Comments on: Gluten Free Beer Boom! http://www.glutenfreebeer.org/gluten-free-beer-boom/ gluten free beer association Wed, 02 May 2012 14:31:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joey http://www.glutenfreebeer.org/gluten-free-beer-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Joey Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:28:52 +0000 http://www.glutenfreebeer.org/?p=230#comment-130 Hi Meagan, My best advice to you would be to talk with the breweries that have been in business for 3+ years. They will be able to tell you what their sales have done over those years. The industry is still in it's infancy so there are not studies to reference for your research. Direct data is going to be your best source. You will find that all of the brewers have seen significant increases in sales over the last 3 to 5 years. I hope the project goes well and I look forward to your sharing your results with us. There are several grains that can be used besides sorghum. I would agree that sorghum is the most common and widely used replacement for barley. Toasting oats or quinoa are both grains that can be used but there are a number of other options as well, teff, buckwheat, etc. All of these grains have their place in gluten free beer production. Again, we look forward to hearing your results. :-) Hi Meagan,

My best advice to you would be to talk with the breweries that have been in business for 3+ years. They will be able to tell you what their sales have done over those years. The industry is still in it’s infancy so there are not studies to reference for your research. Direct data is going to be your best source. You will find that all of the brewers have seen significant increases in sales over the last 3 to 5 years. I hope the project goes well and I look forward to your sharing your results with us.

There are several grains that can be used besides sorghum. I would agree that sorghum is the most common and widely used replacement for barley. Toasting oats or quinoa are both grains that can be used but there are a number of other options as well, teff, buckwheat, etc. All of these grains have their place in gluten free beer production. Again, we look forward to hearing your results. :-)

]]> By: Meagan Whitfield http://www.glutenfreebeer.org/gluten-free-beer-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Meagan Whitfield Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:23:51 +0000 http://www.glutenfreebeer.org/?p=230#comment-129 Hello! I am a student at James Madison University working on a gluten-free beer business plan. My team is trying to make the connection between an increase in the gluten-free market and an increase in the craft beer market.; we are looking for hard facts and figures that suggest we have a market for our beer. In addition, we are forecasting sales. Any information you may have that would help us would be greatly appreciated! Also, in reading some blogs and reviews of GF beer it seems that sorghum is the substitute for barley and that it may result in a bitter after taste, we've heard that replacing the sorghum with GF oats would provide a better tasting beer, any thoughts? Hello! I am a student at James Madison University working on a gluten-free beer business plan. My team is trying to make the connection between an increase in the gluten-free market and an increase in the craft beer market.; we are looking for hard facts and figures that suggest we have a market for our beer. In addition, we are forecasting sales. Any information you may have that would help us would be greatly appreciated! Also, in reading some blogs and reviews of GF beer it seems that sorghum is the substitute for barley and that it may result in a bitter after taste, we’ve heard that replacing the sorghum with GF oats would provide a better tasting beer, any thoughts?

]]> By: Joey http://www.glutenfreebeer.org/gluten-free-beer-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Joey Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:14:26 +0000 http://www.glutenfreebeer.org/?p=230#comment-124 I completely agree Juan, because this is a quickly growing market, there are many products that are coming to grocery store shelves that are not really gluten free as well as good products. We are a market that businesses want to reach and they are willing to do it with products that are not necessarily the right products (read that truly gluten free products). Given that, I hope folks are not going to the store and picking up items and seeing gluten free on it and thinking, great it's gluten free, without checking it out. Just because the package says it is, at least in the US, does not mean that it really is. This would be comparable to putting gluten free on all oats even though most oats are processed with wheat. It is definitely buyer be ware. We need to support those companies that do provide truly gluten free food and encourage them to expand distribution. Thank you for your input Juan! We will keep you posted on happenings in the gluten free beer world. I completely agree Juan, because this is a quickly growing market, there are many products that are coming to grocery store shelves that are not really gluten free as well as good products. We are a market that businesses want to reach and they are willing to do it with products that are not necessarily the right products (read that truly gluten free products). Given that, I hope folks are not going to the store and picking up items and seeing gluten free on it and thinking, great it’s gluten free, without checking it out. Just because the package says it is, at least in the US, does not mean that it really is. This would be comparable to putting gluten free on all oats even though most oats are processed with wheat. It is definitely buyer be ware. We need to support those companies that do provide truly gluten free food and encourage them to expand distribution. Thank you for your input Juan! We will keep you posted on happenings in the gluten free beer world.

]]> By: Celiaco sin gluten - Juan http://www.glutenfreebeer.org/gluten-free-beer-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Celiaco sin gluten - Juan Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:43:41 +0000 http://www.glutenfreebeer.org/?p=230#comment-123 Undoubtly, we are recently seeing lots of good news regarding celiac community, even still a lot of work to be done to have a wide variety of products...I just discovered your website and I think you are doin a terrific job with it...already bookmarked, I'll keep reading you ;) cheers Undoubtly, we are recently seeing lots of good news regarding celiac community, even still a lot of work to be done to have a wide variety of products…I just discovered your website and I think you are doin a terrific job with it…already bookmarked, I’ll keep reading you ;)

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