what about gluten free beers?

Red wine. G&T (perhaps not strictly paleo but it doesn't make me as bloated as beer!)

Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey... what else is there? Some day I would like to travel to the world of bourbon and cognac, but i'm not there yet.

When I do drink, I at least try to make it as organic as possible. For beers, I like the Samuel Smith brews from England - all organic (vegan certified, too). There are several retailers here in Boston that sell their products. Also, I enjoy vodka with a splash of organic cranberry and a twist of lime (aka the 'natural' cape codder). Every now and then I'll have a margarita made with organic tequila, key limes, grand marnier and organic agave.

Before going paleo my I was in so much pain I was self-medicating with with a few shots of rum just to get some sleep at night.

Since giving up crap I don't need it anymore, but one small drink a week is still a very pleasant indulgence. I prefer:

1. Wine. I'd better have someone to share it with, though, because otherwise I'm buying a bottle to enjoy half a glass.

2. Mead. This is tasty stuff. Honey and fire and nothing else. I never have trouble finding someone to share this with.

3. The martini. If you told me tomorrow that the combination of gin, vermouth and olives causes testicular cancer and face-melting I would reply with a smile and a farewell bow as I excuse myself from the human race. As far as I'm concerned, the holy grail was a martini glass.

   But it better be a really good martini.

Knob Creek Bourbon neat, a glass of Red Wine once every few weeks or so with steak

No beer since June of '09

On almost a daily basis, it was...

• Super hoppy west coast IPAs.
• Imperial stouts.
• Porters.

Maybe once or twice a week, it now is...

• Maker's Mark, Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle bourbon on the rocks.
• Quality vodka with lime and soda water.
• Wine - usually red, with a vinho verde thrown in in the summer.

This is making me thirsty...

A cheap dry white wine for drinking and a cheap red wine for cooking.

1. Vermouth. On the rocks, with a spritz of seltzer, a slice of lemon, and an olive (with pit). Oh, and a plate of Spanish anchovies.
2. Gin. (Used to drink with tonic, now with soda)
3. A good Catalán red wine.
4. A nice Carajillo (shot of espresso/shot of brandy or dark rum), after Sunday lunch. The original Red Bull & Vodka. Much more paleo, too.

Vermouth really is my downfall though, it goes down like water.

That is all. :)

In order of preference:

1. Wine, preferrably from France, or maybe Spain. (white or red, as long as it's good!)
2. Armagnac, bitches!
3. Dry Cider
4. Potato Vodka (it's got horrible horrible packaging, but "Blue Ice" from Idaho is pretty damn great and cheap, much better than Luksusowa)
5. Whiskey (Irish, Scotch, then Bourbon -bourbon is the danger zone, also Templeton Rye)
6. Dolin Vermouth
7. Occasional bloody mary (I've been making spicy mexican ones with tequila)
8. A Gimlet - made with fresh squeezed juice, don't get anywhere near me with Rose's Lime.
9. A good, well made margarita on a hot day
10. A Belgian style beer, like a La Chouffe or a Stone Soup from New Glarus, preferably with a second in bottle fermentation. Or a Guinness (i've never much liked beer)

I've been a bartender for a long time, so I have opinions (can you tell?).

I go for potato vodkas these days. Luksusowa is especially fine (and cheap!)

A good tequila and soda with lemon or lime (ugh fine...the "NorCal margarita. such a bro-ism...).

In vino veritas.

If I do have a beer, I prefer to try and stay as low-gluten as possible, and surprisingly, Budweiser and Bud Light are very low in gluten.

Scotch, scotch, scotch

Reisling, Pinot Grigot

Bloody Mary (usually with a very paleo brunch, I indulge a little)

Dry Pear Cider

Import and/or Craft Beers (trying to cut these back, haven't had a beer since returning from vacation almost a month ago)

It was.....

1. Sierra Nevada
2. Sweet Water 420
3. Magic Hat No.9
4. Butt Face (at the RAM in Scaumburg,IL)
5. Mount Gay Extra Old Rum

Paleo did nothing for me aslong as I drank alcohol.....even one or two drinks a week. So I decided to stop a few months ago. I feel much better now.

What about amaretto?

1. Vodka
2. Irish Whiskey
3. Bourbon
4. Tequilla
5. Dry Red Wine
6. Scotch
7. Cider(dry!)
8. good quality beer as a treat, rarely and light beer with spicy food like MD crabs or Buffalo wings. Be carefull when you order a NorCal Margerita in a bar! On more that one occasion they put Rose's Lime Syrup in it without telling me and that stuff is full of HFCS!

I noticed wine and ciders have sulphites/sulfites in them? Can someone explain these to me?

Basque sour cider, dry ciders from NY State, and ACE perry. I like sour and dry things...if anyone knows of any others I'm in the market to broaden the range of alcohol I like, since I sadly can't drink beer anymore. It was my "cheat" for awhile, but then I realized that my gluten problem was a serious pathology.

I don't drink very often, maybe once or twice a month. Since I start paleo my alcohol tolerance has gotten pretty sorry.

I can't drink beer anymore, it makes me feel terribly bloated and gives me heartburn. I was drinking a lot of dry red and lately rosé wine but I'm cutting it out for a month to see if that'll lean me out a little more. Yeah, it's dry, but hardly free of calories and my liver could use the time off. Oh Malbec, I miss you, esp. that Crios rosé of Malbec, so good on a hot night... but I'll be back!

I tried a hard cider at a bar and it tastes like fizzy sweet apple juice. Bleh.

Living in Oregon, it's hard to avoid the Galaxy of craft beers round here, so there's the occasional indulgence 1-2x/month. Mostly, red wine. Occasional white wine and an Underberg. I'm thinking about getting some Cognac to finish off sauces for meat (been getting into the French-style reductions sans wheat).

I'll second the hard cider. For those former beer drinkers who think it is too sweet, you just need to find a drier one - try looking for Magner's. My husband - who is NOT paleo - has started to prefer MY cider to HIS beer - now half the time when I feel like having one, we are out because of him.

And if I occasionally feel like the hard stuff I am going for a really fine gold or dark rum. Something good enough to sip straight with just some lime and/or maybe a good bitters. No Coca Cola (sigh) - there's my paleo sacrifice I guess. Even if rum DOES come from sugar cane - in for a penny, in for a pound.

1. Jameson's, neat
2. Jagermeister, neat
3. Red wine, dry varieties
4. Underberg, though I'm phasing those out.

Come winter, I may have to indulge in New Hampshire's local hard cider (very dry) on occasion.

As a treat for ourselves, the occasional Hard Cider (esp. if it is a local craft brewed one) can really make an evening special.

Would it stand to reason that mead would be the most Paleo of alcoholic drinks?

I'm not a huge fan, but given that it's fermented honey and yeast...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead

<< alcoholic beverages . . . can be viewed as an essential part of a contemporary diet. >>

Essential?

I'm not a teetotaler, and everyone's free to consume what they like, but it's hard to classify a substance that's toxic, even fatal, in sufficient volume as essential. There are also entire population groups that have a difficult time metabolizing alcohol in any quantity. "Common," maybe, "pleasurable," perhaps, but non-essential.

Jack Daniel's Black label!

I gave up beer completely and only drink wine every now and then. I don't really like wine. I can only drink the cheap, sweet stuff, lol.

Despite its grain-infested, non-paleo status, I still enjoy craft ale in the summer--especially good strong Belgian ale.

1. Single Malt Scotch
2. Cognac
3. Great wines
4. Craft Beers
5. Vodka Martinis

Not in order of preference.

quality beer! not PBR or Key light or antyhing like that. I know it's anti-paleo and frankly my dear I don't give a damn. I can handle a beer (or 2...or 3...hey, come on, I'm in college) every once in a while and do it guilt free. other than that, VODKA!

Shoutout to the Norcal Margarita:

1 shot gold tequila - its yummy juice of one lime - it blunts the insulin response of the tequila and also registers in the body as an alkali load soda water - the carbon bubbles gets the alcohol straight to the brain

I go for Jameson on the rocks. Once in a while a Red Bridge gluten-free beer.