Tröegs Hop Knife Harvest Ale is Vegan Friendly

by Tröegs Brewing Company
Address: 200 East Hershey Park Drive
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033
USA
Phone: 717-534-1297
Fax: 717-534-1344
Email: info@troegs.com
URL: http://www.troegs.com/
Checked by: Mikaela
Double checked by: Michael, Kayla
Added: almost 8 years ago
Double Checked: over 4 years ago

Company email (October 2019)
"All of our beers are brewed using brewer’s yeast, so I’m not sure if our beers qualify as vegan. If yeast is ok to consume, please see below for a list of our beers that are ok for consumption:

HopBack Amber Ale
Sunshine Pilsner
Perpetual IPA
DreamWeaver Wheat
JavaHead Stout
Troegenator Double Bock
First Cut Mango IPA
Field Study IPA
Hop Knife Harvest Ale
Blizzard of Hops Winter IPA
Master of Pumpkins (it is brewed with PA pumpkins and a blend of spices)
Nugget Nectar
LolliHop
Nimble Giant
Trail Day
Golden Thing
LaGrave
Jovial

"The only beers we produce that would NOT qualify for a vegan listing are:

"Mad Elf
Wild Elf

"Both of these beers are brewed with honey.

"Below is some additional information, which may be helpful:

"We add calcium chloride and calcium sulfate at the beginning of the brewing process to adjust mash pH. We use whirlfloc (a fining agent derived from euchema cottonii) in our boil kettle to help with wort clarity. Our beer is filtered through a bed of food grade perlite and cellulose. We add a small amount of sodium erythrobate as an antioxidant just before filtration. The beer is then force carbonated using a food grade CO2."

Company email (May 2016):
"All of our beers are brewed using brewer's yeast, so I'm not sure if our beers qualify as vegan. If yeast is ok to consume, please see below for a list of our beers that are ok for consumption:

Solid Sender Ale
HopBack Amber Ale
Perpetual IPA
DreamWeaver Wheat
JavaHead Stout
Troegenator Double Bock
Cultivator Helles Bock
Sunshine Pils
Hop Knife Harvest Ale
Blizzard of Hops Winter IPA
Nugget Nectar
Nimble Giant
LaGrave
Jovial

The only beers we produce that would NOT qualify for a vegan listing are:

Mad Elf
Wild Elf

Both of these beers are brewed with honey.

Below is some additional information, which may be helpful:

We add calcium chloride and calcium sulfate at the beginning of the brewing process to adjust mash pH. We use whirlfloc (a fining agent derived from euchema cottonii) in our boil kettle to help with wort clarity. Our beer is filtered through a bed of food grade perlite and cellulose. We add a small amount of sodium erythrobate as an antioxidant just before filtration. The beer is then force carbonated using a food grade CO2."

Company email (circa 2008):
"the mad elf has honey in it."

"...we do not use any isinglass or gelatin in our filtering. all filtering is with diamataceous earth."

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