Happy Friday beer lovers! Come join FNBB for a cold one.
In beer news this week, The recipe for Newcastle Brown Ale is to change amid US fears it contains a potentially cancer-causing colouring.
So that's how they get so little dark malt taste; they don't use any, and just color it brown at the end.
Some North American consumers have expressed concern about a chemical called 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), which occurs in the caramel colouring used to achieve Newcastle Brown Ale's distinctive dark brown colour.
The brewer's press release mentions "consumer concerns" and asserts that "None of the beer's ingredients are subject to any restrictions"; you have to read to the end of the BBC article for the probably significant note that "The state of California added 4-MEI to its list of carcinogens".
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I've got Sierra Nevada "Beer Camp Hoppy Lager". I'll probably have one of those before I go out for something different. What are you drinking? Who's brewing?