There are so many gluten free beers to choose from these days but this month I have been mostly sampling Green's gluten free beer range. This is one for all you coeliacs or wheat allergics out there. They are all delicious. Last night I enjoyed the deliciously refreshing Pilsner. But my favourite, by a long way, has to be the amazing and totally naturally gluten free … [Read more...]
Eating at Gourmet Burger Kitchen with multiple allergies…
We recently put Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) through a pretty stringent test of their allergen catering protocol. I wouldn't normally ever turn up somewhere without having first phoned, exchanged emails and been through the menu to ascertain before hand what would be safe. But things happen in our busy lives and we are not always able to afford the luxury of military … [Read more...]
Wheat or gluten free beer at the CAMRA beer festival?
I'm asking a question here because I'm not quite sure. I'm planning a visit to London with colleagues tomorrow and received this very helpful response from CAMRA about whether there would be any wheat and/or gluten free beers available. Last year there was ONE beer! And very nice it was too. I had quite a lot of it.This is what they said this year: "We would say there … [Read more...]
Working, speaking and eating at the Allergy Show 2015
This year's Allergy Show went by in such a blur of activity I cannot believe I still didn't manage to speak to and visit all the stands I'd ear-marked for attention. It was heaving and sometimes you just had to walk on by when the crowds were four deep clamoring for free samples. Supporting the FreeFrom SkinCare Awards 2015 First things first, I helped out on the FreeFrom … [Read more...]
Wheat free and gluten free lager / real ale
I'm really doing this for myself as a reference because I have a wheat allergy and a love of real ale - not always a good combination. I plan to contact the brewers to find out if their draft beer is made with the same recipe as their bottled beer. Could you safely assume that this would be the case? Then if the pub is a well kept and maintained and I know the beer is good … [Read more...]