How this database gets built

Every entry starts with a claim — a brewery page, a label photo, a press mention, a firsthand report. We chase the claim to the most authoritative source we can find, record that source's URL, date the check, and grade the result into one of three tiers. The source and date ship with every listing on this site; nothing is published without them.

We never invent a brewery, a beer, a ppm figure, or a retailer. Where a fact isn't published, the site says “Not published” — unknown is information, and guessing would be worse than useless in a category with health stakes. The only non-real entries anywhere on this site are the retailer directory's launch samples, and every one of them is labeled Sample listing and kept out of search indexes.

We are not a lab. Gluten data here is independently researched from published claims and testing reports — it is not lab-verified by Off Label. Reported ppm values come from the standard R5 Competitive ELISA test, which was designed for intact gluten and can under-read the fragments enzymes produce. And recipes change without notice. All of which is why every page says the same thing: if you have celiac disease or severe sensitivity, confirm directly with the brewery before consuming.

Featured Partner placements and affiliate links pay for the research time. They are always labeled, and they cannot buy a verification tier, a better gluten answer, or a place in the directory — those come only from evidence. If a paid placement ever conflicts with what the research says, the research wins and the placement goes.

If you're a brewery or retailer and something here is wrong — or you simply want out — email hello@offlabelbeer.com and it's corrected or removed within 48 hours, no argument. We would rather run a smaller list that breweries trust than a bigger one they resent.