Widmer Gluten-free Omission Pale & Lager hit the news back in Feb (see my post here.) Omission is brewed using Barley in a proprietary brewing process that still allows it to meet the guidelines to still be labeled gluten-free. Most gluten-free beers use sorghum and/or buckwheat, so the brewing process for Widmer is unique. Now comes details from BusinessWire on that proprietary brewing process:
The Omission brewing program includes additional steps and requires additional care, beyond standard brewing practices and protocols, to ensure that beer brewed with malted barley meets strict gluten standards set forth by the brewery:
-- Ingredient and style selection: Omission beers are brewed with low-protein barley. Style choices are based, in part, on ability to reliably reduce gluten-levels to well below strict standards.
-- Sanitization: All brewing equipment downstream from fermentation is freshly cleaned and sanitized for every batch of Omission beer. Unlike the process used in brewing other beers, where hot water rinse may be sufficient, equipment is cleaned and sanitized before Omission beers are brewed to avoid risk of cross contamination.
-- Brewers Clarex(TM): Brewers Clarex(TM), an enzyme developed by DSM Food Specialties and traditionally used to prevent chill-haze in beers, is added during the brewing process. The enzyme, which has been used by craft brewers around the world as a clarifying agent since it was introduced more than five years ago, works to break down proteins, including gluten, in the beer. Full details here.
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