Back in August, we started looking at a category of beer that is getting increasingly popular as awareness of celiac disease and gluten intolerance grows: gluten free beer. At the time Anheuser-Busch was just starting to test their own gluten-free brew, but it must have been a success because the company is now ready to release their newest product. Redbridge beer is completely wheat and gluten-free and is described as a "full-bodied lager brewed from sorghum for a well-balanced, moderately hopped taste." It contains 4.8% alcohol per bottle and will be sold in six packs at higher end grocery stories (described as "stores carrying organic products) and in some restaurants.
This marks the first truly mainstream GF beer on the market, as others like Bard's Tale Beer's Dragon's Gold and Ramapo Valley Brewery's Passover Honey Beer are all produced by small breweries in small batches and are not available everywhere.
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12-31-2006 @ 6:33PM
JMForester said...
I've tasted some small batch beers made with sorghum and they weren't bad. I hope A-B pulls through with this one and actually makes a tasty brew. I don't believe I'm saying it but... I'm actually looking forward to trying it.
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1-05-2007 @ 4:04PM
Cam said...
Looking forward to it - as a lifetime (diagnosed at 1yo) celiac, I'm delighted by this trend!
Bard's Tale is great. Ramapo is pretty bad :(
There's another gluten-free sorghum lager as well, "New Grist": http://www.newgrist.com/
It's also excellent, but I prefer Bard's Tale.
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1-26-2007 @ 6:31PM
Maninder said...
i have been allergic to wheat for 10 years, and i am delighted to hear that there is now a another Wheat Free beer available. I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and i wanted to know if the Anheuser-Busch Redbridge is available here or do i have to order it from the states
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1-26-2007 @ 10:25PM
j.k.stokes said...
I must try the beer. I would like to sample, and i would like to know where and how to purchase.
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1-27-2007 @ 5:03PM
Bill said...
I just had my first redbridge. It tastes a lot like Killians. I just last week was able to get my first Bard's Tale and Ramapo. I agree with the assessment before that Bard's Tale is pretty good and Ramapo is only for the desperate. REdbridge at 8.99 a six pack is great.
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1-29-2007 @ 3:51PM
Serena Waddle said...
I would like to know where i can get it i am in peoria arizona
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2-02-2007 @ 8:01PM
sheryl hall said...
I would also like to know where to purchase the new beer.
Thanks so much!
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2-23-2007 @ 2:22PM
shelby said...
You can go to www.redbridge.com to find out where you can get it. I like the beer as well, and actually associate it with Sam Adams.
There's a restaurant in New York City called Risotteria that carries 4 brands of G-F beer (and has a whole menu of G-F food thats delish!)
http://www.risotteria.com/
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3-01-2007 @ 8:44AM
Matt said...
Conventional doctors will tell you that you need to "live" with diseases like that- you don't. If you go talk to a holistic practitioner they will tell you that in most cases diseases like crohns and celiac can be effectively cured. I worked with a lady who's mom suffered terribly from dust, pollen, dander, etc so bad she could not groom her own dogs and couldn't visit relatives in Oregon because her allergies were too bad. She was taking shots every month. I told her I was getting NAET treatements for my allergies and she may want to try it. After treatments for her allergies she no longer takes the monthly shot she was taking, has traveled many times to Oregon, Missouri, and elsewhere, and now washes and grooms her own dogs. Here is the book, "SAY GOODBYE TO ILLNESS", Dr. Devi S. Nambudripad I bought when I started researching it. It does sound like hoaky stuff, but believe me I was allergic to wheat, corn, vitamin C, etc. I'm not now.
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3-03-2007 @ 4:30PM
shelita said...
Matt is right about going to a holistic nutritionist. Conventional doctors prescribe conventional medicine that require your return visits. By conventional medicine, I am speaking of chemical replicas of natures cures. Humans have been curing what ails them since the beginning of being using organics. The body is organic. Makes sense doesn't it? My father is a walking testament to the validity of diet change coupled with supplements. His back is pain free and is a 60 year old man that can out-perform any 35 yr old I know. Now my husband is battling neckpain. Dr. Marshall/Healthline look it up!! We are beginning our own diet change and supplement program with great expectations. Everyone I have spoken with who has tried a comprehensive holistic approach to a health issue has a positive rewarding experience. Do we like not drinking our favorite beers??? Hell no we don't! Do we want to be around for our kids for the next 40 years? able bodied and healthy? Yes! Bring on more gluten free beer and distribute them to my hometown puuhleeeeeze. I am soooooooo thirsty.
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3-25-2007 @ 4:15PM
henry said...
I found Redbridge Beer at WalMart in The Villages, Florida for $7.14 a six pack. It tastes just like Killians, and we thank Busch for making it and making it available. We also found it in Myrtle Beach stores.
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3-29-2007 @ 8:02PM
Dr Scot Lewey said...
Red Bridge is a great tasting gluten free beer celebrated by those of us who are gluten sensitive or have celiac disease. As a gluten sensitive doctor who specializes in celiac disease and is married to a doctor with celiac disease I know what it is like to try to live gluten free. I find Red Bridge's taste reminiscent of Fat Tire though sweeter. Though I don't care that much for beer I enjoy drinking Red Bridge, especially with a good gluten free pizza.
Dr. Scot Lewey, the Food Doc, www.theFoodDoc.com www.theFoodDoc.blogspot.com
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