gburdett

I went to the Bushmills website (Open Original Shared Link), and looked at the FAQs. They say that "All Bushmills whiskeys are gluten free". This would include the single malt and blended whiskies. Personally, I like the Bushmills whiskies - the triple distilling gives them a very light, smooth flavor. While I prefer single malt Scotch, with more bite to...

I did some reading up on the issue of caramel color in whisky, and it seems a little more complicated than I thought. I have been able to come across some examples of whiskies that claim to be color-free. Most are expensive, exclusive productions, but it is quite possible that many good scotches are color-free. A post on this board quoted a company response...

Hmmmmm .... here's how it seems to me, although I have not specifically researched yeast. As yeast is a fungus, a single-cell animal, a cell of yeast would be way bigger than the gluten proteins, and so all yeast would be left behind in the distillation process (along with the gluten). I think that the reason that there is uncertainty about the yeast content...

I'm not a doctor, so this is not medical advice. I'm a celiac whisky enthusiast with a degree in Biochemistry. Here is my take on the whisky discussion. It is not as simple as saying that (all) whisky is gluten-free simply because it is a distilled product. But, there is hope ... Distillation works very well to eliminate gluten, because the molecular...