Company email (October 2013):
"Barring any unusual, one-off beers, our beers are vegan-friendly. Unless we highlight an unusual ingredient that might not be suitable for vegans, your audience can drink our beers with confidence and a clear conscience. We do brew all of our own beer."
Company email (August 2011)
We use honey in a few of our beers such as the Biere de Miele ( Saison brewed with honey), a Braggot, Bluebeery, other than those we do not use any animal products as Peter Egelston pointed out except for lactose in the milk stout and a touch of lactose in the Flanders Red sour. That should cover most of our beers. Hope this helps.
Company email:
Thanks for your inquiry. People frequently ask that question. We did away with isinglass and other similar clarifying agents many years ago. We found that they were difficult to use effectively and we really didn't like putting animal products in our beers on principal. So enjoy Smuttynose and Portsmouth beers without worries!
Portsmouth Brewing Company
Some vegan options
50 of 54 products listed are vegan friendly.
- 50 Vegan
- 4 Not Vegan
Products (54)
- Portsmouth Brewing 5 C's IPA Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Abbey Style/St. Danmon Trippel Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Altbier Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing American Pale Ale Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Barleywine Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Belgian Dubbel Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Biere de Garde Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Biere de Miele Not Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Black Cat Stout Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Bluebeerry Not Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Bottle Rocket IPA Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Brown Porter Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing California Common Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Carlyle Cream Ale Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Dirty Blonde Ale Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Dunkelweizen Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing English Style Bitter Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Extra Special Bitter Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Flanders Red Not Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Golden Lager Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Hefeweizen Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Holidaze Porter Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Hop Harvest Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Imperial IPA Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Imperial Pilsner Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Imperial Porter Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Kate the Great Russian Imperial Stout Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Killer B Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Kölsch Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Maibock Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Mild Ale Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Milk Stout Not Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Murphy's Law Red Ale Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Oatmeal Stout Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Oktoberfest Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Porter Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Pumpkin Ale Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Saison Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Schwarzbier Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Scotch Ale Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Smuttynose Star Island Single Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Thaizenheimer Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Weizenbock Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Weizenheimer Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Wheat Wine Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Whippersnapper American Mild Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Wild Thang Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Winter Rye Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Winter Weizen Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Wit Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing Witt2 Vegan
- Portsmouth Brewing XX Bitter Vegan
What the company told us
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