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Is your booze vegan? It might seem weird at first, but your favourite drink might have more than just alcohol in it.
Brewmasters, winemakers, and distillers may include animal ingredients in their products directly, or they might use them in the processing and filtration.
When
making the product, dairy, honey, and other things (including, in one case, a whole chicken dropped in the tank) are ingredients in the final recipe.
When
filtering the drinks prior to bottling, companies can use things like isinglass (from fish bladder,) gelatin, egg whites, and sea shells, among other things. These products grab onto the impurities and make it easier to catch them in the filters, though there are many animal-free alternatives in use.
These ingredients don't usually show up on the label, so the only way to find out is to ask.
The Barnivore Vegan Alcohol Directory is here to help.
Our 14477 entries have been checked and often double or triple checked by the Barnivore community and are gathered here for you to enjoy, and maybe
submit a check of your own.
* people always ask about the whole chicken reference. It's based on "cock ale," a 17th century recipe that breweries occasionally recreate in small batches - until someone reminds them that meat beer is pretty gross
Recent updates
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Vegan Friendly
Castel di Fiori Bianco Misto
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
- Vegan Friendly
Castel di Fiori Rosso Solo
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
- Vegan Friendly
Castel di Fiori Rosso Misto
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
- Vegan Friendly
Cava Magnesio
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
- Vegan Friendly
Cava Rosso Antimonio
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
- Vegan Friendly
Cava Zincato
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
- Vegan Friendly
Cava Rosso Rame
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
- Vegan Friendly
Cava D'Oro
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
- Vegan Friendly
Cava Ferro
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
- Vegan Friendly
Ceci Bella Red Sangria
by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
http://www.vegansociety.com/lifestyle/food/drinks/
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Wine
Why isn’t it vegan?
Wine can be clarified with various animal-derived substances including gelatine, isinglass, casein, chitosan and egg albumen.
In the EU, although milk and eggs are required to be listed as allergens on food labels, wine is currently exempt from this requirement.
Some wines are labelled ‘suitable for vegetarians’, however this does not mean that they are necessarily suitable for vegans as they could have been filtered with milk or egg-derived substances.
Where to find vegan wine
The following companies produce wines which are registered with the Vegan Society: Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard (England), Oliverhill Winery (Australia), Tishbi Estate Winery (Israel) and Georgas Family (Greece).
Some supermarkets, including Co-op, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Marks and Spencer, label their vegan own-brand wines as suitable for vegans.
Tesco online wine shop gives information on which of their wines are suitable for vegans, although the wines in their real-life stores are as yet unlabelled.
Majestic Wines label wines which are suitable for vegans on their website.
Some specialist wine companies such as Vintage Roots or Vinceremos have a good range of vegan wines.
Some independent off-licences will have a vegan wines section. Some vegan or vegetarian wholefoods shops will also sell vegan wines.
Unfortunately is it usually impossible to tell whether wine served in pubs or restaurants is suitable for vegans. Fetzer’s, a brand of wine sold in some supermarkets and in pub chains JD Wetherspoon and Lloyds No. 1, state that their white wines are suitable for vegans (but reds are unsuitable).
Other drinks:
Animal-derived substances are not known to be used in the production of
gin, vodka, Scotch whisky or
brandy.
Some brands of
cider are clarified with gelatine.
Fortified wines such as
sherry or
port may have been fined with animal-derived substances...
http://www.vegansociety.com/lifestyle/food/drinks/