veganism: Do you consider alcohol ok in a vegan diet? Or is veganism also concerned with maintaining a sober lifestyle?|||Much alcohol ( probably >80% ) is not suitable for Vegans. It would be really interesting to see where those that said "its ok" got thier info from, i'd like to correct the source of those errors. There are some that are filtered and use vegetable finings. These tend to be clearly marked. Veganism is not to do with being sober - certainly not the ones i know !|||Alcohol is fine in a vegan diet.|||That is a personal choice, but alcohol is vegan most of the time so it fits in a vegan diet.|||Healthy eating is not the same thing as being an ascetic. Red wine is very healthy. People who drink more moderately鈥攁 glass of wine at dinner, for example鈥攈ave a lower incidence of heart disease and tend to live longer than those who are teetotalers, completely abstain from alcohol.|||A lot of straight edge people are vegan. Most vegan people are not straight edge. As long as you don't get plastered regularly, you aren't hurting the spread of veganism. There is a connection between moderate or occasional alcohol consumption and reduced risk of suffering from dementia later in life.|||Some breweries,wineries and distillers use animal products-mainly for filtering and clarifying. There are websites where you can find out what brands are vegan, though.|||yes alcolol is on a vegatarian diet, wine , grapes, vodka and pine nuts is gin. and you can make your own using fruts (pinapple,marricino cherries, watermellon, cranberys poke holes and has to stand for 3 months the others can just take a week!) PLUSS YOU HAVE TO ADD SUGAR!!!, kasza|||Veganism has nothing to do with drinking or not drinking. My boyfriend is a Vegan and still drinks.|||Alcohol is fine on a vegan diet, but I don't think its okay to over do it vegan or not.|||Alcohol comes from fruit, rice, potatoes, corn.... plants. Never heard of Bovine Alcohol...|||I think there are some vegan wines and beers -- I've seen them at some vegan websites. I'm hardly an expert, though, since I do not personally drink (for reasons that aren't related to veganism).|||there are no animal products in beer or other alcoholic beverages that i know of. and peta proved that beer has more nutrients than milk,and causes less health problems-hence their 'got beer?' campaign.|||A lot of types of alcohol are filtered using animal products (fish bladders, if I remember correctly). If a vegan person is uninformed, they might drink these un-vegan types of alcohol. However, if a vegan person can find a kind of alcohol that is animal-friendly, they should feel free to drink it. Being vegan and abstaining from alcohol do not necessarily go hand in hand.