Comments on: Beer May be Inherently Kosher but Not the Flavored Kind

By: mark levin

mark levin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:54:29 +0000

Nothing new that flavored beer needs a reliable hechsher.

By: shmuelt

shmuelt — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:40:39 +0000

AB is kosher, only their special beer. 98.5% of beers are kosher regardless of colour, and this has been put on national kashruth sites

just watch for flavored stuff-which are clearly marked. If a company puts out flavour-they wantthat publicized

too many people in the community have mevateled othrs who drink beer, when it is a healthy beverage with vitamin B, half or less the alcohol in wine, and discussed in gemara as preferable after fish, as opposed to scotch which is the most unhealthy drink proven in studies, not even mentioning the shikker questions

By: baki

baki — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:10:04 +0000

Kashrus Magazine published a letter from AB that bud is shares some equipment with the clam stuff. I’m happy that this was clarified.

By: feivel

feivel — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:02:00 +0000

no one said “tradition”

“it has been KNOWN for generations that beer is inherently kosher.
after, of course, thorough investigation by food experts and Halachic authorities.
no legitimate heksher organization poskins based on traditions from the roman empire

By: THE MAN

THE MAN — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:35:14 +0000

The think about the budwiser beer is olny a politic.

By: akuperma

akuperma — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:29:17 +0000

I believe that the tradition that beer is inherently kosher may be related to the late medieval statute of the “Holy Roman” Empire (which controlled most of central Europe) strictly regulating the beer industry. As with many products that were “inherently” kosher, modern manufacturing poses may questions that require someone competent to investigate, and perhaps we should expect a formal hecksher for all alcoholic beverages.