Booze that is non-vegan...

[Missy Wombat]

Phil, PCB and I are trying to kick out the obviously non-veg*n recipes out of the vegan and vegetarian categories, and to include those recipes which haven't been categorised as being vegetarian or vegan when they obviously are.

Some ingredients are a right royal pain in the backside.

I'm willing to have a go at sorting out some of the alcoholic ingredients but I need to pick your brains as to what is normally vegan, vegetarian or not in the usual commercial form.

If I go down to the local and buy a generic beer, I have a fairly good chance of picking up a veg*n beer although all beers are not veg*n. If I ask for a Guiness, its not vegan.
Chambord is based on honey so its not vegan.
Most vodka is vegan.
But what about Kahlua?

Tell us about the ones you know...

[bearhouse5]

According to http://www.vnv.org.au/AlcoholByName.htm kahlua is vegan (but of course that may vary by brand and country). Many of the Aussie beer favourites (VB, Carlton, Fosters, Cascade) are neither vegan or vegetarian.
Not being a drinker, I was interested to read this. The only alcohol I do buy is wine for cooking and I buy that from an organic store that actually has labels telling you whether it's vegan or not.

[Missy Wombat]

My understanding of the wine situation is that it is pretty much a 50:50 thing but that reds are often okay but whites can be a bit dodgy.

[Missy Wombat]

bearhouse5 wrote:
Many of the Aussie beer favourites (VB, Carlton, Fosters, Cascade) are neither vegan or vegetarian.

Just as well I am a Coopers snob!

[bearhouse5]

Out of interest I thought I'd check all the red wine I have in the cupboard. (We don't drink red wine, but it seemed to be the thing for my husbands clients to give him for Chrissie. We ened up with about a dozen bottles and have be giving it away ever since.)

I have 6 bottles (all different brands) :
- 1 uses egg
- 2 use milk & egg
- 1 uses fish, milk & egg
- 1 fish only
- and 1 bottle doesn't mention anything (a clients own brand)

[longtime veggie]

Where did you find the info on the wine. I drink white zin occassionally. I am a lacto-veg and do not want anything with egg or fish.....yuk!!

thanks in advance

[Missy Wombat]

The http://www.vnv.org.au/AlcoholByName.htm link lists the Aussie wines.

http://www.veganstandards.com/drinks.html#Wine gives some US ones...and there are some white Zinfandels on the list

[bearhouse5]

Most of the wine I have actually lists the fish, egg, milk (and sulfites) on the bottle. It is law in Australia for wine that has had allergens (fish, egg, milk, sulfites or gluten) used in the production to to be labelled as so. The ones that don't seem list to allergens are the bottles that have been purchased unlabelled and then labelled with a company label, and one that is a client's own. Wine produced before the law came into effect in Dec 2002 does not have to carry a warning.

[Missy Wombat]

Useful sites when trying to work out whether your favourite booze is vegan...

http://vegans.frommars.org/wine/
http://www.veganproducts.org/drinks.html
http://realfood.redblackandgreen.net/isitvegan/intro.html
http://www.animalfreeshopper.com/html/searchindex.php?osCsid=2h5lrjp37ru0psr4djs9g51p25 but you'll have to register first...

[longtime veggie]

Thanks for the info.......will check out those sites!!!!