List of Kosher For Passover Tequilas 2024
The Greater Phoenix Va’ad HaKashruth has released its annual list of kosher for Passover tequilas (see p. 7), noting that these are silver/blanco-only tequilas, silver/blanco mezcals, and sotols, “even when KFP status is not indicated on the bottle”. This list is organized by manufacturer and comes to them courtesy of Supervisores en Calidad Kosher: Tequilas PATRON SPIRITS MÉXICO, […]
Almost All of Fee Brothers Products Under Kosher Supervision
For kosher-keeping cocktail consumers, there is wonderful news for a bunch of products that are now kosher-certified. These products are not new, just newly-certified. I first visited Fee Brothers eight years ago and, while there, having noticed that many (if not most/all) if the ingredients that went into their products already had kosher-certification, I decided […]
List of Kosher For Passover Tequilas 2023
The Greater Phoenix Va’ad HaKashruth has released its annual list of kosher for Passover tequilas, noting that these are silver/blanco-only tequilas, silver/blanco mezcals, and sotols, “even when KFP status is not indicated on the bottle”. This list is organized by manufacturer and comes to them courtesy of Supervisores en Calidad Kosher: Tequilas PATRON SPIRITS MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V. […]
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Considering Kosher Cocktail Ingredients at Lehrhaus, featuring Rabbi Charlie Schwartz [Clip from episode 122 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
In this clip from the 122nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Charlie Schwartz shares about considering kosher cocktail ingredients at Lehrhaus:
Chicago Rabbinical Council Updates Kosher Liquor List for 2023
One of the most frequented kosher liquor lists has just been updated in recent days. According to their website, the Chicago Rabbinical Council updated their kosher liquor list four days ago. Just as they updated their list in early January 2022, they have updated it for 2023. Categories include American whiskey, bar stock items, beer, Bourbon, […]
Full List of Kosher-Certified Products of Golden Moon Distillery
Having shared over a month and a half ago the news that Golden Moon Distillery has almost all of its products now under kosher certification, a full list of those products is now available. Golden Moon Distillery is an award-winning distillery that produces a variety of premium products including Golden Moon Colorado Single Malt Whiskies, Golden […]
New Kosher Beverage Resources
Four new resources have been launched to help kosher-concerned consumers consider kosher drinks. Specifically, these pages are on beer wine whiskey whiskey aged in containers that previously held gentile wine (e.g. Scotch in Sherry casks) While these resources are still quite new, I welcome any feedback, suggestions, questions, or more at Drew [at] JewishDrinking.com.
Chicago Rabbinical Council Updates Kosher Liquor List for 2022
[Editor’s Note: the 2023 list announcement is here]According to their website, the Chicago Rabbinical Council has updated their kosher liquor list today. Categories include American whiskey, bar stock items, beer, Bourbon, brandy, Canadian whisky, Cognac, gin, hard cider, hard seltzer, Irish whiskey, liqueur, mead, rum, rye whiskey, sake, Scotch, tequila, vermouth, vodka, and other alcoholic […]
Kosher Craft Beer in the Late 2010s
In the latter half of the 2010s, as craft beer grew greatly in the United States, various kashrut concerns came with that growth, as various adjunct ingredients were added to beers. With the rise in questions regarding kashrut of beers, Rabbi Avrahom Pressburger created KosherCraftBeer.com to help kosher-keeping consumers informed on which beers in the […]
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Storing Beer in Jugs that Had Been Gentile-Owned [AZ 33b]
A huge concern for the rabbis was the consumption of gentile wine, as it could be used in libations, which was a problematic issue for the rabbis. In a discussion of using jugs that gentiles had previously owned (beginning on the bottom of AZ 33a (starting with תנו רבנן: קנקנים של עובדי כוכבים)), while the […]