| Yeast, for the majority of people, is a safe | | | | rigorous filtration procedures, almost all yeast |
| bacterium that is the major ingredient in an | | | | residues are removed from the finished product. |
| enormous amount of foods consumed everyday | | | | This is to assure that the wine is clear, colorful, |
| in America. Yeast leavens bread, curdles cottage | | | | flavorful, fragrant, and that no more reactions |
| cheese, and ferments wines, beers, and every | | | | continue inside the bottle. If there were still yeast |
| other alcoholic drink. But for some people, | | | | bacteria present in a finished product, the yeast |
| medically prescribed diets limit all yeast | | | | would continue to react and cause the wine to be |
| consumption. This can be devastating to those | | | | far too alcoholic and ruin the taste. |
| who enjoy a bottle of beer or a glass of wine, as | | | | For beers, vodkas, bourbons, rums, and other |
| there does not appear to be yeast free alcohol. | | | | alcoholic beverages, however, one must be extra |
| So is there such a thing as yeast free alcohol? | | | | careful, especially if the alcohol is imported. Some |
| All alcoholic beverages are fermented during the | | | | breweries are not as particular about the yeast |
| brewing process. This fermentation is what | | | | content as are wineries. In Russia and the Czech |
| causes alcohol to be present in beers, wines, | | | | Republic, for example, vodkas and beers are |
| whiskeys, etc. In order for this fermentation to | | | | unpasteurized and contain a significant amount of |
| take place, yeast reacts with oxygen and alcohol | | | | active yeast bacteria. The beverages acquire a |
| is the product. This means that in order to have | | | | much different taste as they continue to age |
| an alcoholic beverage, yeast must be present. | | | | inside the bottle. |
| However, just because yeast is used in the | | | | However, by law, all domestic beers must be |
| brewing of alcohol does not necessarily mean that | | | | pasteurized and filtered. This means that all |
| yeast free alcohol does not exist. Wineries, for | | | | domestic-brewed drinks, like Budweiser or Captain |
| example, ferment their beverages with yeast. But | | | | Morgan, are both examples of yeast free alcohol. |
| through several distillation processes, including | | | | |