Website Sorts Kosher Drinks

By COLlive reporter

A beta website is classifying all sorts of whisky, liquor and wine according to their kosher certification.

KWL (Kosher Whisky & Liquor) found at kosherliquorlist.com also reports about alcohols which are authorized but not certified by important rabbinates.

The site does not offer information on how it rates the drinks (its “About Us” page is empty).

An email COLlive has received about the site was signed by Rabbi Shmouel Semelman of the “Jerusalem Religious Council” (the Beis Din in Yerushalayim).

Here are the latest drinks that were reported:

Jameson Gold Reserve, an Irish Whiskey aged in a sherry cask from the beginning of the fabrication, was “Kosher according important poskim” but its “kosher value” dropped to 2 stars from 5.

Smirnoff Orange Twist used to be authorised by Beis Din London, but “not authorised anymore,” the website said.

Irish Mist, labelled the Original Irish Whiskey Liqueur, was once categorized as dairy kosher and is now classified not kosher.

Ouzo 7, the anise-flavored alcoholic beverage widely consumed in Greece and Cyprus, received approval from Rabbinate of Greece, the website said without specifying how reliable the certification was.

The white-bottled Malibu Coconut Rum, was only authorised by the London Beis Din when bottled in Scotland. Check for the barcode 5010284100018, the website said.