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Biddeford ladies launch Maine’s first devoted gluten-free brewery
Up to date: 5:40 PM EST Feb 4, 2022
Out of the greater than 150 craft breweries in Maine, just one can say it’s 100% gluten-free.Fortunate Pigeon Brewing Firm opened final August, tucked within the Pepperell Mill Campus in the identical area previously occupied by Nuts & Bolts Brewing.”We’re the one ones in Maine doing devoted gluten-free brewing,” co-owner Kathleen Pigeon mentioned.“Through the years, (Kathleen) would say, ‘you recognize, this tasting room expertise that everybody else can take pleasure in, we must always have that for gluten-free individuals,'” mentioned co-owner Beverly Pigeon.The 2 began arising with their very own recipes that substituted grains. “Gluten is mainly one of many proteins in wheat and barley and rye and people are the three large ones which can be included in typical barley-based brewing, and that’s what we needed to discover a means round,” Kathleen Pigeon mentioned. “So, we depart all three of these out of all of our beers and we incorporate issues that don’t have gluten naturally, like millet, rice, buckwheat, gluten-free oats, quinoa.”Kathleen, who has celiac illness, is aware of what can occur if she drinks beers that comprise gluten.“I’ve a complete array of signs. Generally my eye swells up. Generally I get nauseous,” she mentioned.Fortunate Pigeon’s gluten-free beers are available in cans and might be purchased in numerous specialty markets like Bow Avenue and Rosemont.“We get a lot gratification out of simply being within the tasting room and having individuals be so grateful that we exist,” Kathleen mentioned. “It’s one thing that by no means will get outdated.”
Out of the greater than 150 craft breweries in Maine, just one can say it’s 100% gluten-free.
Fortunate Pigeon Brewing Firm opened final August, tucked within the Pepperell Mill Campus in the identical area previously occupied by Nuts & Bolts Brewing.
“We’re the one ones in Maine doing devoted gluten-free brewing,” co-owner Kathleen Pigeon mentioned.
“Through the years, (Kathleen) would say, ‘you recognize, this tasting room expertise that everybody else can take pleasure in, we must always have that for gluten-free individuals,'” mentioned co-owner Beverly Pigeon.
The 2 began arising with their very own recipes that substituted grains.
“Gluten is mainly one of many proteins in wheat and barley and rye and people are the three large ones which can be included in typical barley-based brewing, and that’s what we needed to discover a means round,” Kathleen Pigeon mentioned. “So, we depart all three of these out of all of our beers and we incorporate issues that don’t have gluten naturally, like millet, rice, buckwheat, gluten-free oats, quinoa.”
Kathleen, who has celiac illness, is aware of what can occur if she drinks beers that comprise gluten.
“I’ve a complete array of signs. Generally my eye swells up. Generally I get nauseous,” she mentioned.
Fortunate Pigeon’s gluten-free beers are available in cans and might be purchased in numerous specialty markets like Bow Avenue and Rosemont.
“We get a lot gratification out of simply being within the tasting room and having individuals be so grateful that we exist,” Kathleen mentioned. “It’s one thing that by no means will get outdated.”
