How-To Find Vegan Beer

Drink your beer alone. Drink it with food. Drink it with other drinks. But let it be vegan beer.

Why is some beer not vegan?
Obvious ingredients are easy to avoid, like honey and bacon (honestly, I don't know that bacon beer exists, but if there's bacon ice cream, I assume there is bacon beer, or will be very soon). Some beer producers use:

• gelatin
• isinglass (gelatin from fish)
• glycerin (often made of animal tallow instead of vegetables)
• casein (dairy protein)

German or Belgian-style beer is more likely to be vegan. Lighter ales are usually vegan.

Your best resource besides the brewery itself is Barnivore. VegNews and PETA have also compiled admirable vegan beer lists. Check out Barnivore's list of mobile drink apps for vegans. For the most up-to-date information, go right to the source, since new craft beers appear on the market all the time, and many are vegan and fabulous. Don't hesitate to contact a brewery to ask; it creates awareness of the rapidly increasing market for vegan products!