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Brewer’s Perspective: Going Gluten-Free with Ghostfish

The production team at one of the world’s most accomplished gluten-free breweries lays out the alternative routes they take to making great-tasting beer—without barley, wheat, or oats.

Joe Stange , Jamie Bogner Jul 5, 2022 - 11 min read

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There are breweries that make gluten-free beers for a market segment. Then there are those that throw their whole craft behind gluten-free as a mission, constantly tinkering with different grains and processes, always striving to produce gluten-free beers that can hang with any other beers, full stop.

Seattle-based Ghostfish Brewing is one of the latter, embracing a surprising variety of grains to make tasty beers that anyone can enjoy. Their peers apparently agree—judges at the Great American Beer Festival have awarded five medals in the past six years to Ghostfish beers, including two golds for their Watchstander Stout.

We want to live in a world where gluten- free beers can be as delicious as any others. Along with other dedicated breweries such as Holidaily in Golden, Colorado, and Glutenberg in Montreal, Ghostfish is making the case that we already live there. So, we reached out to the production team for insights on how they’re doing it.

Reid Ackerman, Head Brewer

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