Is this vegan? That’s one question a lot of people ask when buying a beer. To answer that, some of them are, however, you need to make sure.
It is worth keeping in mind that not all beers are vegetarian, some have milk and other ingredients that are not meant for us. This is why in this blog, Bottle Knows has listed a number of vegan beers that are available in Canada.
Please do keep in mind that this is not a complete list and some of the beers below might not be available in the area that you are living in right now.
Best Beers For Vegans
Here are some beer companies and brands that are not using animal ingredients, animal additives, or processing agents:
Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout | Belk’s Extra Special Bitter | Boont Amber Ale | Brother David’s Double |
Bud Dry | Bud Light | Busch | Busch Light |
Carlsberg | Carlsberg Light | Cold Filtered Budweiser Ice Draft | Mich Golden Draft |
NaturalLight | Natural Pilsner | Carlsberg (All UK Products) | Stella Artois 4.8% |
Birra Moretti 4.6% | Cobra 4.3% | Estrella Damm 4.6% | Grolsch 5.0% |
San Miguel 5.0% | Peroni 5.0% | Asahi Super Dry 5.2% | Hop House 13 5.0% |
Meantime London 4.5% | Guinness 4.1% | Bayhawk Amber Ale | Bayhawk Beach Blonde |
Bayhawk California Pale Ale | Bayhawk Hefe Weizen | Bayhawk O.C. Lager | Bayhawk Stout |
Claim Jumper Hefe Weizen | Primo Hefe Weizen | Tommy Bahama Blonde | Tommy Bahama Brew |
Bad Kitty | Best Bitter | Cliffhanger | Empire Pale Ale |
Expedition IPA | Industrial Stout | Lincoln Lager | Rip Roarin’ Red |
Summer Hefe Weizen | Boldwin Pale Ale | Boldwin Extra Special Bitter | Boldwin IPA |
Ace Apple Cider | Ace Berry Cider | Ace Organic Cider | Ace Pear Cider |
Golden Promise Organic Ale | Olde Suffolk | Vintage Ale | Welsh ESB |
Wexford Irish Cream Ale | India Pale Ale | Laughing Lab Ale | Mass Transit Ale |
Red Rocket Pale Ale | Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout | Alpine Amber | Bad Ass Ale |
Indian Pale Ale | Needle Peak Ale | Paramount Porter | Prince of Pales |
Washoe Wheat Ale | 1st Class Festive Ale | Address Unknown IPA | Boater’s Mailbox Brown Oatmeal Porter |
Certified Gold Ale | International Mail IPA | Mail Order Raisin Old Ale | Rail Mail Rye Pale Ale |
Rural Route Red Ale | S.W.A.K. Stout | Valentine Mail India Dark Ale | Willi Whamer Barleywine |
Lady Amber Ale | Old Peg Leg Stout | Rajah’s Sword Pale Ale | Swashbuckler’s Gold |
Radish Dunkel Beer | Christmas Double Bock (Thanksgiving) | Corolla Gold Helles Lager | Fest Amber Lager |
Hefe Weizen | Maibock (Spring) | Burning Bird Pale Ale | Desert Amber |
Festivus | Hefe Weizen | Inebriator Stout | Old Saguaro Barley-Wine Ale |
Top Down Ale | Watt’s Root Beer Soda | Abbey Triple | Black Bavarian |
Dopple Bock | Hefe Weiss | Imperial Stout | India Pale Ale |
Mai Bock | Oktoberfest | Pale Lager | Pub Ale |
Special Amber | Winter Brew | Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale | Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale |
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale | Sierra Nevada Pale Bock | Sierra Nevada Porter | Sierra Nevada Stout |
Sierra Nevada Summerfest | American Red | Belvedere IPA | Double IPA |
Double Porter | Golden Tripple | Hells Bock | Infusco |
IPA | Jasmine Pale Ale | Magnumus ete Tomahawkus | Midnight Madness |
Riddler | Ridge Runner | Stock Ale | Stowe Mountain Lodge Hourglass Ale |
Stump Jumper | Sunny & 75 | Vermonster | Whitetail |
Amber Ale | Devout Stout | Dread Brown Ale | IPA |
Pale Ale | People’s Porter | Wilder Wheat | Downtown Brown |
Golden Beer | Pale Moon Light | Crew Lager | Penn Dark |
Penn Gold | Penn Marzen | Penn Oktoberfest | Penn Pilsner |
Penn Weizen | St. Nikolaus Bock | American | American Light |
Augustiner Lager | Iron City | Iron City Light | Old German |
Dirty Penny Ale | Father Christmas | Highland Ale | Highland Fling Spring Ale |
Highland Piper Tartan Ale | St. Andrew’s Summer Ale | Ten Penny Ale | Otter Creek Alpine Ale |
Otter Creek Copper Ale | Otter Creek Mud Bock | Otter Creek Oktoberfest | Otter Creek Pale Ale |
Indiana Amber | King Rudi Hefe-Weissbier | Meridian St. Lager | Snake Pit Porter |
90 Shilling | Bobby | Cutthroat Pale Ale | Gnaw Bone Pale Ale |
Cutthroat Porter | Easy Street Wheat | Isolation Ale | Levity Golden Amber |
Northwest Pale Ale | Riley’s Red | 1554 Black Lager | Abbey Belgian Style Dubbel Ale |
Accumulation White IPA | Blue Paddle Pilsner | California Route Organic Lager | Fat Tire Amber Ale |
Rampant Imperial India Pale Ale | Ranger India Pale Ale | Shift Pale Lager | Spring Blonde Belgian Style Ale |
Sunshine Wheat Beer | Trippel Ale Brewed with Coriander | Acme Brown Ale | Acme IPA |
Acme Pale Ale | Blue Star Wheat Beer | Old No. 38 | Old Rasputin |
Old Stock Ale | Pranqster | Red Seal Ale | Scrimshaw Beer |
Blackheart Oatmeal Stout | Centennial Special Bitter | Faceplant Winter Ale | Nelson After Dark |
Old Brewery Pale Ale | Paddywhack IPA | Market Cross Red Ale | Old Yeller IPA |
Pub Porter | Jamaica Red | John Barleycorn Barley Wine | Steelhead Extra Pale Ale |
Steelhead Extra Stout | Steelhead Scotch Porter | West Indies IPA | Achilles Ale |
Amethyst Porter | Bobo’s Brown | Creamery Lane Amber | Dante’s Hells |
Fat Dog Stout | Fort River Pale Ale | Hop Brook IPA | Imperialist Pig |
Island Ginger Beer | Minuteman Gold | My Favorite Marzen | Puffers Pilsner |
T-Rex’s Root Beer | Alleycat Amber | Downtown Brown | Eight-Ball Stout |
Great White | Indica IPA | Lost Coast Apricot Wheat | Lost Coast Harvest Wheat |
Lost Coast Pale Ale | Raspberry Brown | Winterbraun | Brown Sugga |
Hairy Eyeball | Imperial Stout | IPA #10 | Maximus |
Octoberfest Amber | Old Ale | Pale Equinox | Cattail Ale |
Cream City Pale Ale | East Side Dark | Foel Café Coffee Stout | Klisch Pilsner |
Lakefront Big Easy | Lakefront Holiday Spice | Lakefront Oktoberfest | Lakefront White |
Organic ESB | Pumpkin Lager | Riverwest Stein Beer | Bandit Amber |
Half Moon Light | Mundt’s Scottish Ale | Pearl River Pale Ale | Pilsner Prospere |
Trophy Buck Stout | Zita Vienna Lager | Hastings Best | Hastings Blonde |
Hastings Pale Ale | Hastings Porter | Goose Island American Wheat | Goose Island Blonde Ale |
Goose Island Christmas Ale | Goose Island Hex Nut Brown Ale | Goose Island Honkers Ale | Goose Island India Pale Ale |
Goose Island Kilgubbin Red Ale | Goose Island Oatmeal Stout | Goose Island Octoberfest | Goose Island Pilsner |
Blind Pig Dunkel Weizen Ale | Fish Tale Organic Amber Ale | Fish Tale Organic IPA | Harpoon Brewery |
Friesian Pilsener | Hodgson’s IPA | Ingall’s ESB | Nosferatu Red Ale |
Oktoberfest Bier | Snowblind Winter Warmer | Springing Bock Lager | Whistling Pig Wheat Ale |
Alembic Pale | Blacktop Brown | Dark Star Porter | Demolition Strong Ale |
Elliott Bay IPA | El Niño Fallfest Ale | Klondike Gold | Luna Weizen |
Noale Holiday Ale | No Doubt Stout | Rockin’ Organic Rye | Rye Ask Rye Bock |
Full Boar Scotch Ale | Lager Diabla | Red Sky Rye Ale | Silicon Blonde Ale |
Thomas Morgan Amber Ale | Belle Dock #4 | Blonde Export Lager | City Steam Mild Ale |
Colt Light Lager | Joan of Arc | My Funny Ballantine | The Naughty Nurse Pale Ale |
Russian Imperial Stout | White Rabbit | Wolf Den Brew | Autumnal Fire |
Bavarian Lager | Blonde Doppelbock | Brown Ale | Capital 1900 |
Dark Doppelbock | Fest | Kloster Weizen | Maibock |
Munich Dark | Oktoberfest | Special Pilsner | Weizen Doppelbock |
Winter Skal | Wisconsin Amber | Bagpipes Scotch Ale | Blond Nativity Weizen German Wheat |
Blond Rigor Mortis Abbey Triple | Brown Rigor Mortis Abbey Double | The Coal Vendor Rauchbier Smoked Ale | Dream Ship IPA |
The Fog Drifter ESB | Gaelique Irish Cream Ale | Goddess of the Night Stout | The Key to Freedom Spicy Belgian Ale |
Nativity Dunkel Weizen German Wheat | The Pagan Blond Ale | Paradis Wit | Poppycock Hemp Beer |
The Resurrection Porter | September Belgian Wit | Spring Equinox Maple Scotch Ale | Summer Solstice Berlin Sour Wheat |
Sunday Morning Mass German Ale | Winter Solstice Barley Wine | Stiegl’s Grapefruit Radler 2% ABV, 500ml | Purity Brewing Co Bunny Hop Hazy pale ale 3.5% ABV, 330ml |
Cervecera Artesana brewery Palax Session IPA 4% ABV, 330ml | Green Duck Beer Co blonde ale 4.2% ABV, 500ml | Einstok Artic Icelandic pale ale 5.6% ABV, 330ml | Duvel Belgian Strong Ale 8.5% ABV, 330ml |
Wooha Brewing Hop Piñata IPA 6.2% ABV, 500ml | Sapporo | Samuel Adams Boston Lager | Stella Artois |
Pilsner Urquell | Beavertown Brewery | Sierra Nevada | Grolsch |
Coors Light (Outside UK) | Sixpoint Brewery | Pabst Blue Ribbon | Allagash Brewing Company |
Ommegang Brewing Company | Bumble Beer | Ninkasi | Flying Dog Brewery |
Pilsner Urquell | Revoultion Brewing | Ballast Point | Back Forty Beer Company |
Terrapin | Trader Joe's brand beer | Corona |
Please do note that these are just some of the many beers that are currently being called vegan-friendly. Also, this list was made after getting references from:
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/review/best-vegan-beer
https://mashable.com/2015/12/19/vegan-beers/
https://www.livekindly.co/ultimate-vegan-guide-beer-drinking/
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