From: hatunen@cox.net   
      
   On 19 May 2013 11:11:35 -0700, R H Draney    
   wrote:   
      
   >Thomas Prufer filted:   
   >>   
   >>So someone tells me, "Vodka is not vegan. They use milk in making it!"   
   >>   
   >>Ah, the thrill of alarms bells going off in me head, just like old times when   
   >>there was a deadly spider in the yucca palm!   
   >>   
   >>I wasn't sure how a mix of ethanol and water could be not vegan, or how using   
   >>milk could benefit a vodka. A bit of googling turns up one vodka   
   ("Parliament")   
   >>that uses milk to settle impurities. I think the milk is used as beaten egg   
   >>whites are to clarify a broth.   
   >>   
   >>A recent read of one home-still/moonshine site also suggested that while a   
   lot   
   >>of the impurities bind well to activated charcoal, mechanically filtering out   
   >>the finest dust of that charcoal suspended in the vodka will improve the   
   taste   
   >>significantly with little effort.   
   >>   
   >>So, there is non-vegan vodka...   
   >   
   >I've been trying to figure out why some brands of horchata make a big fuss   
   about   
   >the wholesome milk used to make them, while others have a bold sticker on the   
   >label proclaiming the stuff "dairy-free"....r   
      
   If you don't know why, then you're not lactose-intolerant (I am).   
      
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