Even though my boyfriend and I are still too young to drink, we sometimes seem to get into conversations about alcohol. We aren’t really a part of the party culture that takes place in college, so we don’t come in contact with alcohol that often (except for the trace amounts in kombucha). Apart from the technical illegality of underage drinking, my boyfriend also has another viable reason for avoiding it: gluten intolerance. If you think about it, almost all the alcohol on the market is derived from grain. Beer is the most obvious example, as well as the various kinds of whiskey on the market. However, we found that most alcohol is derived from grain. Vodka, for example, although it has a sort of reputation for being made from potatoes or beets is actually made from grain. In fact, the varieties made from potatoes and other vegetables are sometimes considered low-quality. Gin is also just a form of alcohol flavored with herbs and the like still can have a grain base.
There are some drinks we could try, like rum or tequila, but it could still get a little dicey. I don’t really know how willing the alcohol companies would be to post their generations-old recipes for people like me to pick through. Although it will be kind of a stumbling block in the future, I’m not going to worry too much about researching it now. I have a couple of years until it really becomes an issue.
What’s an issue right now is my perfume. Perfume is made by mixing essential oils with alcohol. My boyfriend is concerned that if he were to kiss any part of me I might have spritzed, he would get some gluten contamination. Personally, I think that since I usually see my boyfriend hours after I’ve put on perfume, by then the alcohol would have evaporated. But then again, the gluten molecules could still be left behind on my skin…
If you have any insight on this, please let me know!
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