Hello – Sake isn’t legal but it’s up to you to find out what you can tolerate on occasion and it sounds like you’ve done that:)

Hi John – thanks so much for sharing your experiences with alcohol! This just goes to show we’re all one-of-a-kind and just because it works for me, doesn’t mean it will work for you!

First and foremost, I have found Tequila to be the cleanest alcohol around, especially 100% agave blancos which are not allowed to have any additives.

Whiskeys generally make me sick, lethargic and give me a headache. The distillation process is not as foolproof as people think and gluten compounds do make it through to the final product. The same goes for any vodka distilled from grain.

Even corn based vodkas and other clear liquors give me brutal hangovers, while aged tequilas and even brandy gives me little issue. I’m not sure if that relates to gut issues but it might be worth noting.

All in all the only thing I would recommend drinking based on my experience would be tequila. Aged rums and brandy would come second but they almost definitely have added sugar.

All the harmful components of the wheat will have been converted to alcohol, or discarded, making “most all” vodka legal unless they did not follow regulations.

Vodkas that contain wheat are illegal, like grey goose.

As far as we know all vodkas are legal.

You can start whenever you think it won’t hurt your healing progress. So if your still having acute digestive symptoms it’s probably a bad idea.

@ Jem It is illegal, it usually contains milk proteins and colorings that aren’t a good idea to be drinking.