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  1. Susan Clemens
    Susan Clemens at |

    Excellent article! We’ve been compiling a list of alcoholic beverages that contain allergens on our website forum. http://www.allergicliving.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1833&start=15

  2. Kristi
    Kristi at |

    I work in this industry and deal with suppliers all the time. Everyone who drinks spirits and has food allergies is taking a huge risk. Many times the label does not reflect what it has been infused with!! Please be careful. These artisanal products are becoming increasingly popular in the U.S.

  3. Gratefulfoodie
    Gratefulfoodie at |

    I’m not a Gin drinker but this type of information is very important to share with nut allergic young people who might be trying out cocktails.

    This is rather scary to be honest. Thanks Elizabeth for this discovery and for helping us out with solid information.

  4. Henry Ehrlich
    Henry Ehrlich at |

    Great thanks to Elizabeth for having such a watchful eye. As a martini drinker, I did a bit of poking around to find out about other gins. I checked Beefeater’s recipe (my own preferred brand), which only has 9 botanicals, one of which is also almonds, and they do steep them in the liquid for 24 hours before distillation. When you consider what distillation consists of–boiling, evaporating, and cooling, I don’t think much residual protein can make it through. According to Beefeater, “This long process allows for a full extraction of flavour from the botanicals, capturing a wide range of volatile oils.”

    For anyone who worries about almond, Tanqueray only has four botanicals: juniper, coriander, angelica root and liquorice.

  5. Sabra
    Sabra at |

    That is interesting. I have a tree nut allergy but have been drinking Bombay Saphire for a few years without thinking about it. I will have to compare how I feel when drinking Bombay to another gin and see if there is any minor reaction going on. I was wondering though as it is flavoured by passing the distillation vapours through the botanicals are there measurable amounts of any of the botanicals present? On another note, Amaretto is a almond flavoured liqueur but Di Saronno brand uses peach pits as the ‘almond’ flavour so is nut free.

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