Ethyl alcohol as an ingredient

[Captain13]

Stalker turned poster...
I just had a delicious beer from Belching Beaver Brewery. It was a peanut butter milk stout. However, I noticed it had several ingredients listed including ethyl alcohol. I understand that ethyl alcohol is the primary reason most of us enjoy beer, but I've never seen it listed before. What's the deal?

 

[fearwig]

Peanut extract.

 

[Captain13]

Ahh, so they didn't add the ethyl. They added the peanut extract which contains ethyl. Thanks

 

[fearwig]

Yes, you would either use extract or defatted powder (like "PB2") to avoid head retention issues associated with excess oils. Extract is probably cheaper.