yeasty
Well-Known Member
i heard from a buddy that RED STRIPE from jamaica uses a perservative somewhat like anti-freeze that is not legal here in the states. any truth to this one ?
I found a link to a BBC report from 2006:
BBC NEWS | Business | What exactly is in your beer?
Can't say whether it is still current. Apparently, PG is used as a foam stabilizer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined propylene glycol to be "generally recognized as safe" for use in food, cosmetics, and medicines. Like ethylene glycol, propylene glycol affects the body's chemistry by increasing the amount of acid. Propylene glycol is metabolized into pyruvic acid, which is a normal metabolite in the breakdown of glucose, while ethylene glycol is metabolized into oxalic acid, which is toxic.
haven't heard that (searches on teh intarwebz yield nothing), but how in the hell would anti-freeze or even a similar substance preserve a beer? Sounds like the old "formaldahyde in MD 20/20" myth. One guy mixed antifreeze into his wine in France awhile back, but not as a preservative as far as I know.
It is because of stuff like this that the Reinheitsgebot was written and why German beers became world class for clarity and purity. No weird adjuncts, chemicals or opiates by order of the duke!!
Didn't Bart Simpson catch that guy?
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