St Austell Hicks (bottle/can/keg) is Vegan Friendly

Company email (April 2019)
" our CASK ales, in line with the vast majority of other cask ales produced in the UK, are clarified by the addition of isinglass finings to the beer in the cask. As isinglass finings are derived from fish collagen, cask ales are therefore NOT suitable for vegans or vegetarians.

...all of our BOTTLED, CANNED and KEGGED beers are clarified by filtration, therefore they do not contain any added isinglass finings. Bottled, canned and kegged beers produced at either of our breweries may therefore be consumed by vegetarians and vegans."

From their website (https://www.staustellbrewery.co.uk/mena-dhu, retrieved December 2016):
"All St Austell bottled, canned (Tribute 500ml and Korev 330ml) and kegged beers are clarified by filtration, therefore they do not contain any added isinglass finings. St Austell bottled, canned and kegged beers may therefore be consumed by vegetarians and vegans. No other animal derived ingredients or process aids are used in the production of St Austell Brewery beers."

Company email (March 2016):
[Identical to April 2015 below]

Company email (April 2015):
"St Austell cask ales, in line with the vast majority of other cask ales produced in the UK, are clarified by the addition of isinglass finings to the beer in the cask. As isinglass finings are derived from fish collagen, our cask ales (including Cornish Best) are not suitable for vegans or vegetarians.

All St Austell bottled, canned (Tribute 500ml and Korev 330ml) and kegged beers are clarified by filtration, therefore they do not contain any added isinglass finings. St Austell bottled, canned and kegged beers may therefore be consumed by vegetarians and vegans

No other animal derived ingredients or process aids are used in the production of St Austell Brewery beers.

All of our beers are produced and packaged at our own site in St Austell; none are manufactured or bottled anywhere else in the world."

Company email (November 2014):
"St Austell cask ales, in line with the vast majority of other cask ales produced in the UK, are clarified by the addition of isinglass finings to the beer in the cask. As isinglass finings are derived from fish collagen, cask ales are not suitable for vegans or vegetarians.
All St Austell bottled, canned (Tribute 500ml and Korev 330ml) and kegged beers are clarified by filtration, therefore they do not contain any added isinglass finings. St Austell bottled, canned and kegged beers may therefore be consumed by vegetarians and vegans.
No other animal derived ingredients or process aids are used in the production of St Austell Brewery beers."

Company email (November 2012):
"I can confirm that all our bottled & keg beers are vegan friendly as we only clarify using filtration however our cask beers do use isinglass for clarification in cask.
We produce all our beers on site."

Company email (November 2012):
"I am pleased to say that Proper Job on keg is suitable for Vegans, as the beer is filtered we do no use isinglass finings in this product."

Company email:
"St Austell cask ales, in line with the vast majority of other cask ales produced in the UK, are clarified by the addition of isinglass finings to the beer in the cask. As isinglass finings are derived from fish collagen, cask ales are not suitable for vegans or vegetarians.

St Austell bottled beers are clarified by filtration, and do not contain and added isinglass finings. St Austell bottled beers may therefore be consumed by vegetarians and vegans.

No other animal derived ingredients or process aids are used in the production of St Austell Brewery beers."

Company Reply:
"All of our casks conditioned beers, as is the case with the vast majority of cask conditioned beers, use isinglass finings to aim clarification. Our bottled beers do not use isinglass and are suitable for vegans and vegetarians.'