What alcoholic drinks are safe for someone who is gluten intolerant?
Wine (except barley wine), cider, rum, brandy are gluten free. Most beer is not, because it is made from grain. Here are 3 sites that maintain a list of gluten free beers (nothing to do with me): Gluten Free Beer. Whisky, vodka and other spirits based on grain may or may not contain gluten. Manufacturers say that all the gluten is removed in processing. However, many celiacs report experiencing the same symptoms when drinking them that they get from other sources of gluten. In any case, some whiskies and bourbons have malt added after distillation, so these are definitely not gluten free. These should be safe: wine (including sparkling wines like Champagne and Asti Spumante), sherry and port, brandy, armagnac and cognac, cider and perry, quite a few liqueurs like Amaretto for example, but not Baileys, Drambuie or any other whisky-based liqueur.
