It has recently come to my attention that gluten may be extremely bad for me... I can't tell you how sad this news made me as pasta, bread, and beer are three of the reasons I get up in the morning. So today I decided to try a gluten free beer and see if it was an adequate substitute. Tonight's selection was New Planet's "Off The Grid Pale Ale". Color is nice and clear sparkly. The smell is a bit molassesy but good. The taste, well, not so good. The mouth feel is all wrong and the bitter hop flavor leaves a strange gunky after taste I can't quite describe. I have to admit a bit of disappointment with the sorgum beer and the price is high at just over 9 dollars for a 4 pack. In the future I will probably pass on this one, and my hope is that the other alternative beers made with rice and buckweat, or barley with extracted gluten taste more like the excellent craft beer I am used to.
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The good news is that even if you suffer from coeliac disease you can still drink wine, cider, sake, whiskey, brandy - pretty much everything except beer. Whiskey is often made from grain but is distilled multiple times so it's safe.