luckybeagle
Making sales and brewing ales.
Hi all,
My wife shows markers for gluten sensitivity on her blood panel. She hasn't done full blown celiac testing yet, but seeks to avoid gluten until we have more answers. It's a big bummer for her because we've done more than our fair share of beer drinking, festivals, and brewing together over the years.
I came across Clarity Ferm, which is supposed to reduce gluten peptides to <20 ppm. The international standard for acceptable gluten levels for people who have Celiac Disease is a max of around 20ppm per whatever food or drink they are having. To me, adding Clarity Ferm seems like a good, safe insurance policy that would allow her to enjoy my beer again.
But then I got to googling and discovered the following:
What are your thoughts? Should I add Clarity Ferm to my beer at the onset of fermentation as an insurance policy for her? Are most lower gravity commercial beers (maybe non hefeweizen/german wheat beer) generally safe for the gluten sensitive?
My wife shows markers for gluten sensitivity on her blood panel. She hasn't done full blown celiac testing yet, but seeks to avoid gluten until we have more answers. It's a big bummer for her because we've done more than our fair share of beer drinking, festivals, and brewing together over the years.
I came across Clarity Ferm, which is supposed to reduce gluten peptides to <20 ppm. The international standard for acceptable gluten levels for people who have Celiac Disease is a max of around 20ppm per whatever food or drink they are having. To me, adding Clarity Ferm seems like a good, safe insurance policy that would allow her to enjoy my beer again.
But then I got to googling and discovered the following:
- Duvel Belgian Golden Ale naturally has <20ppm gluten peptides in it, as do most lagers
- Stouts and Porters generally have 8 to 25, with Guinness (for example) having roughly 20ppm. More robust, high gravity examples push this number up.
- 100ppm or less is generally considered "low gluten levels," and safe for the gluten sensitive (non celiac) which nearly every beer I've been able to find information on falls under.
What are your thoughts? Should I add Clarity Ferm to my beer at the onset of fermentation as an insurance policy for her? Are most lower gravity commercial beers (maybe non hefeweizen/german wheat beer) generally safe for the gluten sensitive?