Hold on, beer can be … not-vegetarian? There’s meat in beer?But there may be fish. A lot of alcohol is strained through isinglass, which is dried fish swim bladders (nice). It is a form of collagen used for clarification or fining of beer, to help the yeast sedinment settle more quickly rather than to improve flavour or texture. However tiny particles of fish remain in the final drink. , an online search tool for vegan/vegetarian booze, tells you what’s what, so we’ve looked up the UK’s most well-known beers for a handy guide to vegan and vegetarian beer. VEGETARIAN/VEGAN – but not the Cidre. NOT VEGETARIAN/VEGAN in the UK (but is in Australia). NOT VEGETARIAN/VEGAN in the UK (though is in France). NOT VEGETARIAN/VEGAN for now.* *Vegan and vegetarian booze is big news. In November, Guinness announced it would be going vegan for the first time in its 256-year history. Vegans and strict vegetarians have long petitioned the St James’s Gate Brewery.

and said that no alternative could be found to filter the famous stout. They are now ‘looking at two filtration methods that would not require isinglass’. Wine is clarified, or cleared, after fermentation. best wine cream sauce - edible gelatins (made from bones)best wine cream sauce - isinglass (made from the swim bladders of fish)wine clubs uk reviews - casein and potassium caseinate (milk proteins)best wine to cook seafood with - animal albumin (egg albumin and dried blood powder)best kindle books on wine In the UK beer (bitter) is also commonly fined using isinglass. best 40 bottle of wine

bottled bitters and most lagers are vegan. Guinness is not suitable forMost spirits are vegan except for Campari (contains cochineal) and some Vodkas (passed through bone charcoal). Some refined sugars use bone charcoal as a decolourant. Tate and Lyle and Billingtons sugars are free of animal substances. British Sugar, trading as Silver Spoon (the largest UK supplier) state that their white sugar is vegan but they cannot guarantee their brown sugars as some bone charcoal may be used by their suppliers. No data is presently available concerning sugar in other countries. In the UK all Kelloggs products are unsuitable for vegans as Vitamin D3 (of animal origin) is added. In the US some of Kellogg's cereals are apparently vegan, Kellogg's Nutri-Grain cereal (plain "Wheat" variety only) is a good vegan source of B12. Be careful though, the almond- raisin variety contains animal based glycerin. Many manufacturers use whey as the flavour carrier.

local vegan society as to what crisps are vegan.If a manufacturer can stick some part of an animal in something, chances are they probably will. Learn to be a fastidious label reader and avoid products not properly labelled unless you know for sure that they are suitable for vegans. companies who make their stance on animal products known. out for ethically vegan companies and support them when possible. Some foods have "E" numbers listed in the ingredients, with no mention as to the source of these E numbers. Ones to definitely avoid 542 - edible bone phosphate 631 - sodium 5'-inosinate 920 - L-cysteine hydrochloride calcium mesoinositol hexaphosphate, lactose, sperm oil, spermaceti calcium hepatonate, calcium phytate, diacetin-glyceryl, glyceryl diacetate, glyceryl triacetate, glycine, leucine, monoacetate, monoacetin, oxystearin, triacetin and any unspecified flavourings. (Adapted from the VEGAN-L FAQ by Michael Traub.)

Vice-ometer calculator: you're even taxed on fun - see how much you pay This calculator shows how much the Treasury trousers from your - depending on your point of view - fun or filthy habits.Enter your drinking and smoking details to see how much of the national debt you're helping to clear.In the Budget 2013, duty - the name for the tax on booze, fags and petrol - was increased as follows:Duty per 75cl bottle of wine was raised by 10p to £2.Duty on a 70cl, 40% alcohol bottle of spirits was raised 39p to £7.90Duty on 4% beer was cut .9p to 44.4p a pint and on 4.2% by 1p to 45.6p a pint.Tax on cigarettes is more complicated but the main duty rate per packet of 20 was raised to £3.52. On all of the above, VAT is charged at 20% on the price paid at the till. Cigarettes attract an additional tax of 16.5% per price paid at the till. This calculator shows how much the Government is making from your drinking, smoking and lottery habits. Assumptions used in this calculator: Beer: 4% alcohol by volume (abv), spirits: 40% (70cl), wine: up to 15% (70cl).

Sources: Camra, HM Customs & Excise, Scotch Whisky Association, Tobacco Manufacturers Association, Wine and Spirit Association. Updated Budget Day March 2013 Your annual vice bill: Of which Government takes: This is Money can help you cut the cost of living and how to make money. >> Make me richer MOST READ MONEY Previous Next ● ● ● ●Reading Beer and Cider Festival 201727th - 30th April 2017 Over 500 Real Alesplus a large range of Ciders and Perries, Foreign Beers, English Wines Thanks to our Sponsorswithout whom this Beer Festival would not be possible Soak up the beer......with food from a range of stalls Live Bands......every day except Thursday Bells, Sticks and Hankies......with Kennet Morris Men Run by Unpaid Volunteers......be a part of the team! Reading's annual Beer and Cider Festival, organised by The Campaign for Real Ale, will take place on 27th-30th April 2017. Tickets now on sale!! Buy Advance Tickets Now and get...