# Ingedients in American beers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingedients-in-american-beers/648855>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 31, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingedients-in-american-beers/648855 "2013-01-31T00:01:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![arielorchid3\_gmail.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@arielorchid3\_gmail.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arielorchid3_gmail.com)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingedients-in-american-beers/648855/1 "2013-01-31T00:01:18Z")

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I’m trying to find out what is the ingredient that makes me sick in the American beers. I can drink imported beers, but what ever it is has caused me to have a medical condition. If I could find out then maybe I can eliminate this in my diet completely. I"m thinking its a preservative or… something

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**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingedients-in-american-beers/648855/2 "2013-01-31T00:08:39Z")

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Reported

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingedients-in-american-beers/648855/3 "2013-01-31T00:35:01Z")

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> [@bldysabba](#):
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> Reported

Why? She seems like a perfectly respectable, though horsey ;), person and the question seems innocent enough.

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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingedients-in-american-beers/648855/4 "2013-01-31T00:40:42Z")

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It’s a [duplicate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=680755) OP.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingedients-in-american-beers/648855/5 "2013-01-31T00:44:46Z")

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Oh, that’s different. Carry on!

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingedients-in-american-beers/648855/6 "2013-01-31T02:09:32Z")

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Closed as a duplicate thread.