Not true. Take another look at D&C 89.
Note: It is likely that the "mild drinks" in verse 17 referred to beer - FWIW.
Not the way beer is made today, with such an unnaturally high amount of alcohol in it, that's why the Doctrine and Covenants warns against the "evils and designs" of our time.
Beer and wine manufacturers boost alcohol levels to higher than normal amounts.
The Lord okays wine of our own make, since wine made normally, would only have a small amount of natural alcohol levels as would drinks made with grain. These are "mild" drinks, not like the strong beer and wine found in any liquor store. These are harmful and dangerous not only to us and our bodies but to others, if we become intoxicated.
NDE's have spoken of seeing evil spirits enter into human bodies at the time a person becomes intoxicated.
Literally the body becomes possessed by a devil at the time one becomes intoxicated.
Beer and wine made today are a definite fulfillment of the "evils and designs" prophecy spoken of by the Lord in section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants, as are many other evil food designs we see in these last days, white bread, margarine, pop, etc. are all unnatural and unhealthy man made "evil" food "designs" that harm the body.
