Posted on 11/03/2015 6:26:51 AM PST by KeyLargo
Beer Guinness changes recipe to go vegan
Guinness is going vegan.
Starting in 2016, the Irish beer will be fully vegan friendly for the first time since they started brewing beer 256 years ago, reports The Independent.
Guinness, like many other brewers, use isinglass, a by-product of the fishing industry that's used to clarify the beer and make yeast settle faster. While most of the agent is filtered out during the brewing process, there are still traces of fish bladders in the finished product. Vegan customers have long been petitioning the brand to discontinue its use of isinglass.
One was on change.org, filed by Tom Jones from Manchester who collected 1,715 signatures asking the brand to make the beer vegan-friendly.
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Murphy's Irish Stout.
It beats Guinness hands down. With or without fish bladders.
10 Craft Beer Alternatives for Guinness on St. Patty’s Day
http://drinkwiththewench.com/2013/03/10-great-craft-beer-alternatives-for-guinness-on-st-patricks-day/
1. Brooklyn Irish Dry Stout
2. Moylans Dragoons Dry Irish Stout
3. Boulevard Dry Stout
4. Short’s Uncle Stevie Irish Stout
5. Starr Hill Dark Starr Stout
6. North Coast Old No. #38
7. Sprecher Irish-style Stout
8. Avery Out of Bounds Stout
9. Bison Chocolate Stout
10. Saranac Irish Stout
I drink domestic BuschLight.
I been drinking it for 25 years and I drink it everyday so thats not going to change.
But I can see what you mean by ‘experts’ on a certain brand. If BuschLight were to change even on the most minute level, I would be able to tell and I would NOT like it. Even if it tastes better, its not what I am used to and I will not like it.
I always compared it to a glass of Pennzoil with ~10,000 miles on it.
I don’t think it’s just for Vegans. A lot of people were really put off by the whole fish bladders stuff once it started making the rounds.
I’ve been drinking Guinness for 25 years. I still do, but I don’t lift a pint anymore without the term “fish bladders” immediately popping into my head.
Vegemite and warm club soda...
Wait, just a minute there 'Netz'.
I thought that they were dead! 
They are catering to the all inclusive hipster crowd.
I can see how a 20-30ish year old hipster would be their target demographic, but many big companies fail when they try to cater to one certain market segment.
They should make a separate line of products to cater to this very small market and do not disturb something that has success with the broad market.
I tried this one last winter - much prefer it to Guinness.
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend might disagree with you on that one.
I still believe that they are dead, or at least appear that way. 
have they been using fish bladder for 250 years?
Guinness better not change Smithwicks!
My daughter just came home from school convinced that she suddenly had to be a vegan because of that stupid WHO announcement...
One pizza with pepperoni and wings convinced her otherwise
Most anything from Belgium.
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