Gluten Free Beer List

While some people avoid Gluten free foods due to having a very serious medical condition (known as Celiac disease), Others are simply trying to better themselves by sticking to a strict gluten free diet. For those of you that are new to the world of Gluten free brews, you may not know that Gluten Free beers have a bit of a reputation for being…well, kind of terrible.

Not to worry though, I’ve got you covered!

I’ve compiled the following gluten free beer list, detailing each beers brewery, country of origin, ABV as well as their respective Beer Advocates rating – To help you find the best damn Gluten free beers on the market!

#	Beer	Brewery	Location	Alcohol %	BA Score
1	American Pale Ale	Burning Brothers Brewing	St. Paul, MN	?	n/a
2	Cascadian Coffee Ale	Burning Brothers Brewing	St. Paul, MN	?	n/a
3	Green's Endeavor Dubbel Dark Ale	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	7.00%	68
4	Glutenator	Epic Brewing Company	Utah, US	6.90%	82
5	Green's Quest Tripel Blonde Ale	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	8.50%	70
6	Dragon's Gold	Bard's Tale Beer Company, LLC	Buffalo, NY	4.30%	64
7	Green's Discovery	Green's Gluten Free Beer	United Kingdom	6.00%	61
8	Gluten FREEk	Wicked Weed Brewing	Asheville, NC	8.00%	92
9	Green's Amber Ale	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	6.00%	78
10	Fox Tail	Joseph James Brewing, Inc.	Henderson, NV	5.00%	73
11	St. Peter's G-Free	St. Peter's Brewing Co.	United Kingdom	4.20%	74
12	Nickel Brook Gluten Free	Better Bitters Brewing Co.	Burlington, Ontario	5.80%	63
13	Toleration Ale	Hambelton Ales	United Kingdom	4.40%	64
14	Brunehaut Bio Ambree' Gluten Free	Brasserie De Brunehaut	Brunehaut, Belguim	6.50%	80
15	NGB Gluten Free Lager	Minhas Craft Brewery	Monroe, Wisconsin	4.00%	63
16	Green's Enterprise Dry-Hopped Lager	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	4.10%	n/a
17	Eight Gluten Free Raspberry	The Big Rip Brewing Company	Kansas City, Missouri	9.00%	n/a
18	I Wish Gluten Free IPA	Mikkeller ApS	Kobenhavn, Denmark	5.50%	n/a
19	Boxer Gluten Free	Minhas Craft Brewery	Monroe, Wisconsin	5.00%	n/a
20	Lazy Mutt Gluten Free	Minhas Craft Brewery	Monroe, Wisconsin	4.70%	n/a
21	Gluten Free Golden Ale	Deshutes Brewery	Bend, Oregon	5.20%	n/a
22	Green's India Pale Ale	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	5.00%	n/a
23	Green's Dark Ale	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	5.80%	n/a
24	Green's Blond Ale	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	5.80%	n/a
25	Drummond Gluten Free	Drummond Brewing Company	Alberta, Canada	5.00%	n/a
26	Zatec Gluten Free Beer	Zatecky' Pivovar	Czech Republic	4.50%	n/a
27	Green's Premium Pils	Breen's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	4.80%	n/a
28	Green's Herald	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	4.00%	n/a
29	Gluten Free IPA	Roc Brewing Company	New York, US	6.00%	n/a
30	Green's Supreme Golden Ale	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	4.80%	n/a
31	Elmer's Gluten Free Beer	Five Seasons Westside	Georgia, US	?	n/a
32	Gluten Free Ale	Hambleton Ales	United Kingdom	4.80%	n/a
33	Green's Golden Ale	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	4.80%	n/a
34	Green's Pioneer	Green's Gluten Free Beers	United Kingdom	5.00%	n/a
35	Gluten Free Lager	Hambleton Ales	United Kingdom	4.80%	n/a
36	Green Gold Gluten Free	Mikkeller ApS	Denmark	7.00%	n/a
37	Gluteus Minimus	Growlers	Maryland, US	4.50%	n/a
38	Vladimir Gluten Free	Griffin Claw Brewing Company	Michigan, US	6.00%	n/a
39	Gluten Free-Bird	SaltWater Brewery	Florida, US	7.00%	n/a
40	Traminette Gluten Free Grape	The Big Rip Brewing Company	Missouri, US	9.30%	n/a
41	Graceful Gluten Free IPA	Eternity Brewing Company	Michigan, US	?	n/a
42	Gluten-Free Lemon Pale	Strange Craft Beer Company	Colorado, US	5.50%	n/a
43	GCH Gluten-Free Ale	Sawtooth Brewery	Idaho, US	4.80%	n/a
44	Tweason' Ale	Dogfish Head Brewery	Milton, Deleware	6.00%	71
45	Pale Ale	New Planet Beer Company	Colorado, US	6.40%	60
46	New Grist	Lakefront Brewery	Milwaukee, WI	5.75%	65
47	Redbridge	Anheuser-Busch	Saint Louis, Missouri	4.00%	63
48	Estrella Damm Daura	Damm S.A.	Spain	5.40%	74
49	Off The Grid Pale Ale	New Planet Beer Company	Colorado, US	5.00%	63
50	The Glutenator	Snake River Brewing Company & Brewpub	Wyoming, US	7.00%	n/a
51	Alt Brew Farmhouse Ale	Greenview Brewing	Madison, WI	?	n/a
52	Pale Ale	Ground Breaker Brewing	Portland, OR	5.80%	n/a
53	Dark Ale	Ground Breaker Brewing	Portland, OR	4.50%	n/a
54	IPA No.5	Ground Breaker Brewing	Portland, OR	5.60%	n/a
55	IPA No.2	Ground Breaker Brewing	Portland, OR	6.80%	n/a
56	Celia Saison	Ipswich Ale Brewery	Massachusetts, US	6.50%	76
57	Amber Ale	New Planet Beer Company	Colorado, US	?	n/a
58	Belgian Ale	New Planet Beer Company	Colorado, US	5.00%	81
59	Blonde Ale	New Planet Beer Company	Colorado, US	5.00%	n/a
60	Brown Ale	New Planet Beer Company	Colorado, US	6.00%	78
61	Raspberry Ale	New Planet Beer Company	Colorado, US	5.00%	n/a
62	Tread Lightly Ale	New Planet Beer Company	Colorado, US	5.00%	73
63	Passover Honey Beer (retired)	Ramapo Valley Brewery	Hillburn, NY	5.20%	76
64	Mbege Ale (retired)	Sprecher Brewery	Glendale, WI	7.00%	73
65	Shakparo	Sprecher Brewery	Glendale, WI	5.70%	76
66	Sorghum Pale Ale	Steadfast Beer Co.	New York, US	6.80%	82
67	Night Mission	Glebe Farm	United Kingdom	4.20%	n/a
68	Crop Circle	Hop Back Brewery	United Kingdom	4.20%	82
69	Scarborough Fair IPA	World Top Brewery	United Kingdom	6.00%	83
70	Against The Grain	World Top Brewery	United Kingdom	4.50%	82

 

Gluten Reduced – “Omission Beers”

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Generally speaking – Gluten free beer is made with sorghum, millet, buckwheat or rice. There is however, a growing number of “gluten free” beers that initially follow the traditional ingrediants list and then are treated with enzymes to reduce their level of gluten below the required 5-ppm. Once these “Omission Beers” have gotten their levels of gluten below the necessary 5-ppm (5 parts per million) – they are then given the CSA’s recognition seal and deemed to be “risk free” for celiacs.

One of the biggest benefits of this processing is that you end up with a more familiar tasting beer.(hooray!) The down side to this special processing, is that there is still a very small part of gluten left behind, which for those who are gluten intolerant – may still cause you to feel sick if ingested. Because of this, I would advise you to exercise a bit of caution when trying any of the following brews as some celiacs have reported feeling a bit ill after imbibing.

That said, These beers definitely open up the number of options available to those seeking a gluten free brew and can often times be quite a bit tastier!

~Enjoy

#	Beer	Brewery	Location	Alcohol %	BA Score
1	Omission Pale Ale	Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.	Portland, Oregon	5.80%	78
2	Omission Lager	Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.	Portland, Oregon	4.60%	74
4	Omission IPA	Widmer Brothers Brewing Company	Portland, Oregon	6.70%	80
5	M.E.H. Cream Ale	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	4.30%	n/a
6	Quicher Bichen	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	8.00%	n/a
7	Enormous Richard	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	8.60%	n/a
8	Elke Brown Ale	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	6.80%	n/a
9	Social Lubricant	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	8.00%	n/a
10	Old Rickoli Barleywine	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	12.50%	n/a
11	Hop Session	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	5.00%	n/a
12	Totally Eye-P.A.	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	6.80%	n/a
13	The Authoritah!	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	7.40%	n/a
14	Disturbed Reflection	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	9.70%	n/a
15	Black Pline	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	9.80%	n/a
16	Statik	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	13.00%	n/a
17	Attack of the Cones	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	6.00%	n/a
18	Vanilla in "yo Rye"	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	7.00%	n/a
19	Bourbon Barrel Peach	Rickoli Brewery	Colorado, US	12.00%	n/a
20	Prairie Path Golden Ale	Two Brothers Brewing Company	Illinios, US	5.10%	80

 

Why Drink Gluten Free Beer?

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As I mentioned in the beginning, the main target market for gluten free beer is for people who suffer from Celiac disease. For those of you who are not familiar with the disease, someone with Celiac disease will often (if not always) have a strong negative reaction to gliadin (a gluten protein) found in wheat. For some, dietary restrictions aren’t just limited to a wheat free diet – but can include other popular grains, such as barley and rye.

There is also a growing movement of people that have taken up the voluntary action of maintaining a gluten free diet, most people who fall into this category are typically on a special wheat or gluten free diet. While still others, have resigned not to eat gluten based products for any number of other reasons.

In either case, conscious decision or not – There is a growing beer market for those of you who love beer, but aren’t particularly fond of gluten. I heard that stuff is terrible for you…

 Disclaimer: The views & opinions expressed in the above video are hilarious – If  I have somehow offended you, You should probably have a beer and relax. 🙂

 

Consider Your Choices…

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Lets face it – The gluten free beer options are kind of limited at the moment, and chances are that your local liquor & grocery stores may only carry 1 or 2 of the options listed above. Does this mean that you are doomed to drink the same brews constantly? Heck No!

For those of you who have been living gluten free for awhile now, you may have already caught on to the fact that there are many more alternatives on the market. (If you know what to look for)

Ciders

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These brews make for a great light and refreshing summer time beer. And with the hard cider beer market absolutely exploding right now – breweries around the world are ramping up production and producing all kinds of great new brews.  Not just hard cider flavors anymore – there are dozens of variations and brands to choose from.

I’m personally very fond of anything angry orchard produces, but there certainly isn’t any lack of options out there!

 Mead

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Mead is thought to be the worldest oldest alcoholic beverage, most likely discovered by pre-historic man quite by accident – this is the brew that changed the world forever! At it’s core it is simply fermented honey & water, but it has evolved to become so much more rich and complex than that. Often accompanied with various fruits, grains, hops & spices – There are plenty of great tasting mead options on the market, that offer an awesome gluten-free alternative to your usual beers.

With the craft beer movement gaining momentum, mead has finally started to get the attention it deserves again. It is after all – the ancestor of all modern beers in the world, it would be dis-respectful not to try it!

 

Lonkero

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First popularized in Finland, Lonkero is more of a mixed drink than any kind of beer – but very tasty none the less!

Lonkero, or “Long Drink” as it has affectionately become known is made up of Gin and most commonly grapefruit soda. It can also be fermented like a proper beer, but the end goal is ultimately to replicate the taste of gin and grapefruit juice. If you like a Tom Collins or a gin & tonic – The Lonkero might just be your new favorite brew.

Ginger Beer

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Ginger Beer is a rather interesting beast. Not only is it a beloved brew – but the term “Ginger Beer” is also used to refer to many non-alcoholic soft drinks. (a little bit mis-leading -eh?) 

Brewed ginger beer originated in England in the 18th century, originally comprised of ginger, sugar, water, lemon juice and a fungal bacteria known as “ginger beer plant”. Oddly enough, since it’s creation the non-alcoholic soft drink version of ginger beer has become more popular.

Note: Ginger beer recipes may vary – not all ginger beers will be gluten-free.