{"id":3097,"date":"2012-07-06T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T06:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2012-07-11T11:55:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T01:55:04","slug":"samuel-smiths-old-brewery-tadcaster-taddy-porter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/06\/samuel-smiths-old-brewery-tadcaster-taddy-porter\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery Tadcaster Taddy Porter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had this one a few days ago. When I was last in Acland Cellars I saw a bunch of Samuel Smith’s beer, and I noticed the small Vegan symbol on the back. Not one to shy away from vegan beer, I bought one of each I could see.<\/p>\n

Beer doesn’t have to be explicitly\u00c2\u00a0labelled\u00c2\u00a0to be vegan, basically what you’re wanting to avoid is isinglass (obtained from dried swim bladders from fish) that is used as a fining agent.<\/p>\n

Pro tip:<\/strong> if your beer has a bit of sediment in it (like Coopers does), it’s near 100% likely to be vegan (barring honey or somebody inventing a way to put bacon in beer).<\/p>\n

A fining agent will\u00c2\u00a0accelerate\u00c2\u00a0the settling (clarification) of beer. If you’ve ever bottled your own homebrew, you’ll have noticed that the first 90% of bottles look a lot clearer than the last 10% (here you’re starting to stir up the sediment at the bottom of the brewing vessel). This then settles in the bottle and isn’t a problem – just don’t drink the last half mouthful. This is natural beer – “bottle conditioned”. Mass produced beers (think VB\/Carlton\/XXXX, not Coopers) are likely to use a fining agent such as isinglass as this enables them to pump out the beer quicker and not have to produce bottles that can withstand the pressure of secondary fermentation.<\/p>\n

Pro tip:<\/strong> “bottle conditioned” likely means vegan too.<\/p>\n

Basically, being vegan is a great excuse to not drink lots of shit beer.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this is the beer I had the other night, and it was quite a pleasant porter. yay!<\/p>\n

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I had this one a few days ago. When I was last in Acland Cellars I saw a bunch of Samuel Smith’s beer, and I noticed the small Vegan symbol on the back. 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