Vegetarianism and Beer

Vegetarianism And Beer

Beer contains malt from barley, water, hops and yeast; as such many beers are made without animal products, and are acceptable to those vegans and vegetarians who do not abstain from alcoholic beverages; however, some breweries - such as British cask ale producers - may use animal products in the filtering process. Most breweries do not reveal if they do or do not use animal products in the processing of their beers; exceptions are Samuel Smith, Anheuser-Busch, the Marble Brewery in Manchester, the Black Isle Brewery, and Black Sheep Brewery, all of whom have declared they make vegetarian beer.