![]() At Harpoon we never use either for our normally produced beers, like the draft's you're likely to see in Brooklyn or any of our bottled products. They're very, very rarely used otherwise, although some brewers will use them to prepare a particularly hazy beer for filtration. These products are used typically in the production of 'cask' ales, the unfiltered ones served through a beer engine at bars that cater to beer connoisseurs. The only animal products used in beer production (under normal circumstances) is isinglass (which is a dried swim bladder of a tropical fish from the Sea of China) or gelatin. ![]() "At Harpoon, we never use either (isinglass or gelatin) for our normally produced beers, like the draft's you're likely to see or any of our bottled products." We do not subcontract our beer production overseas, and the small amount that is made for us at FX Matt in Utica NY each year is produced to the same specifications as our in-house made beers." No isinglass or gelatin (although cask conditioned beer should always be avoided by vegans as isinglass is commonly used there). Oyster Stout, Catamount Maple Wheat do not meet your criteria, but all other beers do. ![]() at the Norwich Inn, Harpoon Brewery, Bent Hill Brewery, Rek-Lis Brewing. In cases where animal products are used, such is noted directly in the name of the beer. Old Hollowed Covered Wooden Bridge Ferrisburgh Vermont VT Sign Postcard Unused. "The answer is no to all your questions for our normal production beers like IPA, UFO, etc. I dont taste much rye (but it might be overwhelmed by the hops). The retro might be the slight haze The hops are definitely modern, maybe too modern with little bitter component. The beer shows little evidence of being retro or rye. Richard notes (October 2020) that Dunkin Pumpkin contains lactose. Harpoon Retro Rye IPA bottle at about 50F poured into a half pint nonic glass, March 2022.
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