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AN ALL-SORGHUM BEER. NEW GRIST, A BEER FOR CELIACS BREWED FROM SORGHUM AND GLUTEN-FREE YEAST GROWN ON MOLASSES. NEW GRIST IS THE FIRST “OFFICIAL” GLUTEN FREE BEER IN THE U.S., ALTHOUGH IT CANNOT TECHNICALLY BE CALLED “GLUTEN-FREE” UNTIL ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENTAL GUIDELINES ARE DETERMINED FOR ALL PRODUCTS CLAIMING “GLUTEN-FREE” STATUS. IN THE INTERIM, THIS CELIAC-SAFE BEER CAN BE CALLED “BARLEY-FREE,” AND IS A WELCOME PRODUCT TO THOSE WHO NEED TO LIVE ON RESTRICTED DIETS DUE TO INTOLERANCE TO GLUTEN, A PROTEIN FOUND IN COMMON BREWING GRAINS SUCH AS BARLEY, WHEAT, RYE, OATS, SPELT, KAMUT AND TRITICALE.