Brewery Information Page C

Capital Brewery    

Website: http://www.capital-brewery.com
Concerns: Used grain sent to farmers for livestock feed. [24]
Correspondance: 5/28/03
"Here are the answers to the questions you asked per our brewmaster:
1. No animal products or byproducts are used in any of our beers.
2. There are no known animal products or byproducts used in the manufacturing of our beer.
3. The waste grain is given to a local farmer to use as feed for his livestock." [24]

Capitol City Brewing Company     (Washington D.C.)    

Website: http://www.capcitybrew.com
Concerns: Grain is collected weekly by an area farmer. [. . .] Some of the their beer contains honey, but is noted on the product. Their cask conditioned beers use isinglass. Aside from this all other brews are vegan. [38]
Correspondance: 6/16/03
"1. Are there any animal products or byproducts (honey, etc) contained in any of your beers?
Simply put, Yes. But rare could be the case. We use honey on the rare occasion and it is prominently noted in either name of the product or listed on our brewers board notes. The majority of our beers (I would say 97%) are simply malt, hops, water and yeast. Yeast is a single cell organism and could be considered an animal by definition. If that is the case then all fermented products contain some amount of animal byproduct.
2. Are there any animal products or byproducts used in the manufacture of your products?
Isinglass is used only for our cask conditioned product, we use no gelatins. Diatomaceous Earth is used in the filtration procedure and it is manufactured from the fossilized remains of Diatomes which were prehistoric seagoing creatures. If these are considered animal byproducts then all our beers have animal byproducts in them.
3. What does your company do with the waste grain after it is used?
We have a farmer who collects it on a weekly basis to feed to his cow herd of over one hundred head. " [38]

Carolina Brewing Company    

Website: http://www.carolinabrew.com
Concerns: Used grain is given to an area farmer who uses it as livestock feed. ²³
Correspondance: 5/28/03
"Are there any animal products or byproducts (honey, etc) contained in any of your beers?
No. Outside of the traditional malted barley, hops, yeast and water, we have used only malted wheat and raspberries in our beer. We are planning a Belgian Saison for our Eight Year Anniversary which will include some spices, but no honey or animal products.
Are there any animal products or byproducts (isinglass, gelatin, etc) used in the manufacture? [. . .]
No. We use a small amount of Irish Moss which is a seaweed based filtering aid and the filtering is done using cellulose and diatomaceous earth. The cellulose is plant based and the diatomite is the skeletal remains of single celled plants called diatoms. I tried using Isinglass for fining our cask conditioned version of our Pale Ale in keeping with English tradition and discontinued using it about five years ago.
What does your company do with the waste grain after it is used?
It is given to a farmer who uses it for pig and cattle feed." [23]

Cedar Brewing Company     ()    

Website: http://www.cedarbrewing.com
Concerns: The grain from the brewing proces is given to a farmer to be fed to cows. The beer Helles Honey Bock contains honey in its ingredients. [48]
Correspondance: 6/13/03
"1. Are there any animal products or byproducts (honey, etc) contained in any of your beers?
Except for our Helles Honey Bock, all of our ales contain only barley, wheat, yeast, hops and water.
2. Are there any animal products or byproducts (isinglass, gelatin, etc) used in the manufacture (such as in the filtering or fining process) of your products? While materials used in fining do not end up in the final product, strict vegans have an aversion to the use of animal products in situations as such.
Our filter aid is crushed volcanic rock.
3. What does your company do with the waste grain after it is used?
Spent grain is given to a farmer who uses it for a food supplement for cattle." [48]

Coors Brewing Company     (U.S.A.)    

Website: http://www.coors.com
Concerns: Spent grain is sold to the agricultural industry for feed. In 1995 Coors produced 148 million lbs of used grain which it sold to feed companies. [28] I believe it would be fair to say that most of this feed, given the large volume, likely ended up not only on the few remaining family farms, but on the factory farms as well. This is only an assumption however, and is stated only because many individuals seem to have more of an aversion to factory farms over that of smaller dairy producers.
Correspondance: 5/29/03
"We are glad to inform you there are no animal products in our beers. As for the by-products, the dried spent grain and hops are mixed with dust, sprouts and screenings using a mixer. Condensed brewers' solids (waste beer) or steam is added as a binding agent to the dry mixture in the container. This mixture is then pelletized, cooled and stored. The malt pellets are sold to agricultural feed companies in bulk (railcar or truck). In 1995, Coors Brewing Company produced approximately 148,000,000 pounds of pellets. We hope this information helps." [28]

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Posted/Updated: 11/8/03