Brewery Profile

Little Ox Brewery

Freeland, near Witney, Oxfordshire · Founded 2016

Tests to below 10ppm, exceeding the standard 20ppm threshold. Entire range is gluten free and vegan across all formats.

Gluten Reduced Brewed using traditional malting barley and wheat, with Brewers Clarex enzyme added at the start of fermentation to break down gluten protein.

The Story

Little Ox is an independent craft microbrewery near Oxford that decided to make its entire range, across can, cask, and draught, both gluten free and vegan. The coeliac community is a central motivation. Around one in a hundred people in the UK have coeliac disease and cannot drink standard beer safely. Customer reviews reflect the impact, with coeliac drinkers noting they had gone years without being able to order a stout before finding Little Ox.

GF approach: Brewed using traditional malting barley and wheat, with Brewers Clarex enzyme added at the start of fermentation to break down gluten protein. All beers tested to confirm below 10ppm, exceeding the 20ppm threshold.

Their Beers