Tag: Craft beer ingredients

Following a high-profile marketing campaign during the Super Bowl that brought the issue to public attention, many beer drinkers started asking: what beer does not use corn syrup? The reality is that while some mass-market breweries use corn syrup as a fermentable sugar, countless craft and traditional brewers rely solely on malted grains, water, hops, and yeast.

According to brewing science, the yeast used during fermentation consumes the fermentable sugar, including corn syrup, leaving little to no residual sugar in the finished beer. However, for those with corn allergies or those simply seeking to avoid corn derivatives, understanding which beers have no corn syrup is still a priority.