No ingredients on booze

Daegerty

Why is there no list of ingredients on anything alcoholic?

Did they decide it's so unhealthy there is no point in listing them? Are they listed in other countries?

FatherLen

because nobody cares as long as you get drunk.

Jimmy the Wheel

http://www.eurocare.org/library/latest_news/parliament_votes_to_exempt_all_alcoholic_beverages_from_labelling_proposal

I suppose if you knew what was in half of them, you wouldn't drink them.

sheesh

just buy german beer if you are that worried about it

they are only allowed water hops barley and yeast

MagicMarker

Water, alcohol and bubbles.

mawk

all booze is essentially what my old chemistry teacher liked to drink.

Ethanol and evian.

brummytom

Lager normally has ingredients on the bottle/can doesn't it?

flyton5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLbGZCL8bTw

Needs more dog.

yoyo

I always found it weird that the only stuff not to have that callerie GDA thing on it is booze, it must be because a can is probably half your GDA anyways :P . Its weird though coz even obscure stuff like vinegar has the charts!

Nick

NothingMan

The main ingredient is happiness.

Alter-Ego

Just drink Perlinbacher from Lidl. Its clean and cheap.

I'm convinced they add arsenic, toilet duck and rats p1ss to Budweiser to give it that "flavour".

sbsquarepants

Mmmmm, toilet duck.
Budweiser is made from rice! WTF!!! Don't they grow barley and hops in the u s of a?

Seaneh

doesnt matter what its made from, budweiser tastes like cats piss.

GrizzlyMan

Daegerty wrote: »

Why is there no list of ingredients on anything alcoholic?

Did they decide it's so unhealthy there is no point in listing them? Are they listed in other countries?

because its pretty obvious thats there is alcohol in it.:)

phill106

Its full of sunshine and rainbows!

AnonoBoy

Ah man I love booze........




................sorry what was the question again? I drifted off into a dream of whiskey and beer.

Saruman

Beer = Water, Malted Grain (barley or wheat), Hops & Yeast.

Some beer might have other stuff like Rice or Oatmeal in the grist and others might use fruit etc but essentially there should be only 4 ingredients in beer most beer. Some large breweries add crap like corn syrup etc in to their beers.

Whiskey is water yeast and malted grains essentially.

alphabeat

guinness allegedly contains a chemical to keep the head white.

which may be true cos i remember guiness heads as being off white to yellow
in days past , but its always creamy white these days .

mikemac

I remember a whole Joe Duffy segment a few years back and they reckoned there was formaldehyde in beer

It's a preservative and used to be used by undertakers to preserve corpses. Think the EU banned it recently
I've forgotten at this stage if they proved it was used in beer or not.

kraggy

I have been pissed with this in the past.

I wish they would list the ingredients and the other components used in the setting process. And I wish they would list whether or not they were vegetarian even though I have a good knowledge in that area.

e.g. Not suitable for vegetarians:

Fosters
Carling
Guinness
Murphys
Stella Artois
Sol
Smithwicks


and many others.

LambsEye

I read a really awesome book on beer advertising which went into the history of breweries and the rivalries between beer companies.

Apparently one of the reason's they don't have to list their ingredients is so they don't give away their "special" ingredient to a competitor.

NOW. It's true, I read it in a BOOK.

/Thread.

Apanachi

Seaneh wrote: »

doesnt matter what its made from, budweiser tastes like cats piss.

+1

(not that I ever tasted cat's piss...)

jester77

They don't want you knowing what that magic ingredient that makes you forget things is!

sbsquarepants

kraggy wrote: »

I have been pissed with this in the past.

I wish they would list the ingredients and the other components used in the setting process. And I wish they would list whether or not they were vegetarian even though I have a good knowledge in that area.

e.g. Not suitable for vegetarians:

Fosters
Carling
Guinness
Murphys
Stella Artois
Sol
Smithwicks


and many others.

Not suitable for vegetarians??:eek::eek:
What's in them?
Not that i'm a vegetarian, plus i'd drink piss from a hoors boot, if i thought it would get me drunk, but i'm also curious!:)

u140acro3xs7dm

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Not suitable for vegetarians??:eek::eek:
What's in them?
Not that i'm a vegetarian, plus i'd drink piss from a hoors boot, if i thought it would get me drunk, but i'm also curious!:)

Dog!! refer to video on first page.

Irish Halo

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Not suitable for vegetarians??:eek::eek:
What's in them?

Isinglass or Gelatin among other things -> http://beeradvocate.com/articles/279

For most popular beers to advertise their ingredients and for you to understand them would require at least a degree in chemistry considering how much preservatives etc are added to the mainstream brands.

Sofiztikated

phill106 wrote: »

Its full of sunshine and rainbows!

Not in my booze there isn't!

Mines full of sullenness and questionable morals.

slavedave

Edit: Just realised the info on finings was contained in the great link above - sorry.
There is increasingly rigid legislation around labelling and content declaration on alcoholic beverages. Anything that is an additive (ie, something that stays in the beer after the brewing process has completed but didn't originate from the raw materials) should be on the labelling if my memory serves me correctly.
Isinglass is generally considered as a processing aid (it clarifies beer). Finings, the traditionally used material that clarified beer, is made of fish swim bladder (seriously) hence the products labelling that includes "not suitable for vegetarians". Before anyone goes AWOL on this - it is commonly used and does the job well AND has been used for brewing for eons. Joe Public just never knows about these kind of things. What I want to know is...how did anyone ever find out that the swim bladders of fish clear the cloudiness in beers:eek:

sbsquarepants

Fish swim bladders???
Jesus. That's it im never drinking again!
Oh who am i kidding.
Scoops anyone?

Saruman

I can't see why they can't use Irish Moss and be normal. At the very least it allows vegans or strict vegetarians to drink their product.

orourkeda

Daegerty wrote: »

Why is there no list of ingredients on anything alcoholic?

Did they decide it's so unhealthy there is no point in listing them? Are they listed in other countries?

Are they supposed to print it on the side of your pint glass?

Just a minor technical difficulty.

rivalius13

Seaneh wrote: »

doesnt matter what its made from, budweiser tastes like cats piss.

Bud Light: Cat Piss and water.

El Horseboxo

Pretty sure they put vagina in alcohol. I've woke up with a taste of pussy in my mouth on a few occasions.

orourkeda

El Horseboxo wrote: »

Pretty sure they put vagina in alcohol. I've woke up with a taste of pussy in my mouth on a few occasions.

At least it wasn't the taste of sh1t

smegmar

German beers Were legally only allowed 4 ingredients under the "Reinheitsgebot" law of 1516. The law has since been repealed in 1988 but many German beer companies still stick to the law for reputation. The porterhouse company in Ireland make beers without chemicals and you can ask to see the ingredients. Guinness however is more chemicals then beer, also since it's been bought by an English company, Diegeo, I find their use of "Irishness" in commercials offensive and clear false advertising.


German beer is still the best in the world (IMO) and everyone should try a wiesen bier (Paulener, or Erdinger).

krissovo

kraggy wrote: »

I have been pissed with this in the past.

I wish they would list the ingredients and the other components used in the setting process. And I wish they would list whether or not they were vegetarian even though I have a good knowledge in that area.

e.g. Not suitable for vegetarians:

Fosters
Carling
Guinness
Murphys
Stella Artois
Sol
Smithwicks


and many others.

I wont mention names but some of those use Fish remains to speed up the brewing process

tricky D

smegmar wrote: »

German beers Were legally only allowed 4 ingredients under the "Reinheitsgebot" law of 1516. The law has since been repealed in 1988 but many German beer companies still stick to the law for reputation.

The German Reinheitsgebot - why it's a load of old bollocks

ScumLord

yoyo wrote: »

I always found it weird that the only stuff not to have that callerie GDA thing on it is booze, it must be because a can is probably half your GDA anyways :P . Its weird though coz even obscure stuff like vinegar has the charts!

Nick

Guinness is around 200 calories and it's one of the lowest, it's lower than wine and lager.

alphabeat wrote: »

guinness allegedly contains a chemical to keep the head white.

which may be true cos i remember guiness heads as being off white to yellow
in days past , but its always creamy white these days .

If you get the Guinness stout (the long neck bottles) it does have a yellow head on it. It wouldn't surprise me to hear there's extra chemicals in the draught because it has a rotten hangover off it compared to the stout.

Cookie_Monster

smegmar wrote: »

an English company, Diegeo, I find their use of "Irishness" in commercials offensive and clear false advertising.

a multinational company with owners from all over the world...

Saruman

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

a multinational company with owners from all over the world...

Headquarters are in London so people will always see Diagio has British.

karlog

The only thing people read is the alcohol content. Everything else is superfluous.

Daegerty

El Horseboxo wrote: »

Pretty sure they put vagina in alcohol. I've woke up with a taste of pussy in my mouth on a few occasions.

But from which animal? Was it a horse by any chance?

RMD

slavedave wrote: »

how did anyone ever find out that the swim bladders of fish clear the cloudiness in beers:eek:

How did someone find out how to milk a cow? There's just some odd fúckers out there.

RichieC

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Mmmmm, toilet duck.
Budweiser is made from rice! WTF!!! Don't they grow barley and hops in the u s of a?

It's styled for mass appeal, not for beer lovers.

RichieC

ScumLord wrote: »

If you get the Guinness stout (the long neck bottles) it does have a yellow head on it. It wouldn't surprise me to hear there's extra chemicals in the draught because it has a rotten hangover off it compared to the stout.

Had a few bottles of the stout last night and i was in a hoop today... and the farts.. my jesus the farts..