Gluten Free Beer in Toronto

Want to maintain a healthy diet and drink beer at the same time? Gluten free beer is a great alternative that allows you to enjoy the smooth crisp taste of beer, while being gluten free at the same time! (Consumed in moderation of course) 

Eating gluten free can be a challenge, especially if you love to drink beer. Luckily, gluten free beer can give you the same feeling as regular beer, without the guilt and bloated feeling. (By guilt we mean the feeling that your belly has doubled in size, not what happens while you are drunk from drinking gluten free beer!) This list of gluten free beer is sure to keep your healthy diet in check:

New Grist

Lakefront Brewery

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

This pilsner style gluten free beer can be found at:

·         Get Well - 1181 Dundas St. W, Toronto, for only $5.25 a pint

·         The Rhino - 1249 Queen St W, Toronto, for $5.00

Ingredients: sorghum, rice, hops, yeast, and water.

Figure 1. Beer at Restaurant. [Photograph] by Paul Joseph, 2009, 

Adapted from http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashafatcat/3467735884/

Taste: crisp and refreshing, fruity and smooth, hints of green apple.

Nickel Brook: Gluten Free

Better Bitters Brewing Co.

Burlington, Ontario

This classic Pale Ale style gluten free beer can be found at:

·         Victory Café - 581 Markham St. Mirvish Village, Toronto, for $4.87

·         The Rhino - 1249 Queen St W, Toronto, for $4.50

·         Prohibition - 696 Queen St E, Toronto, for $7.00

Ingredients: sorghum, Demerara sugar and pear juice.

Taste: crisp and refreshing

Bard’s

Bard’s Tale Beer Company

Minneapolis, Minnesota

This malt style gluten free beer can be found at:

·         The Rhino - 1249 Queen St W, Toronto, for $5.00

·         Unlovable - 1415 Dundas St W, Toronto, for $6.00

Ingredients: sorghum malt, yeast, hops and water

Taste: bold flavour

How will you incorporate gluten free beer into your healthy diet? What other brands of gluten free beer would you recommend?