Gluten free vodka ? WTF

[sukumvit boy]

Just noticed these ads for "gluten free vodka " and other spirits .
http://www.glutenista.com/gluten-free-liquor-list.html
I also find it vaguely insulting . As anyone exposed to middle school level science would know , distillation leaves behind heavy molecules , gluten is a protein , proteins are orders of magnitude larger than non organic molecules like alcohol. Yet this gluten free mania trumps education.


This is so patently absurd it reminds me of a "South Park " episode . Like their recent "Whole Foods" and "Politically Correct " series.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...s-gluten-free/

[Fitzcarraldo]

You posted a link to a list of gluten-free liquors from a gluten-free blogger. She's just posting stuff that doesn't have gluten.

[Laphroaig]

Reminds me of last years Tesco advert...

[Westheangelino]

Gluten free Vodka isn't a new thing. A lot of Vodka has always been distilled from Potatoes. It is a new marketing angle though.

[runningdownthatdream]

Gluten free Vodka isn't a new thing. A lot of Vodka has always been distilled from Potatoes. It is a new marketing angle though.

And you're an expert on marketing, aren't you? Do your Truvada masters encourage you to post about non-Truvada related topics? Or perhaps they plan on releasing gluten-free Truvada soon? What about Gluten-free vodka infused with Truvada? That could be a real good one: get drunk and have worry-free bareback sex!

[kukm4]

Wonder if Steven have a Gluten Free month for all grooby sites in December.

[Westheangelino]

And you're an expert on marketing, aren't you? Do your Truvada masters encourage you to post about non-Truvada related topics? Or perhaps they plan on releasing gluten-free Truvada soon? What about Gluten-free vodka infused with Truvada? That could be a real good one: get drunk and have worry-free bareback sex!

That's an awesome idea! I mean, surely all those drunk people would remember to put on a condom! Eye roll.

[sukumvit boy]

Reminds me of last years Tesco advert...

Nice to see Ben Miller in that ad , loved him in the first season of " Death in Paradise".
My whole point is that regardless of weather the alcohol is distilled from potatoes , wheat , cane or rye there is no gluten that survives the distillation process. So the whole 'gluten free' thing is just a marketing hoax.
Furthermore , gluten intolerance only affects 0.5 to 13 % of the population , with greater prevalence in people with Asian than European ancestry . It is something that most of us needn't be concerned about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluten-related_disorders

[Laphroaig]

Gluten free Vodka isn't a new thing. A lot of Vodka has always been distilled from Potatoes. It is a new marketing angle though.

Actually, distillation of vodka began long before the potato even arrived in Europe and, in fact, very little vodka is made from potatoes.

http://www.alcademics.com/2014/09/wh...-potatoes.html

Nice to see Ben Miller in that ad , loved him in the first season of " Death in Paradise".
My whole point is that regardless of weather the alcohol is distilled from potatoes , wheat , cane or rye there is no gluten that survives the distillation process. So the whole 'gluten free' thing is just a marketing hoax.
Furthermore , gluten intolerance only affects 0.5 to 13 % of the population , with greater prevalence in people with Asian than European ancestry . It is something that most of us needn't be concerned about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluten-related_disorders

There's an interesting article about it here, though the short version is we won't know until some research is done.

https://www.verywell.com/is-vodka-gluten-free-562777

[trouty]

Fuck it, if it's wet I'll drink it!