Corn-Free Bar Menu List

Last updated sometime in 2014.

This is not a guarantee of corn-free, but items that I in conjunction with others have investigated and tested. Since we all have different sensitivities, use this more as a guide and less as a bible. Some of these items I haven’t tried and have relied on other’s experiences, as some of these products are either not available in my area or I must avoid them for other reasons.  

Please comment if you do well or react to any of these items. Your help in keeping this list corn-free is very appreciated.

Legend:

MC – Company/Manufacturer confirms or claims product to be corn-free.

MC 10/06 – Date last confirmed with company.

? – Items thought to be corn-free. Successfully eaten by at least one person, but more confirmation is needed.

Untested – Company Confirmed corn-free, but no one has tested it to my knowledge.

Reported Reactions – Reactions have been reported, but may or may not be corn related. Use with caution.

KFP = Kosher For Passover

GFCF = Gluten-Free/Casein-Free

GF = Gluten-free (Gluten status is not always up-to-date on this list. Please check the gluten-free version of this list for more up-to-date gluten-free & corn-free products)

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Beer: 

Abita Beers (all regular brews like Amber & Turbodog) - fruity additions may contain corn derivatives MC 6/10

Amstel Light

Anchor Brewing - MC 8/09

Ayinger Oktoberfest

Becks 

Brooklyn Brewery ?

Full Sail (except Big Daddy Jay's malt liquor) - MC 5/09

Great Lakes Brewing Company (all) - MC 5/09

Gordon Biersch ?

High Desert Brewing ?
Hoegarten

Kona Brewing - MC 5/09

Lakefront Brewery - Beers (all) - also free of rice, except New Grist Beer for Celiacs www.lakefrontbrewery.com

Lindemans Framboise ? (all flavors) product of Belgium. merchantduvin.com

Live Oak - MC 5/09

Orlando Brewing ?
Otter Creek Oktoberfest
Michelob (except Ultra) - MC 5/09
Murphy's - MC 5/09
Pyramid Brewing ?

Rogue Brewing ?

Sam Adams - MC 5/09
Saint Arnolds - MC 5/09
St. Pauli Girl ?
Socorro Springs ?

Spaten ?

Summit Brewing - MC 5/09

Troegs ?

Warsteiner

Widmer (except Collaborator) - MC 5/09

Hard Liquor:

Monopolowa Dry Gin ?

Vodka – (great to make your own vanilla with vanilla beans)

Blue Ice Potato Vodka GF (untested corn-free status)

Chopin Vodka - potato GF
Luksusowa Triple Distilled Vodka (potato) from Poland GF

Monopolowa Vodka (potato) from Austria

Teton Glacier Potato Vodka GF (untested corn-free status)

Vikingfjord vodka (potato)

Pure Rum ?
Oronoco Rum
Pure Tequila ?

Wine:

German Wines (red & white)
KFP Wines (should also be GF)

Tobacco:

Placencia Organica Nesticos (cigar) ?

Removed:

Absolute Vodka 40% plain - (multiple reactions reported)

Smirnoff Vodka (now made from corn)
Magic Hat - all nationally distributed varieties contain corn.
Stella Artois (reported reactions)
Heineken (tons of reactions)

Sierra Nevada Not Quite Corn-Free

Sierra Nevada beers have been on our list for years, but it looks like we might not have been asking the right questions.

A company response posted on Delphi-Forums - Avoiding Corn, proves to us that their beers are not entirely corn-free or safe for a corn allergy.

"Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is one of our bottle conditioned beers. Bottle conditioning is unique to our style of beer. We dose back a small amount of yeast in the bottle. The yeast ferments the priming sugar and creates the finish carbonation and flavors unique to our beer. Currently, we are using very small amounts (less than 1/2 of 1% by weight) of potentially four different GMO free dextrose's in our priming’s, some of the starch may have been derived from corn but is converted to nearly 100% fermentable sugar and is completely converted to alcohol and CO2.

Sierra Nevada’s “primings” (bottle conditioning) specifically- We do not use cane sugar. Dextrose, is going to be made from wheat, corn, or potato starch. Presently, we are using Dextrose from corn and potato starch."

Do use extreme caution with their beers.

Miller Coors Products Contain Corn

Per a company correspondence posted on Delphi - Avoiding Corn, products produced by MillerCoors will contain corn.

"Corn Syrup is utilized (fermented) by the yeast to produce alcohol and C02. It does not add any more to the carbohydrates of the product as the syrup is converted to alcohol.

Corn Syrup is one of the ingredients in MillerCoors products. Corn syrup is fermented by the yeast to produce alcohol and CO2. It does not add any more to the carbohydrates than does corn grits (which Miller used in the past) as the syrup is converted to alcohol."

Do make sure to avoid any and all of their products for your corn allergenic safety.

Trader Joe's German-Style Beers

Trader Joe's German-Style Beers are supposed to be made according to the German Purity Law of 1516, and thus should logically not contain any corn.

Unfortunately, one testers experience did not agree, as she began reacting minutes after tasting a very small amount of the beer.

Lakefront Brewery - Beer

According to a poster on Delphi - Avoiding Corn, Lakefront Brewery of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has confirmed that they do not use any corn or corn derivatives to make their beers.

The beers are also free of rice, with the exception of their New Grist beer for Celiacs.

Lakefront Brewery website