Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Vegan Alcohol


This next article is by a great friend of mine and a fellow vegan who loves to party hard & cruelty free!

When eating out not only is it sometimes difficult to find a good vegan option on the menu but it is also hard to find vegan alcoholic beverages.
I know some vegans might for look at what is in the drinks they are consuming, but the principle of drinking vegan alcohol and avoiding non-vegan alcohol is to withhold financial support from companies, which use animal products to make their own product. Animal products demand the killing and/or exploitation of animals, which is both unnecessary and undesirable.
When making these products they use dairy, honey and other things and when filtering the drinks prior to bottling, these companies may use isinglass (from the fish bladder), gelatin, egg whites, among other products.

I have comprised a list of vegan friendly beer, cider, wines and some sprits.

Beer;
2 Brothers Beer
Asahi
Becks
Cooper ( all coopers beer range)
Crown Lager
Carlton Cold
Carlton Draught
Carlton Dry
Carlton Dry Fusion Black/Lemon/Lime
Cascade Bitter
Cascade Blonde
Cascade Draught
Cascade Pale Ale
Cascade Premium Lager
Cascade Pure
Coopers
Corona
Fat Yak
Fosters Lager
Guinness Original and Draught
Hahn
James Boag’s
James Squire
Light Ice
Little Creatures ( all beers)
Melbourne Bitter
Pure Blonde
White Rabbit Dark Ale ( white ale is not vegan)
Tooheys ( all varieties)
XXXX
XXXX Summer





Cider;
2 Brothers Gypsy Pear
Brothers
Bulmers ( berry and pear only)
Cheeky Rascal (all flavors)
Cold Stream apple
Golden Axe
Hills apple/pear
Kelly Brothers
Lucky Duck
Magners Pear
Monteiths Crushed apple/pear/summer berries
Old mount apple, cranberry, passion fruit, pear
Orchard Pig
Rekorderlig (all flavours)
Stowford Press
Three Oaks Cider
Westons Premium Organic (all flavours)

A lot of apple ciders are not vegan due to they add milk to the apple juice.


Spirts;
Absolut Vodka
Amaretto
Black Douglas Cola/Dry
Bundaberg Rum
Jack Daniels Cole/Lemonade
Johnnie Walker
Chartreuse
Chivas Regal Scotch
Cointreau
Cougar Bourbon
Due Chardonnay Vodka
Due Merlot Vodka
Glenlivet Scotch Whisky
Glen Keith Scotch Whisky
Grenadine Cordial
Grant Burge 10 Year Old Tawny & 20 Year Old Tawny
Jagermeister
Jim Beam
Sky Blue ( all flavors)
Southern Comfort
Smirnoff




Wine;
Coldstream Hills Reserve Chardonnay 2002
Coldstream Hills Reserve Pinot Noir 2002
Consonance Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon
Consonance Sparkling Shiraz
Cotton's Pinch Merlot
Early Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2003, 2004
Early Ridge Pinot Nior 2004, 2005
Early Ridge Sauvignon Blanc 2005, 2006
Early Ridge Shiraz 2004
La Cantina Barbera
La Cantina Cabernet Sauvignon
La Cantina Cabernet Shiraz Merlot
La Cantina Chardonnay
La Cantina Dolcetto
La Cantina Merlot
La Cantina Riesling
La Cantina Shiraz
Yellow Tail Cabernet Merlot
Yellow Tail Cabernet Souvignon
Yellow Tail  Cabernet Souvignon
Yellow Tail  Pinot Noir
Yellow Tail  Shiraz



If your favorite drink is not listed, look up there website and contact them.
For all smart phone users there is a good app called Barnivore VEGAHOLIC, which allows you to have a handy list in your hand on the go. The app is free http://www.barnivore.com/mobile

A more detailed list of vegan alcoholic drinks can be found here http://www.vnv.org.au/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=195&Itemid=133

Written by xjennx

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