No ingredients on booze

Daegerty · 01-03-2011 05:19PM #1

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 · 01-03-2011 05:20PM

because nobody cares as long as you get drunk.

Jimmy the Wheel · 01-03-2011 05:22PM

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 · 01-03-2011 05:27PM

just buy german beer if you are that worried about it

they are only allowed water hops barley and yeast

MagicMarker · 01-03-2011 05:28PM

Water, alcohol and bubbles.

mawk · 01-03-2011 05:34PM

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

Ethanol and evian.

brummytom · 01-03-2011 05:36PM

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

flyton5 · 01-03-2011 05:37PM

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

Needs more dog.

yoyo · 01-03-2011 05:42PM

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 · 01-03-2011 05:44PM

The main ingredient is happiness.

Alter-Ego · 01-03-2011 05:50PM

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 · 01-03-2011 05:54PM

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

Seaneh · 01-03-2011 05:57PM

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

GrizzlyMan · 01-03-2011 05:57PM

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 · 01-03-2011 06:11PM

Its full of sunshine and rainbows!

AnonoBoy · 01-03-2011 06:15PM

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

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

Saruman · 01-03-2011 06:17PM

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 · 02-03-2011 12:34AM

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 · 02-03-2011 12:36AM

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 · 02-03-2011 12:40AM

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 · 02-03-2011 12:41AM

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 · 02-03-2011 09:38AM

Seaneh wrote: »

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

+1

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

jester77 · 02-03-2011 10:01AM

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

sbsquarepants · 02-03-2011 10:48AM

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 · 02-03-2011 10:59AM

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 · 02-03-2011 11:07AM

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 · 02-03-2011 11:13AM

phill106 wrote: »

Its full of sunshine and rainbows!

Not in my booze there isn't!

Mines full of sullenness and questionable morals.

slavedave · 02-03-2011 12:43PM

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 · 02-03-2011 12:50PM

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

Saruman · 02-03-2011 01:36PM

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 · 02-03-2011 01:54PM

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.

No ingredients on booze

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