This post is not about a specific beer but rather the ability or not to label a beer as gluten free. If you have read our other posts, including the conclusion of this post, you would realize that the Gluten Free Beer Association does not condone even 1 ppm. Estrella Damm proudly labels their beer as 6 ppm far above what we would recommend to any Celiac but far below the EU standard and in line with the leaning of the FDA (much to our regret). It is not our place to tell folks what beers to drink or not drink, but we do say, even in this post, that we are looking for a test to prove 0 ppm. Until such a test for liquids is proved, we would not suggest that any beer be consumed with no regard to the gluten level, especially one that is made from a gluten containing grain. Again, I repeat my statement that I made in this and many other posts around the net, we believe 1 ppm to be 1 too many for a Celiac. Estrella Damm does not hide the gluten content of their product, they label it, if you chose to drink this beer with that knowledge, then you have learned the lesson that we have been preaching; 1 ppm is 1 too many.

By the way, the tests that you refer to have not been substantiated as of yet but we have high hopes that they will be. Currently, that is the only hope of a 0 ppm test that the Association is aware of. If someone knows of other trails being done on other tests, we would love to hear about it.