Well I braved the beer bellies and crowds of men and had a hoot at the Great British Beer Festival. I did indeed find 'the only gluten free beer at the beer festival' and enjoyed quite a lot of Stringers Plan B which is a very drinkable, light ale - perfect for a drinking session! I met some very friendly, very drunk people. Mostly men. I made friends with some lovely … [Read more...]
Will there be gluten free beer at the Great British Beer Festival?
If you have coeliac disease or are allergic to wheat you will no doubt know that finding suitable beer is not easy, so you might not think that the CAMRA Great British Beer Festival would be a great night out. If you're just wanting beer you might be right since my research has only uncovered ONE gluten free beer at the whole festival. There is a chance there may be more … [Read more...]
New gluten #GF and wheat free beer from Van Bulck
A day in the life of an allergy blogger is never dull. The doorbell is often ringing with new deliveries of freefrom stuff to try out. There have to be some perks to blogging apart from the proud feeling when they look really good, come out just how you wanted them to, or when I get lovely comments from people who have found support here. They mean so much. Sometimes stuff … [Read more...]
Gluten or Wheat free beer – coeliac disease or wheat allergy?
If you're a coeliac the recent increase in the popularity of gluten free foods and beer is good news. But if you are wheat intolerant or allergic to wheat you need to be very careful of products containing wheat. CODEX wheat is still wheat but it's had the gluten removed so if wheat is your problem these foods could still make you ill or cause symptoms.A couple of examples are … [Read more...]
Judging gluten free beer at the FreeFrom Food Awards
As you can imagine, judging the FreeFrom Food Awards Gluten Free beer category is quite a popular session. I've had my eye on judging the beer for some time and this year my dream came true. Everyone wants to judge the gluten free beer, or is that just me? I know it can be an acquired taste but it's definitely one I discovered many years ago. Due to my challenging multiple … [Read more...]