Not so fast! Many real ales use isinglass in the brewing process, a substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish, to help clarify the beer. Isinglass captures the sediment in beer (and some wines) and sinks with it to the bottom of the cask. There isn’t much isinglass left in the beer that you drink, but still enough to make some vegetarians avoid ale clarified in this way.
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Not so fast! Many real ales use isinglass in the brewing process, a substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish, to help clarify the beer. Isinglass captures the sediment in beer (and some wines) and sinks with it to the bottom of the cask. There isn’t much isinglass left in the beer that you drink, but still enough to make some vegetarians avoid ale clarified in this way.

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