Saturday, October 24, 2009

What does Sorghum have to do with beer?



Beer for the gluten intolerant. If you are a lady, beer has a bad rap. You think it makes you fat, bloated, and tired. For the gluten intolerant, it's that times two. I'm sure a typical gluten intolerant girl would say good riddance, now I have an excuse to stick to wine and cocktails. Not me. I am an avid football fan that wants to tailgate with a traditional beer!

Although I get made fun of for this, I have several teams that I follow. For professional, I am a Giants and Colts fan. I can explain. I spent the first 6 years of my life in New York with a father who is die-hard Giants. When we moved to Chicago in December of 1986, my alliance was not to change. I would not and could not be a Bears fan. No problem. For college I went to Indiana University for undergrad and Notre Dame for my MBA...and somehow with all the Indiana influence I started to like the Colts. Sue me, at least it's the Manning brothers, right (and not the Bears for that matter)? Keeping in the same theme of two's, I follow the IU Hoosiers and Notre Dame.

Back to the subject at hand, lots of football to watch and in need of a beverage in hand. Anheuser-Busch came out with a Gluten-free beer believe or not. It is made from fermented Sorghum. It's called Redbridge and it's great. I'll preface this with I am not a beer snob, but I like it. I think it tastes like Sam Adams Light (although it is not light; it has 160 calories). And, it does not make you tired or bloated.

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