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The list below is not meant to be exhaustive as it only reflects the results of my
individual research. Beers which have been added since the Labor Day
Edition are in bold. Finally, to my friends, I have not tried every beer on this
kosher beer list and merely because I list them here does not mean I recommend
them for your consumption. If you find a beer which looks interesting to you,
please feel free to search the archive on the kosherbeers site to see if I have
reviewed it.
NORTH AMERICAN BREWERIES
Boston Beer Company There are currently three brands of beer produced by
the Boston Beer Company which are under hashgacha. As per the Star-K, the
following varieties are kosher even without a certification on the label. Please
note that not every variety is on this approved list. To see the Star-K LOC, please
click: http://www.star-k.org/loc/LetterOfCertification_PEFQZ4N3.pdf
Coney Island 1609 Amber Ale; Hard Ginger Ale; Hard Orange Cream Ale;
Hard Root Beer; Mermaid Pilsner; Overpass IPA.
Samuel Adams - Alpine Spring; Belgian Session; Black & Brew; Black Lager;
Blackberry Wit Beer; Blueberry Hill Lager; Bonfire Rauchbier; Boston Ale; Boston
Lager; Brown Ale; Cherry Wheat; Cinder Bock; Coastal Wheat; Cold Snap;
Cranberry Lambic; Cream Stout; Dark Depths; Double Agent; Double Bock;
Downtime Pilsner; Dunkel Weizen; East-West Kolsch; Escape Route; Hallertau
Imperial Pilsner; Harvest Pumpkin Ale; Harvest Saison; Hazel Brown;
Hefeweizen; Holiday Porter; Honey Porter; Honey Queen; Hoppy Red; Imperial
Pilsner; Imperial Stout; Imperial White Ale; Irish Red Ale; Juniper IPA; Latitude
48; Little White Rye; Maple Pecan Porter; Mighty Oak Ale; Nitro Coffee Stout:
Nitro IPA; Nitro White Ale; Nobel Pils; Norse Legend; Octoberfest; Old
Fezziwig; Pale Ale; Porch Rocker; Pumpkin Batch; Rebel Cascade; Rebel
Grapefruit IPA; Rebel IPA; Rebel Raw IPA; Rebel Rider IPA; Rebel Rouser IPA;
Rustic Saison; Spring Ale; Summer Ale; Tasman Red; Tetravis; Verloren; Vixen;
Wee Heavy; White Ale; White Christmas; White Lantern Ale; Whitewater IPA;
Winter Lager.
Traveler Beer Company Aloha Traveler; Curious Traveler; Forbidden
Traveler; Illusive Traveler; Jacko Traveler; Jolly Traveler; Time Traveler.
--------Badebrau Brewing Company This Chicago, Illinois based brewery will begin
brewing shortly. The following beers will be certified kosher when bearing the
CRC on the label Chicago Pilsner; Lawnmower Lager; South Side Pride
(Helles); Veloci Radler.
India Pale Ale; Insulated Lager; Lager; Monster Ale; Oktoberfest; Pennant Ale;
Pilsner; Summer Ale; Weiss Beer; Winter Ale.
Post Road: Pumpkin Ale.
--------Compania Cervecera Del Tropico S.A. de CV: The following beers are made in
Mexico and certified kosher by the OK Laboratories:
Corona Cerveza; Corona Extra; Corona Light; Coronita Cerveza; Coronita Extra;
Leon; Modelo Especial; Modelo Light; Montejo; Negro Modelo Beer; Pacifico
Clara; Victoria.
-------Coors See MillerCoors
---------Dragonmead This Warren, Michigan based brewery has a long history of
producing quality craft brews. It has recently been certified kosher by the Vaad of
Detroit.
Angry Dragon Pre Prohibition Lager; Bill's Witbier; Bishop Bob's Holy Smoke;
Breath of Dragon English Bitter; Broken Paddle; Bronze Griffin; Corktown Red;
Crooked Door Amber Ale; Crown Jewels IPA; Crusader Dark Mild Ale; Dark
Knight IPA; Dead Monk; Devil's Knight Pumpkin Ale; Dragonslayer Altbier; Dubbel
Dragon; Earl Spit Stout; Erik the Red; Faceman IPA; Final Absolution;
Guinevere's Golden Belgian; Honey Porter; Hopus Dei; Inquisition IPA; Jason's
IPA; Jul l; Juggenaut; K2 Strawberry Blonde; Kaiser's Klsch; Killer Bee;
Lancelot's Cream Ale; Larry's Lionheart; London Brown; Mariann's Honey Brown;
Nagelweiss Wheat Beer; 90 Shilling Ale; Oatmeal Stout; Redwing Raspberry
Wheat; Reverend Fred's Oatmeal Stout; Russian Imperial Stout; Sin Eater; Sir
William's Extra Special Bitter; St. Nicole's Weizenbock; 60 Shilling Ale; Under the
Kilt Wee Heavy; Woody's Porter.
---------Flying Bison this Buffalo, NY based brewery bottles its beer at the FX Matt
plant in Utica, NY. The following Flying Bison beers are certified kosher by the
Vaad of Detroit:
Buffalo IPA; Rusty Chain.
---------Gordon Biersch - the following beers are certified kosher by the Va'ad of Detroit:
Blonde Bock; Czech Style Pilsner; Dunkles; Festbier; Ginger People Ginger
Beer; Golden Export; Gordon Biersch Cider; Henry Hotspurs Hard Pressed
---------Lakefront Brewery - also certified by the Star-K. Unlike most kosher certified
Samuel Adams products, the Lakefront Brewery beers do have a Star-K on the
label. The following varieties are found on the Star- K LOC which can be viewed
here - http://www.star-k.org/loc/LetterOfCertification_SVFSBFDE.pdf.
Big Easy Lager; Bock Dark Lager; Bridge Burner Ale; Cherry Lager; Cream City
Pale Ale; East Side Dark Lager; Fixed Gear American Red Ale; Fuel Coffee
Stout; Growing Power Farmhouse Style Pale Ale; Holiday Spice Lager; Hop
Jockey Double IPA; IBA India Style Black Ale; IPA India Pale Ale; Klisch
Pilsner; Local Acre Lager; New Grist Beer; New Grist Ginger Style Ale;
Oktoberfest; Organic Barleywine; Organic ESB; Pumpkin Lager; Rendezvous
Ale; Riverwest Stein; Snake Chaser Stout; White Beer; Wisconsinite Summer
White Beer.
---------FX Matt Brewing - this company brews many different brands of beer at its
Utica, NY factory. All beers produced at FX Matt (in addition to their sodas and
juices) in Utica are certified kosher by the Va'ad of Detroit.
Jeds: Hard Orange Cream; Hard Rootbeer; Moscow Mule.
Saranac: 4059 Porter; Adirondack Lager; Amber Wheat; Belgian Ale; Belgian
Pale Ale; Belgian White; Black Bear Bock; Black Forest; Black Lager; Black &
Tan; Bock; Brown Ale; Caramel Porter; Chocolate Amber; Dry Hop Lager;
Dunkel; ESB; Ginger Beer; Golden Pilsner; Harvest Ale; Hefewiezen; Helles;
Imperial Stout; India Pale Ale; Irish Red Ale; Irish Stout; Kolsch; Legacy IPA;
Light; Maple Porter; Marzenbier; Mocha Stout; Mountain Ale; Nut Brown Ale;
Oatmeal Stout; Oktoberfest; Pale Ale; Pale Pale Ale; Pomegranate Wheat;
Pumpkin Ale; Rauchbier; Red IPA; Roggen Bock; Rye IPA; Rye Pale Ale; Rye
Pilsner; Season's Best; Scotch Ale; Session Ale; Session IPA; Single Malt; Stout;
Summer Ale; Summer Brew; Traditional Lager; White IPA; Winter Wassail; Winter
Lager.
***Please note that some Saranac High Peaks series beers may be brewed in
another plant which does not have kosher certification. Please check the label
before purchasing Saranac High Peaks beers as only those bottles bearing the
certification mark of the Vaad of Detroit are certified kosher. The Saranac High
Peaks Chocolate Orange is brewed at Harpoon in Boston and not in Utica, NY
and is not certified kosher by the Vaad of Detroit.
Utica Club: Light, Pilsner.
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Pale Lager; Skinny Dip; Slow Ride; Snapshot Wheat; Snow Day; Spring Blonde;
Summer Helles; Somersault; Sunshine; Super IPA; Trippel, Tour de Fall.
----------President's Choice - PC is the private label brand for the Canadian supermarket
chain called Loblaws. The following PC beers are listed as are approved by the
COR on their website:
Choice 2.5; Dry; Genuine Draft; Genuine Lager; Honey Red; Light; Low Carb 2.5;
Pilsener; Wheat.
-----------Spoetzel Brewery - This small town Texas brewery has a cult like following
among those who have tried its product. The following beers (brewed under the
trade name Shiner) are certified kosher by the Vaad of Detroit.
Bavarian Amber; Birthday Beer; Black Lager; Bock; Brewers Pride;
Commemorator; Czech Pilsner; Dopplebock; Dortmunder; Double Wheat;
Dunkelweizen; Farmhouse Ale; Hefeweizen; Helles Lager; Holiday Cheer; Honey
Wheat; Hoppy Pils; Kolsch; Kosmos Reserve; Light; Light Blonde; Marzen;
Oktoberfest; Old Time Alt Beer; Premium; Prickly Pear; Ruby Redbird; Ryes and
Shine; Smoehaus; Strawberry Blonde; White Wing; Wicked Ram; Wild Hare
Pale Ale; Winter Ale.
-----------Uinta Brewery Pronounced Ween-ta, this Utah brewery became certified by
the Orthodox Union recently and the beers carry the OU on their labels.
Surprisingly, many New York area beer stores carry Uinta and it is becoming
more readily available in many outlets across the country. The following beers
were listed on the LOC which I received from the OU.
Anglers Pale Ale; Anniversary Barley Wine; Baba Black Lager; Blue Sky Pilsner;
Bristlecone Brown Ale; Cutthroat Pale Ale; Dubhe Imperial Black IPA; Gelande
Amber Lager; Golden Spike Hefeweizen; Hazel Amber Wheat Ale; Hive Honey
Stung Ale; HooDoo Kolsch Style Ale; Hop Notch IPA; Kings Peak Porter;
Monkshine Belgian Style Ale; Punkn Harvest Ale; Skipping Stone Summer
Lager; Solstice Kosch Style Ale; Sumr Organic Summer Ale; Trader Indian Pale
Ale; Wyld Organic Extra Pale Ale; Yard Sale Winter Lager.
------------INTERNATIONAL BEERS
The following beers are certified kosher by various international hashgachos. I
have provided links to the respective websites where available so that the
consumer can verify the beers listed herein. For agencies who have sent me
LOCs such as the KF (the Federation of Synagogues based in London), I have
provided the information contained in the letters which limits the certification by
time and in certain instances, to the specific plant which certifies the beer.
AB InBev (Certified by the KF as to the Leuven, Belgium plant only LOC
expires April 1, 2016): Belle Vue Kriek; Belle Vue Extra Kriek Hoegaarden
Forbidden Fruit; Hoegaarden Grand Cru; Hoegaarden Rosee; Hoegaarden
White; Leffe Blond; Leffe Brown; Leffe Radieuse; Leffe Rousse; Leffe Ruby Beer;
Leffe Royal; Leffe Vielle Cuvee; Leffe Triple; Stella Artois.
Brouwerij Martens (Certified by the KF as to the Bocholt, Belgium plant only
LOC expires April 1, 2017): Damburger Beer; Martens Extra Beer; Martens Gold
Beer; Martens Pils Beer; Martens Strong Beer; Schloss-Krone Beer.
Coopers Brewery (Certified by Kosher Australia through an LOC which can be
found here - http://www.mrbeer.com/static/images/pdf/kosher.pdf): Best Extra
Stout; Dark Ale; Extra Strong Vintage Ale; Mild Ale; Original Pale Ale; Pilsner 62;
Premium Lager; Premium Light Beer; Sparkling Ale; Special Old Stout.
Cobra Beer Ltd: (Certified kosher by the London Beis Din (KLBD) and listed on
the KLBD website):Cobra 5% Beer; King Cobra Beer, Low Calorie/Low Carb
Beer.
Darguner Brauerei (Certified Kosher by the KF as to the German plant LOC
Expires May 1, 2016): Bear Beer; Bear Beer Wheat Beer; Darguner Bock;
Darguner Pils.
Duvel Moortgat, NV: (Certified by the KF as to the Breedonk Belgium plant
LOC expires August 1, 2016): Bel Pils; Chouffe Bok; Dekoninck Beer; Dekoninck
Winter Beer; Duvel; Duvel Tripel Hop; Houblon Chouffe; La Chouffe; Liefmans
Cuvee Brut; Liefmans Gluhkriek; Liefmans Kriek Brut; Liefmans Fruitesse;
Liefmans Oud Bruin; Liefmans Goudenband; Maredsous; Mc Chouffe; NIce
Chouffe; Vedett; Vedett IPA; Vedett White; Wild Jo.
Arthur Guinness & Sons (Certified by the KF as to the St. James Gate, Dublin,
Ireland plant only LOC expires April 1, 2017): Guinness; Kilkenny; Sapporo;
Smithwicks.
General Investment Company (Certified by the KF as to the Amman, Jordan
plant LOC expires June 1, 2016): Henninger Beer; Petra Beer.
Grolsch (Certified by the KF as to the Enschede, Holland plant LOC expires
July 1, 2016): Amsterdam; De Klok; Grolsch; Lech Premium; Stender; Tyskie
Gronie.
Birra Peroni (Certified by the KF as to the Pasova, Italy plant LOC expires
February 1, 2017): Nastro Azzuro; Peroni.
North Finchley
N12 8GB
United Kingdom
www.kosher.org.uk
OK Laboratories
391 Troy Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11213
(718) 756-7800
www.ok.org
Orthodox Union
11 Broadway
New York, NY 10004
(212) 613-8241
www.ou.org
Scroll K Vaad Hakashrus of Denver
1350 Vrain Street
Denver, CO 80204
(303)595-9349
www.scrollk.org
Star-K
122 Slade Ave. #300
Baltimore, MD 21208
(410)484-4110
www.star-k.org
Vaad HaKashruth of Kansas City
9900 Antioch
Overland Park, Kansas 66212
(913) 235-6077
www.vaadkc.org
Any questions feel free to email me at kosherlawny@gmail.com