorings) but hey its dogfish head so it at least has to be a decent beer, maybe just not the type of beer one might like.
Thanks Matt…so where is Dogfish? I’ll keep my eye out for it. So out of curiosity, which Greens do you think is the best?
p.s. I think we should all get together and do a tasting!
@hsc, they are based out of Delaware but i am not sure how far they distribute (i am just down in VA so its all over the place here). they were the company on discovery channel’s show “brewmasters”
personally i like the greens double dark the best i think, but the other ones are very good (i think i missed trying one of them but i have had the triple blonde, double dark, and amber ale). if i walked in some where and someone handed me any of the gluten free greens i wouldn’t complain at all