A few days ago I got to thinking about the gluten free beers available in the U.K. and how they would compare to the U.S. options available these days. I also began to wonder how many new breweries had joined the U.K.’s gluten free landscape in recent years.
What I found suggested that it was time for a U.K. Edition of the Gluten Free Beer Brands List! Unfortunately, living on the west coast of the U.S. doesn’t provide me access to these particular gluten free beers for tasting purposes, so I’d love to know what YOU think of them. Feel free to comment your thoughts below, or shoot me can email directly.
If anyone knows of a beer or brewery that I missed, please send it my way and I will get it added to the list. If you know whether it is gluten free or gluten reduced, please specify. To submit a guest review for one of these beers, please email me at bestglutenfreebeers@gmail.com.
BUT FIRST, let’s clear up the terms in the U.K…
Dedicated Gluten Free: This beer was brewed in a 100% dedicated gluten free facility, which means no gluten enters the brewery–EVER. This is the safest option for those with Celiac Disease. (Please Note: These are rare AF in the U.K.)
Gluten Free / NGCI (Non Gluten Containing Ingredients): This beer was brewed with gluten free ingredients, and is safe for Celiacs to drink!
It must be understood that labeling laws in the UK are different than in the USA/Canada. In the UK, breweries who use this enzyme method are permitted to call their beer “gluten free”. When you see these beers on shelves or in pubs in the UK, they will be labeled as “gluten free”, but by USA/Canada standards, these beers are “gluten reduced” (otherwise known as “crafted to remove gluten”).
Gluten Free Brands Sold In Stores
While the list of breweries is long, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you can find them all in your local supermarket. To make things a bit easier, here is a list of beers you can find at mainstream retailers. Keep scrolling to find the full gluten free beer brand list, many of which you’ll find at the brewery or in small bottle shops. Widely available supermarket finds include:
ALL of these beers are classified as Gluten Reduced by USA standards, but are labeled and marketed as Gluten Free in the UK (in accordance with UK laws).
Peroni Gluten Free
Stella Artois Gluten Free
San Miguel Gluten Free
Skinny Lager
Brewdog Vagabond
Greene King IPA
Greene King Old Speckled Hen English Ale
Daura Damm
Celia Lager
Gluten Free Beers Brewed in the U.K.
Allendale Brewery
Allendale, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beers Available:
Gluten Free Pale Ale
Autumn Brewing Co.
Seaham, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
OUT OF PRODUCTION
Changed ownership, relaunch was promised…but has yet to happen!
Bellfield Brewery
Edinburgh, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beers Available:
Bohemian Pilsner
Lawless Village IPA
Black Isle Brewery
Munlochy, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beers Available:
Goldfinch (Organic Session IPA)
Brass Castle Brewery
Malton, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beers Available:
Hoptical Illusion
Helles Lager
Sunshine IPA
Brewdog
U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beers Available:
Vagabond Pale Ale
Celia Lager
Czech Republic
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
GF Beers Available:
Organic Czech Lager
Czech Dark Lager
Cheddar Ales
Cheddar, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beer Batches:
Bitter Bully 750
Crown and Glory 744
Gorge Best 737
Goats Leap 751
Chiltern Brewery
Aylesbury, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beers Available:
Battle of Britain Old Ale
John Hampden’s Golden Harvest Ale
Monument Gold Pale Ale
Three Hundreds Dark Old Ale
Driftwood Spars Brewery
Cornwall, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Gluten Reduced Beers:
All of them! (Driftwood Spars now makes all of their beers gluten reduced. NOTE: They no longer have the gluten FREE “Unexpected” available.)
Gluten Free (NCGI) or Gluten ReducedAvailability: Nationwide Beers Available:
Amber
Blonde
Dark Ale
Discovery [Amber]
Export Lager Lite [Lager]
Golden Ale
India Pale Ale
Lager Dry Hopped
Premium Pilsner
**Be careful. Some Green’s beers are naturally gluten free, others are gluten reduced.
Greene King Brewery
Bury St Edmunds, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beers Available:
Old Speckled Hen English Ale
Greene King IPA
Hadrian Border Brewery Co.
Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beers Available:
Grainger Ale
Hambleton Ales
Ripon, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced
Beers Available:
GFA – Gluten Free Ale
GFL – Gluten Free Lager
As Good As Gold
Stud Blonde
Hepworth Brewery
Billingshurst, U.K.
Gluten Free or Gluten Reduced?
GF Beers Available:
Blonde (Bottle GF)
Saxon (Bottle GF)
Old Age (Bottle GF)
Iron Horse (Bottle GF)
Prospect (Bottle GF)
Pullman (Bottle GF)
Sussex (Bottle GF)
** This brewery claims to brew gluten free beer naturally by using low protein barley and brewing conditions that break down the gluten in its entirety, without an enzyme.
Burnt mill brewery in Suffolk have one called ‘beyond the firs’. Not sure if it’s reduced or not. There’s also Abbey dale brewery which seem to have a good range of gf beer.
Just remembered another one Bath Ales Wild Hare. A good whack of bitter hops but very pale in colour, almost looking like a lager rather than an ale.
Last edited 3 years ago by Ian
Ian
3 years ago
If only there was a gluten free version of Guinness. <Sigh>.
Ian
3 years ago
Found another one. Arbor Ales Mosaic.
Certified at less than 20 parts per million so safe for coeliacs.
Cheers.
Ian.
Ian
3 years ago
A small brewery local to me Little Ox Brew. Their Dark and Seedy vanilla stout was to die for. I don’t know if they still brew that one but it’s similar to Brass Castle Bad Kitty.
To clarify a point Coeliac UK define gluten free as being less than 20 parts per million.
Cheers.
Ian
Philip Bacon
3 years ago
Gluten free / reduced beers are a bit of a pain to get hold of here in the UK, you go to a supermarket and you’ll get maybe 1 or 2 options, you can go online and buy them but you still don’t get much range. I did find this site, looks interesting – http://glutenfreebeerandsnacks.co.uk/ something that is coming soon.
Rod Mathieson
3 years ago
Hello Lindsi,
Recently discovered I was G.I probably coeliac if I’m honest. Tried some of the brews you have mentioned. Killed me. Gluten reduced is cobblers. Greens G.F is my saviour. How lucky are you to be in America. Why do they not export to UK. The market is here where is the beer?
Andy Thomas
3 years ago
Hi
Green’s Beer brews 1,7,8,9 and 10 are all ancient grains(not gluten reduced) and I can recommend
Douglas Brown
3 years ago
Cant believe you don’t have Fantasma by Magic Rock. Really nice IPA. Sell it in M&S
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Sandalslogger
4 years ago
Have I missed Magic Rocks Fantasma?
Chris Ayre
4 years ago
I note that you have Three beers listed for Brass Castle brewery. They have many more, all of which are labelled GF. Contact them for the latest list.
Eric Wallbank
4 years ago
Hi – a few to add:
Magic Rock – Fantasma and Saucery;
Bath Ales – Wild Hare;
Thornbridge – Satzuma;
Gun Brewery – Project Babylon and Scaramanga
All, I believe, Gluten Reduced.
Steve Gray
5 years ago
Another great Gluten free beer….Wadsworth 6X Golden…tastes great
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Hi Lindsi, another beer to add to the GF list from the UK, it’s called Wild Hare a Bath Ales beer at 5%. Here’s the link
https://bathales.com/blog/2019/06/wild-and-free/
Cheers ta
Chris
Burnt mill brewery in Suffolk have one called ‘beyond the firs’. Not sure if it’s reduced or not. There’s also Abbey dale brewery which seem to have a good range of gf beer.
Another one for the list – Lupu Lion by Brew York. Great beer and vegan too! https://brewyork.co.uk/product/lupu-lion-gf/
Just remembered another one Bath Ales Wild Hare. A good whack of bitter hops but very pale in colour, almost looking like a lager rather than an ale.
If only there was a gluten free version of Guinness. <Sigh>.
Found another one. Arbor Ales Mosaic.
Certified at less than 20 parts per million so safe for coeliacs.
Cheers.
Ian.
A small brewery local to me Little Ox Brew. Their Dark and Seedy vanilla stout was to die for. I don’t know if they still brew that one but it’s similar to Brass Castle Bad Kitty.
To clarify a point Coeliac UK define gluten free as being less than 20 parts per million.
Cheers.
Ian
Gluten free / reduced beers are a bit of a pain to get hold of here in the UK, you go to a supermarket and you’ll get maybe 1 or 2 options, you can go online and buy them but you still don’t get much range. I did find this site, looks interesting – http://glutenfreebeerandsnacks.co.uk/ something that is coming soon.
Hello Lindsi,
Recently discovered I was G.I probably coeliac if I’m honest. Tried some of the brews you have mentioned. Killed me. Gluten reduced is cobblers. Greens G.F is my saviour. How lucky are you to be in America. Why do they not export to UK. The market is here where is the beer?
Hi
Green’s Beer brews 1,7,8,9 and 10 are all ancient grains(not gluten reduced) and I can recommend
Cant believe you don’t have Fantasma by Magic Rock. Really nice IPA. Sell it in M&S
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Have I missed Magic Rocks Fantasma?
I note that you have Three beers listed for Brass Castle brewery. They have many more, all of which are labelled GF. Contact them for the latest list.
Hi – a few to add:
Magic Rock – Fantasma and Saucery;
Bath Ales – Wild Hare;
Thornbridge – Satzuma;
Gun Brewery – Project Babylon and Scaramanga
All, I believe, Gluten Reduced.
Another great Gluten free beer….Wadsworth 6X Golden…tastes great
Hi,
Redwell beers ARE certified and audited gluten free, not just reduced gluten, they are also vegan.
Thanks
Hi,
You can add Tempest Brewing Co’s Long White Cloud and Modern Helles Lager as Gluten Reduced!
hi Chiltern brewery also has 4 beers advertised gluten free
What about Stringers ? x
Hi, you can also add First Chop brewery to the list. I believe they are gluten reduced. https://www.firstchop.co.uk/en/