Are meat derived products used in the fermentation process for cider and lager?
meat derived products are not used in the fermentation, but tey are used in the fining process. Beer The majority of cask conditioned “real” ales will have been fined with isinglass, and some keg, bottled and canned bitters, milds and stouts also. Lagers are generally chill filtered, but some brands may use isinglass on occasion Real homemade cider – no, these filter naturally, in fact, real cider only has apples in it as the yeast used is the yeast from the apple skin. Commercial cider, such as supermarket and pub brands will be fined with Gelatine: http://www.vegsoc.org/info/alcohol.html vegetarian rennet is just that, in no way does it come from an animal. http://www.vegsoc.org/info/cheese.html The veggie soc has a good source to check out those ingredients myths: http://www.vegsoc.
