Thursday 1 May 2014

Saxon

Saxon- Lager



Saxon Lager, brewed by Calsberg, it claims to be the very first gluten free beer ever brewed in the UK. The beer has a unique ingredient in its brewing process ,Antioxidant sodium metabisulphite which helps cut down the gluten content.  

Going strong since 2006, Ive never come across it till recently. I cant say its been a happy surprise to finally taste it however. On opening the can you get lager smell and subsequently it poured very nice. However the flavor is so un-remarkable its barely noticeable, seeing the list of ingredients water is at the top and i wonder if that is actually the only ingredient .

The nice head that came out of the can quickly dissipated leaving a flat look to coincide with the flat taste. I remarked in the Daura review that it was a bit of a disapointment in the flavor and as a whole. This lager is just poor, there is little to recommend and little to be positive about, does it taste like beer? yes, but barely. 

 Alc:4.1

Ingredients: Water, Barley malt, Starch, Hops, Antioxidant sodium metabisulphite

My Rating: 2/10




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The Gluten Free Beer Blog

Hello there and welcome to my humble blog where I try and help fellow celiac's and people wishing for a little less gluten in there lives to find a damn nice beer to drink.


 The general idea behind this blog is to share my opinion of what i think is either a good value or just a good tasting gluten free beer. While I am by no means an expert in the field of beer i have tasted many of the common and less common beers out there and i believe i can give a reasonable assumption of something that at least looks and tastes like beer. This may sound a bit preachy and readers may find them selves thinking, "well how bad could gluten free beer be". Well to put it simply, .......bad.


I must stress though that my short little reviews are just my opinion, everyone has different tastes and likes different types of beer. My main hope is to enlighten some people to the wide variety of choice that is out there for those either stuck with or interested in a gluten free diet.