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Emit

(11,213 posts) Fri Jul 19, 2013, 01:47 AM Jul 2013

Damn. There's even HFCS in my beer!

And a lot of other crap!

http://foodbabe.com/2013/07/17/the-shocking-ingredients-in-beer/

Is nothing sacred anymore?

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Damn. There's even HFCS in my beer! (Original Post) Emit Jul 2013 OP

Bummer RobertEarl Jul 2013 #1

Gross! silverweb Jul 2013 #2

Drinking rum, much better than beer.... The Straight Story Jul 2013 #3

Rum and I have a history Emit Jul 2013 #10

Fish bladder? Warpy Jul 2013 #4

Also known as isinglass... Wounded Bear Jul 2013 #6

Yes, I know, I've used it Warpy Jul 2013 #7

Wait a minute... Emit Jul 2013 #8

Actually, it tends to settle out of the misture... Wounded Bear Jul 2013 #11

No, it just took most of the yeast residue and grape skins with it and settled Warpy Jul 2013 #12

I once worked for Cargill Corn Milling North America. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #5

Try drinking some good, hopefully local brewed, craft beer HarveyDarkey Jul 2013 #9

I'll drink to that! Retrograde Jul 2013 #16

Drink German beer or home brew. nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #13

support your local brewer.. frylock Jul 2013 #14

Most European beer is Franken-free. closeupready Jul 2013 #15

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

1. Bummer

Reply to Emit (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 01:53 AM

Jul 2013

Best to just not read the labels, dude.

Had a thought... why don't we make gas for our cars outta that junk?

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

2. Gross!

Reply to Emit (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 01:56 AM

Jul 2013

The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)

3. Drinking rum, much better than beer....

Reply to Emit (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 01:57 AM

Jul 2013

Emit

(11,213 posts)

10. Rum and I have a history

Reply to The Straight Story (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:27 AM

Jul 2013

about which is best not repeated.

Warpy

(111,339 posts)

4. Fish bladder?

Reply to Emit (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:01 AM

Jul 2013

Oh, well, good thing I can't drink these days.

I guess they're all taking shortcuts where they can. I'm just puzzled about one thing---I was a home brewer and anything with fructose in it gave my beers a nasty, cidery taste that was not pleasant against the hops and malt. The one ingredient I ended up scrambling for was pure granulated dextrose. Table sugars were foul. Honey was worse. Corn syrup didn't even merit a try.

Wounded Bear

(58,706 posts)

6. Also known as isinglass...

Reply to Warpy (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:07 AM

Jul 2013

It's used to clarify the brew.

Isinglass
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Isinglass (disambiguation).

Swim bladder of a Rudd fish (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Isinglass (/ˈaɪzɪŋɡlæs/ or /ˈaɪzɪŋɡlɑːs/) is a substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish. It is a form of collagen used mainly for the clarification of wine and beer. It can also be cooked into a paste for specialized gluing purposes.

Isinglass was originally made exclusively from sturgeon, especially Beluga sturgeon, until the 1795 invention by William Murdoch of a cheap substitute using cod. This was extensively used in Britain in place of Russian isinglass. The bladders, once removed from the fish, processed and dried, are formed into various shapes for use.

Warpy

(111,339 posts)

7. Yes, I know, I've used it

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:11 AM

Jul 2013

to clarify my own brews. Most of the time I didn't bother and used the slight cloudiness to help warn people they weren't drinking that weak ass cat piddle from the packy, my brews had a real kick.

It's just weird to see it called fish bladder instead of isinglas.

Emit

(11,213 posts)

8. Wait a minute...

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:18 AM

Jul 2013

that shit's in my wine, too?!

Wounded Bear

(58,706 posts)

11. Actually, it tends to settle out of the misture...

Reply to Emit (Reply #8)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:41 AM

Jul 2013

That's why they have funny shaped bumps in the bottom of the bottle, so that shit will settle there.

Warpy

(111,339 posts)

12. No, it just took most of the yeast residue and grape skins with it and settled

Reply to Emit (Reply #8)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:44 AM

Jul 2013

it on the bottom of the cask before the wine was bottled. The little bet left settled on the bottom of the wine bottle, one reason wine is allowed to sit and settle before it's decanted. Or not if the drinker is informal and thirsty enough to drink it, rubbish layer and all.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

5. I once worked for Cargill Corn Milling North America.

Reply to Emit (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:04 AM

Jul 2013

That stuff is in everything.

We used to ship containers of it to Jamaica for Red Stripe Beer.

HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)

9. Try drinking some good, hopefully local brewed, craft beer

Reply to Emit (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:25 AM

Jul 2013

Those are macrobrews, not beer, sold by international companies. My motto is "If you see it advertised on TeeVee, it's not worth drinking".

Retrograde

(10,156 posts)

16. I'll drink to that!

Reply to HarveyDarkey (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:47 PM

Jul 2013

In many places, you can buy a jug (sometimes called a growler) of fresh, local beer directly from the brewer. Or look for small, local brews in a good-sized grocery. They're more expensive than the swill Budweiser puts out, but much, much tastier.