Beer Metropolis

11/09/2026

Track Brewing Co. join the party this week - get in touch for more info - [email protected]

08/09/2026

Something new from WYLAM this week.

Magick - Esoteric Pale Ale 4.3%

A light, crisp refreshing ale made with Amarillo hops and pale malt. Pale gold in colour with a hint of elderflower on the nose. Citrus and spice on the palate with a good bitter finish.

[email protected]

08/09/2026

New in from New Bristol Brewery cask and kegs - [email protected]

27/08/2026

GLUTEN FREE BEER: PROCESS vs PROOF

“We don't believe testing one beer proves every beer a brewery produces is gluten free. That's why, where we sell beers as Gluten Free, we ask for evidence relating to the individual products — not simply evidence that the brewery's process has worked on another beer.”

“WE TESTED THE BEER.”

At Beer Metropolis, if we're selling a beer as Gluten Free, we want evidence behind that claim.

A Gluten Free beer in the UK must contain no more than 20ppm of gluten.

Brewing isn't completely static.

Different malts and ingredients can be used. Recipes can change. Raw materials vary. Production conditions change. And there's always the potential for cross-contact.

So relying purely on a process that worked previously isn't the standard we're comfortable with.

🔬 OUR APPROACH

For the Gluten Free beers we buy and sell, we ask breweries for evidence of appropriate independent laboratory testing.

Where breweries also carry out in-house testing on individual batches throughout the year, that's another useful check that the process continues to perform as expected.

Because ultimately:

PROCESS GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE.

TESTING GIVES YOU EVIDENCE.

And when somebody is choosing Gluten Free beer because they have coeliac disease, we think that distinction matters.

If it says Gluten Free, there should be evidence behind it.

— Beer Metropolis

27/08/2026

Shiny Brewery New Releases incoming this week - [email protected]

26/08/2026

Neptune Brewery Incoming Cask!

25/08/2026

DEYA Brewing Company Think For Yourself is a series exploring all things exciting, experimental and delicious coming out of NZ - Arriving this week!

22/08/2026

21/08/2026

Pipeline Brewery - hop-forward beers by the sea in Cornwall...........ride the waves