The first test starts with my favorite beer style, stout. Guinness is the first that comes to mind. A smooth and silk-like experience, you can get Guinness in the bottle, as depicted above, or in cans that come with a really interesting contraption called a baffle or widget . The widget releases nitrogen into the beer to re create the famous and characteristic head that Guinness is known for. This way, you can re-create the pub experience at home with rich, creamy head like you would get from a draft pour.
Guinness is the best selling beer in Ireland; it has been there forever. Established in 1759, it is older than 250 years. Now that’s established. Guinness, owned by Diageo, is widely distributed and brewed in 50 countries and sold in 120 around the world, so you can pick some up easily at your local store.
I chose Guinness Draught for this test because it is the first and, up until a couple months ago, the only beer I had tried in almost a decade. I did so because I had done fairly extensive research on it to understand its wheat and gluten content. Selected were bottles that were brewed in Ireland ( which is denoted on the bottle) since my research on supply was focused there. So while I can drink this and have done so, this test is a bit of a control test. For sure I expected it to pass, I just wasn’t sure it would at 5ppm or less.
Guinness results
The photo of the test kit below shows a red line over/ at position “C” (control), a red line over/ at position “O” , and no line over/ at position the “T”(test). A negative result is observed if there is no line at position “T”.
Result: Negative for 5ppm.
You can see the Testing Kit page for more information on how to read results. If you would like a summary of all the beer tests, visit the Test Outcomes page, click on the image below.
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