[Coughie]

Originally Posted by blastfrompast

icinglasss is also used in hobby wine making alot...

Never knew it was made from fish tho....

Yeah, its made from fish bladders but it settles out too, so if done properly it can be used and shouldn't be in the finished product.

People with allergies should still be careful though

[troutman]

You can trust me that Isinglass is the least of your worries.

It's used for many purposes and I think it's totally precipitated out of solution along with the yeast,etc.

They use it for some wine too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isinglass

[Green Squall]

Beaver anal glands are another common ingredient used in foods. If you enjoy strawberry, raspberry and vanilla ice cream, as well as some baked goods and candy, then you might be loving the sweet taste of a beaver’s backside. The ingredient is called castoreum, which is used as a flavoring agent in food. Castoreum is a substance that is collected from the glands of Canadian, European, and Siberian beavers

[coldcanna]

Good thread here, not something I had really heard of before but at the same time not surprising. I swear nothing is sacred anymore they're even diluting our beer!

I try to buy local beers as much as possible but can't always shell out $6-8 a pint at the local bar or $12 for a sixer at the convenience store. Like someone else said, its prob better off to make your own if your on any kind of budget- I myself got into the hobby both for the passion and the cost- about $35 of ingredients you can make 55 beers and the satisfaction is priceless

[mean mr.mustard]

Beer is made from malt yeast water and hops.

Irish moss and\or isinglass, though sometimes used, doesn't end up in the finished product.

Most big breweries use corn and rice.

Some use preservatives.

As sure as there are food geeks that revolutionize the twists and turns of industry, there are beer geeks doing the same with brewing standards and expectations.

Perspective is what is needed in here.... It's starting to look like an Anslinger or Nixon campaign.

What's up? Not enough people smoking pot? Or just not enough hate against, ahem, I mean too much tolerance towards beer drinkers?

Homebrewers are just like us.

Some of them walk among us.

Good beer brewed correctly doesn't mean instantaneous death.

But it does have gluten so nevermind and hate away.

[Fuel]

Propylene Glycol (an ingredient found in anti-freeze)

Ethylen Glycol is used for anti freeze.

[Douglas.Curtis]

Originally Posted by Fuel

Ethylen Glycol is used for anti freeze.

Anti-Freeze is also Anti-Boil and Propylene Glycol is also used in this capacity. Mixed at around 50/50, it's heated and pumped through plumbing for heating structures.

[shaggyballs]

I believe Natural flavors = chemicals that tast like natural things.
Snazzberry is not a natural flavor, but chemical cherry is.

For example:
Are natural flavors” in your blueberry granola bar simply…crushed-up blueberries. Rather, they probably consist of a chemical originally found in blueberries, enhanced and added into your food in a lab.

Most of us know artificial flavors derived from petroleum aren’t good for us, but with the words “natural flavor” food chemists and companies can put whatever they want in your food that is “generally regarded as safe” including excitotoxins. Natural flavor can legally contain natural occurring “glutamate” bi-products like MSG – which are known excitotoxins.

I surely did not expect to find all that crap is in beer..WTF!
Thanks for the heads up Gypsy
Shag

[Dog Star]

Most of a beers on market contain gliphosphates... and they made cancer..

[shithawk420]

i knew theres was a ton of shit in beer but not MSG.im not surprised one bit.sucks for me cause i drink a 12 pack a day.no wonder im addicted.fucking MSG