Daura is one of, it not the, first gluten free beer to deglutenize.
To deglutenize beer, it is first produced as a normal beer and then the gluten is stripped through a proprietary process. Daura has won a Gold Medal at the World Beer Championships, a Gold Medal at the International Beer Challenge and the World’s Best Gluten-free Lager Award at the World Beer Awards in 2011. Estrella has been producing beer for over 130 years, founded in Barcelona Spain in 1876 and currently on their 11 generation of Master Brewers.
Today is all about Estrella Damm Daura gluten free Lager beer. The beer has a light beer nose. The beer pours with a tall, white head that fills the glass at first and dissipates completely leaving a slight lacing on the glass. The beer is a light golden color with slight carbonation. Being a dark beer drinker this has a very mild, light beer flavor. It is a very light bodied gluten free beer with a definite light beer flavor. If you are a light beer drinker then this could very well be the beer for you. For many folks all over the world it is an excellent, award winning beer.
This is a good gluten free lager light beer and do well to pair with any summer time bar-b-que. This is a gluten free beer that I would definitely recommend to folks that prefer a light beer when they have a cold one.
To read more about S.A. Damm, 130+ yr old brewery. Check out their Facebook page and the Estrella Damm web site.
For more information about Estrella Damm, this is a flyer that was produced for the US debut.
**One thing to keep in mind is this is, according to the brewer this is a less than 3 ppm beer; for most folks this will be just fine. For those of you that are more sensitive, like my wife, you will want to proceed with caution.**
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Hi,
I am gluten sensitive, tried your beer, like it. However I have many other food allergies, and need to know what other ingredients the Daura Lager has, I had a reaction.
Please respond. Thank you. Holly
Hi Holly,
I will see if I can get someone from the company to reply with an answer to your question. You are aware that Daura is a regularly brewed beer and then deglutenized correct? This beer can no longer be labeled as Gluten Free in the US. You may have had a reaction to another ingredient in the beer but you also may have reacted to the trace amounts of gluten left in the beer after the deglutenizing process.
Hi holly:
Daura is a beer made from malted barley, rice, corn,hops, water from our Barcelona wells and crafted to brake down the gluten to a level below 3 mg/liter when we do analyze the final product using the ELISA R5 Competitive method.
As far as we know the small quantities of residual protein fractions shouldn’t originate any reaction except if you are one of the few persons sensitive to such low levels.
Added to what I have said, we have had some years ago one case of one person that was allergic to rice and also being allergic to gluten and for this reason once he had drank the bottle of Daura he had an allergic reaction that is completely different of an intolerance reaction.
I hope we have answered what you needed.
Best regards from Barcelona.
Thank you Mr. Castane for your assistance in answering Holly’s question. It is good to know that as a company, Estrella Damm is on the ball!!!
I had the pleasure of trying this beer last night. It came the closest to a regular beer i’ve tried so far. I have tried New Grist, Redbridge and the two Widmers. Will definitely buy this again.
Hey Jared,
Thanks for the comment! It is always helpful to know what other folks think about the various gluten free beers.
This is the only gluten free beer I’ve ever had that tastes like beer. It does NOT taste like the American light beers (e.g., Bud Lite, Coors Lite, Miller Lite etc,) but tastes like REAL beer. I’d rather drink club soda than most all “light” beers. (Please pardon the caps. I’ve been drinking beer for a very, very long time and get ticked off at reviews that treat this beer as if it’s a Corona (light already) Light. I bought a four pack because we were having a friend over that is (he thinks) “gluten sensitive” and drank one (he drank three) and really liked it. I’d bought gluten free beer before on similar occasions and would usually give my friend whatever was left to take home with him because it was, to my taste, awful. Since I’m not bothered by gluten, I may not buy another four pack because it’s quite expensive, but it is GOOD. So, my advice is twofold. (1) If you are gluten sensitive and like beer, this is head and shoulders above the sorghum beers, so try it and (2) it’s pretty expensive for someone who doesn’t have to have gluten free beer, but it’s quite good if you don’t mind spending the money and want to try something new..
Hey Joe,
We really appreciate you taking the time to give us your thoughts. It is always good to get the opinion of someone who is not gluten sensitive or intolerant.
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