Timothy Taylor Landlord - cask is Not Vegan Friendly

by Timothy Taylor & Co. Limited
Address: Knowle Spring Brewery
Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 1AW
England
Phone: 01535 603139
Fax: 01535 691167
Email: tim@timtaylors.co.uk
URL: https://www.timothytaylor.co.uk/
Checked by: Ian
Double checked by: Domi, Helen, Richard, Russell, Phil
Added: about 13 years ago
Double Checked: almost 2 years ago

Company email (April 2024)
"Our full packaged range of beers, mini kegs and Hopical Storm in keg are all certified as vegan-friendly, Including Landlord. They all have the distinctive Vegan Trademark on their label, to help identify that the product is free from animal ingredients.

The vegan status currently only applies to our bottled and canned range of beers, mini kegs, and kegged Hopical Storm, and not our traditional cask products, that still utilise isinglass finings as a clarification process aid.

We have been researching different processes that would enable our cask beers to be vegan-friendly, without sacrificing the quality and clarity of product."

Company email (May 2022)
"Our full bottled range of beers, mini kegs and Hopical Storm in keg are all certified as vegan-friendly.

“We have worked closely with our supplier base, and registered charity The Vegan Society, the oldest vegan society in the world, to ensure the ingredients used in the production process of our beers enabled us to achieve vegan status.

“All packaged beers, including our world-famous Landlord, will now wear the distinctive Vegan Trademark on their label, helping users identify that the product is free from animal ingredients.

“The vegan status currently only applies to our bottled range of beers, mini kegs, and kegged Hopical Storm, and not our traditional cask products, that still utilise isinglass finings as a clarification process aid. Timothy Taylor’s are currently researching different processes that would enable our cask beers to be vegan-friendly, without sacrificing the quality and clarity of product for which we are famous.

“Please note that some stock in circulation was produced prior to final certification and the addition of the Vegan Trademark to the labels. Please be assured that all bottles and kegs with Best Before Dates of March 2022 onwards are vegan. If you have any queries, please contact us.”

Company email (May 2020)
"Our beers, bottled and cask, are still NOT vegan friendly.

"We are doing some trials at the moment which, if successful, would allow our bottled beer to become so. Hopefully when you enquire next year."

Company email (January 2019)
"Unfortunately Timothy Taylor’s beers do contain isinglass finings and therefore can not be considered vegan-friendly."

Company email (August 2014):
"Unfortunately Timothy Taylor’s draught products contain isinglass finings as this is the most effective way of clearing our beer quickly. Although products are on the market which purport to clear beer successfully, they are not good enough for commercial use. The other way of producing bright beer is to leave the beer for something like 3 weeks when it the yeast would finally form a sediment. Regrettably there are no pubs that I know which can store beer this long.

However our bottled products are filtered to produce the necessary clarity and so bottled Landlord and Havercake have no animal ingredients in them. Bottled beer is produced in the UK only under our strict specifications."

Note from Ian:
"I don't have an email response, because Andy Leman from the brewery rang me to personally confirm that their Bottled Landlord beer is Vegan!
To say I was surprised to receive a telephone call at home from the brewer is an understatement - In fact I went straight out and bought some - and it was lovely!"

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