Gluten Free Beer Challenge: Part One

Both my mother and sister are on Gluten Free diets, so I tend to stock a GF beer or two around for when my sister comes over. So I thought we could taste a few to see what's best to get when you want a GF beer. This is part one because these are relatively common American made GF beers. Part two will be for the Foreign stuff. The three beers we go to first are Bard's, New Grist and Red Bridge. Let's start with the Bard's. Bard's pours out a dark straw and lacks any nose. The flavors, however are pretty good. There's hop crispness, a malty caramel, and it tastes a lot like a normal beer. New Grist is almost clear very light yellow and has a very bready yeast nose. The flavor is also yeasty and it's something like a sour dough wheat beer. Not in a good way. Red bridge pours out a straw color and has a sweet caramel nose. This is a nice sweet malty beer. The flavors are those of a good craft made lager. Wow, the Red Bridge is the best by a fair amount, I would drink this any time. The Bard's is also pretty good and has the most hop. Pretty refreshing as well. The New Grist frankly sucks. It's an undrinkable mess. So Red Bridge and Bard's are both good bets.