I couldn't believe it when I read a report in this months New Scientist saying that the extensive filtration system used to produce my beloved Stella Artois uses processed intestine of a South Bavarian Boar, and thus they find traces of meat in the drink.

'The unique structure of the animal’s intestine allows a purer filtration of the beer and helps to create the unique taste.' Said Prof. Max Von Shuttlecoff of the Amsterdam Institute of Scientific Research.

As a vegetarian I am OUTRAGED that we have not been informed on the labelling of the beverage, and I will not be buying it any longer!!

In no way does this post have any truth in it at all

Oh good, that's more for the rest of us then.

This is true, but think of those poor little cute boars!!!

Originally posted by Snook
This is true, but think of those poor little cute boars!!!

Okay, stop, I'm ashamed. Lucky I only drink malibu and coke. Please don't tell me there's boar meat in malibu.

Those boars must get really drunk though eh? :confused: I suppose it's like the promised land for them, c'mon lads weve reached the ultimate party!!

Originally posted by Killian
Okay, stop, I'm ashamed. Lucky I only drink malibu and coke. Please don't tell me there's boar meat in malibu.

actually, i think it's caribou in malibu, not boar.

As long as it's not bambi's mother, i don't really care.

Originally posted by Killian
As long as it's not bambi's mother, i don't really care.

ROTFLMAO!!:D

thats bad what about the vegatrains ......
i love stella and i am not a vegatrain, but i would love to see someone drinking a pint of stella going on about not eating meat and how its in murder so i could just turn around and state the fact i have just found out :clap: :clap: :clap:
I am not aginst you vegatrians it just i like my meat so why go on at us ....
(sorry getting abit deep here but i guess i expressed mt point)

Actually, I thought that quite a few beers and wines were refined using meat products?

Isn't the traditional 'fining' method of clearing beers based on gelatine?

I'm not 100% sure here....I only drink the stuff.

Joe

Isinglass, a transparent, almost pure gelatin prepared from the air bladder of the sturgeon, is used for clarifying some beers.

SO, the great MPFC were not far wrong with:

These are the forces that drive the hand that drink TREADMILL! The mighty lager, with the world's first great taste of fish!

I know there are only a few beers that are really vegetarian. I'm not sure how reliable this is, but a few years ago I was told that Grolsch is one vegetarian one.

P.S. Just has a quick look on the Vegetarian Society website, and it does list Grolsch as being approved for vegetarians. It lists about 55 drinks, but most of them I have never heard of!:(

My vegetarian mate was gutted when he found this out a few months ago as he's been drinking Stella for years. I think it should be made clear what drinks are vegetarian. I'm sure there are a lot of people that are completely unaware.

I think vegetarianism is the principle of not eating meat than making sure your system is not polluted by a microgram of animal.

If everyone was vegetarian there would be no "animal processing" industry and traces of meat would not get into things.

Is this true? Is there a website I can read more about it?

Originally posted by Yodameister
If everyone was vegetarian there would be no "animal processing" industry and traces of meat would not get into things.

Vegan maybe, but not vegetarian. Veggies still eat diary products (Eggs, Milk, butter,chesse). Also some 'veggies' eat fish - so there would still be "animal processing"

And how come almost everything these days 'May contain traces of nuts'?

Nomme

Originally posted by hotphil
Is this true? Is the a website I can read more about it?

Try reading the first post AGAIN.

Carefully.

Nomme

Originally posted by nomme
Vegan maybe, but not vegetarian. Veggies still eat diary products (Eggs, Milk, butter,chesse). Also some 'veggies' eat fish - so there would still be "animal processing"

And how come almost everything these days 'May contain traces of nuts'?

Nomme

How come so many people are alergic to nuts these days ?

Try reading the first post AGAIN.

D'oh. I see now. Missed it first time. Don't know why.

How come so many people are alergic to nuts these days ?

cos we no longer allow natural selection to weed out the freaks...:D

You will also find many real ales are not suitable for vegetarians, as the finings that are used to help clear the beer come from fish.

However there are a number of small breweries that produce Vegetarian/Vegan beers.

More information can be found at http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.ASP?WCI=ShowDoc&DocID=3406&LangID=1

One for Killian here
http://www.razza.fsnet.co.uk/dearcocacola/coca28april.htm
Cheers

How can any alcoholic beverage be vegetarian, when it is made by drowning saccharomyces cerevisiae (or carlsbergensis)in their own excrement? How come vegetarians eat fungi, which are not vegetative, but are organisms in their own right.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
How can any alcoholic beverage be vegetarian, when it is made by drowning saccharomyces cerevisiae (or carsbergensis)in their own excrement? How come vegetarians eat fungi, which are not vegetative, but are organisms in their own right.
Now Phan you really have gone too far!
I'm in the unusual position of not drinking alcohol but existing on a diet solely comprised of meat!

**** I just thought! There might be some Stella in my meat!!:gag:

Originally posted by matsalleh
One for Killian here
http://www.razza.fsnet.co.uk/dearcocacola/coca28april.htm
Cheers

And all this time I was under the iimpression that malibu and coke got me tipsy when I was actually high as a kite. Cheers for that.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
saccharomyces cerevisiae (or carsbergensis)

Exactly what I was trying to say :D

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
fungi which are not vegetative, but are organisms in their own right.

Bit of a typo there, Phan. Surely you meant to say fungi are orgasmic in their own right - cheeky little chaps those liberty caps ;)

I wonder if there is meat in the new stellas now too! :suspect:

I love meat and I also love Stella...........Not really a massive leap for my brain to make. Mmmmmmmmm Meat :)

Never heard about the boar thing before but I did know that stella, like most beers, isn’t vege safe because of the use of fish scales to filter the stuff and/or and extract from the swim bladder to clarify the stuff.

I never particularly liked stella anyway so it’s was no loss for me, as far as I’m aware the only cheap vege larger is Carlsberg or the pricier ones Becks & Grolsch are ok, all German beers are apparently vege safe due to ancient and still strictly enforced beer purity laws over there.

As far as I'm aware Cider is generally vege safe.

[QUOTE=Snook;204511]I couldn't believe it when I read a report in this months New Scientist saying that the extensive filtration system used to produce my beloved Stella Artois uses processed intestine of a South Bavarian Boar, and thus they find traces of meat in the drink.

'The unique structure of the animal’s intestine allows a purer filtration of the beer and helps to create the unique taste.' Said Prof. Max Von Shuttlecoff of the Amsterdam Institute of Scientific Research.

As a vegetarian I am OUTRAGED that we have not been informed on the labelling of the beverage, and I will not be buying it any longer!!

In no way does this post have any truth in it at all [/B]

Has nobody noticed this bit?

[QUOTE=Snook;204511]I couldn't believe it when I read a report in this months New Scientist saying that the extensive filtration system used to produce my beloved Stella Artois uses processed intestine of a South Bavarian Boar, and thus they find traces of meat in the drink.

'The unique structure of the animal’s intestine allows a purer filtration of the beer and helps to create the unique taste.' Said Prof. Max Von Shuttlecoff of the Amsterdam Institute of Scientific Research.

As a vegetarian I am OUTRAGED that we have not been informed on the labelling of the beverage, and I will not be buying it any longer!!

In no way does this post have any truth in it at all [/B]

Has nobody noticed this bit?
Obviously not, doesn't matter anyway as Stella isn't vege safe regardless.

Obviously not, doesn't matter anyway as Stella isn't vege safe regardless.

I know it's not, The Vegetarian Society (http://www.vegsoc.org) tells veggies and vegans what is ok or not.

I wondered why I loved Stella so much.
Its the piggy that makes it jiggy. I hope they start breeding pigs just for their intestines, they can throw the rest of the animal away as far as I care, as long as it makes Stella better.

Damn Im so human!

I couldn't believe it when I read a report in this months New Scientist saying that the extensive filtration system used to produce my beloved Stella Artois uses processed intestine of a South Bavarian Boar, and thus they find traces of meat in the drink.

'The unique structure of the animal’s intestine allows a purer filtration of the beer and helps to create the unique taste.' Said Prof. Max Von Shuttlecoff of the Amsterdam Institute of Scientific Research.

As a vegetarian I am OUTRAGED that we have not been informed on the labelling of the beverage, and I will not be buying it any longer!!

In no way does this post have any truth in it at all

People who know me know my background, and I have to say, that did make me giggle ........ ;)

Obviously not, doesn't matter anyway as Stella isn't vege safe regardless.

<fx: gives plekhanov his Teddy back>

Nearly fell for it myself mate!

stella and bacon sarnies mmmm :D

Now Phan you really have gone too far!
I'm in the unusual position of not drinking alcohol but existing on a diet solely comprised of meat!

**** I just thought! There might be some Stella in my meat!!:gag:

:o There just might be! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6345289.stm

When I saw the thread title I thought Paul McCartney's daughter had made an adult movie. how wrong can you be?

thats bad what about the vegatrains ......
i love stella and i am not a vegatrain, but i would love to see someone drinking a pint of stella going on about not eating meat and how its in murder so i could just turn around and state the fact i have just found out :clap: :clap: :clap:
I am not aginst you vegatrians it just i like my meat so why go on at us ....
(sorry getting abit deep here but i guess i expressed mt point)

Actually, that would be you going on at a vegetarian.

Don't they chuck a ham into a vat of scrumpy and if it disolves it's ready?
That's what I heard anyway.

As a vegetarian I am OUTRAGED

vegetariians usually are, they live in a constant state of outragedness.

vegetariians usually are, they live in a constant state of outragedness.

Most people on the forum are too. :)

vegetariians usually are, they live in a constant state of outragedness.

Not as outraged as people who are outraged by vegetarians. I regularly get ranted at over my refusal to eat animals.

Don't they chuck a ham into a vat of scrumpy and if it disolves it's ready?
That's what I heard anyway.

I heard that too

Oops! thought this thread was about my ex girlfriend.

This is true, but think of those poor little cute boars!!!

I am........in a bap with stuffing and apple sauce.

Isinglass, a transparent, almost pure gelatin prepared from the air bladder of the sturgeon, is used for clarifying some beers.

SO, the great MPFC were not far wrong with:

Something just clicked. Is that why Guinness adverts used to have a fish as the main character? OOooh. (Lightbulb moment!) :hihi:

When it first came out on the internet as screen savers, I thought it was really cool. :hihi:

This is quite useful for those of you interested in checking if your fave beers and wines are veggie/vegan:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geraint.bevan/Vegetarian_beers.html
I was gutted about Leffe :(

Not as outraged as people who are outraged by vegetarians. I regularly get ranted at over my refusal to eat animals.

its a big cycle, someone will be outraged at you for being outraged with people who are outraged at vegeterians if you're not too careful!

This is quite useful for those of you interested in checking if your fave beers and wines are veggie/vegan:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geraint.bevan/Vegetarian_beers.html


"Not content with the "ignorance is bliss" attitude that I suspect the brewers are trying to cultivate by not labelling their products"

Yeah, those crafty brewers are trying to trick vegetarians into drinking their beer, I would assume anything thats doesn't say "suitable for vegetarians" on it, isn't, surely thats just common sense ? Or does everything that isn't suitable have to be labeled as such ?

"Not content with the "ignorance is bliss" attitude that I suspect the brewers are trying to cultivate by not labelling their products"

Yeah, those crafty brewers are trying to trick vegetarians into drinking their beer, I would assume anything thats doesn't say "suitable for vegetarians" on it, isn't, surely thats just common sense ? Or does everything that isn't suitable have to be labeled as such ?

Not when it comes to alcoholic drinks. They don't have to say what's in it, or whether it is veggie or not. Batemans XXXB is veggie, but it doesn't say so on the pump clip.

Can I just remind people that this was started as a wind up?