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In good news for guys, I reported a story last week that drinking beer makes dudes better at sex. In that story, one of the four ways that guys can benefit sexually from knocking back a brew before knocking boots was to have a dark beer, which increases the amount of blood circulation under the belt due to a high iron content, leading to longer and more intense boners.
But what I didn’t know then was that everyone’s favorite dark beer, Guinness, was not an option for any of you vegan-minded males. Of course, I don’t know any vegan guys, but I’m sure they exist somewhere, most likely in the same place as unicorns and dudes who want to talk about their feelings. But wherever they are, Guinness is apparently not vegan-friendly for those poor souls because of one particular ingredient you probably didn’t know was in your stout: fish bladders.
Guinness has been brewed for the last 256 years using fish bladders, called isinglass, in the beer’s filtering process. (Side note: if you’ve never been to Guinness’ St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin, I highly recommend making the trip – it’s pretty cool.) According to Esquire, the process, which helps the yeast settle faster, has “been in use since the 19th century, and while a majority of the isinglass is filtered out when the beer is brewed, remnants technically remain in the final product.” Meaning that, theoretically, the base of Irish Car Bombs is not vegan-friendly.
So in response to campaigns and online petitions from the vegan community, the Irish stout maker will stop using isinglass sometime in 2016, when construction on its new filtration plant is completed. A spokesman for the company said that while “isinglass is a “very effective means of clarification,” “we expect to stop using it as the new filtration asset is introduced.”
Just another win for the hipsters..
[via Esquire]
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Jenna Crowley
Jenna used to be known as 2NOTBrokeGirls, but then one of the girls actually went broke, so she's struck out on her own. Jenna spends her free time saving the world, one sorority girl at a time (usually while wearing yoga pants), questioning why she decided to get a doctorate, documenting her love of all things cheese related, and hosting the new PGP podcast Don't Take It From Us. You can ask her anything you want about football, using your boobs to get what you want, and pizza at @JennaLCrowley on Twitter or via email at JennaLCrowley@gmail.com.
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Everyday, liberals are ruining the world more and more.
The saddest part about this whole situation is that the fish bladder industry is really going to take a hit.
Anyone else strangely curious about this fish bladder filtering process? How many bladders do they use, where do you buy bladders in bulk, and how do you set that shit up?
But does it affect how drunk it gets me?
Not at all, sediment agents don’t affect alcohol content.
Why do they care? It’s not like they order big-name beers to begin with.
Time to stock up
Goddamn hipsters, always have to ruin a good thing.
Pair that with your almond/coconut milk Irish cream, and you have yourself one pretty depressing car bomb. The Irish car dud.
The Irish Ford
Jesus. If your vegan why wouldn’t you just not drink it instead of insisting that everyone change for you. I don’t get it.
Never liked Guinness… Always figured I was in the minority there, but I would never order one unless it St. Paddy’s day in the form of an Irish car bomb
You must have never drank a Guiness after a good pour from a good tap. That’s the only possibility.
Probably the case, looks like my assumption was right though. I guess I would prefer an IPA over a stout, to each their own
Not much of a stout fan and I love to crush a (few) IPA’s, but there’s a time and place for a good Guinness.
You sound like alot of fun to party with…