On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 12:20:57 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


Most useanimal rennetwhich, to apurist, wouldn't be acceptable.

Depending, of course, on what degree or purist s/he is :-)

Mary


Quite a lot of beer and wine isn't vegetarian either since it is
cleared using Isinglass finings which come from the swimbladder of a
sturgeon.

Real ale on handpump invariably contains Isinglass but bottled beers
are sometimes cleared using other methods.

If you want to know if your favourite ale is vegetarian then look at
this very interesting website which contains a list of vegetarian
beers and correspondence from brewers:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geraint...ian_beers.html

Mr F.