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Old 07-04-2019, 02:11 AM   #4
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Default Re: Post apocalypse alcohol

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Originally Posted by Dalillama View Post
Mostly beer or wine, depending if fruits or grains grow better locally, with whisky/akavit or brandy for stronger beverages, depending on the common local potable. Anywhere sugarcane or sugar beets are grown will have rum. Anything more detailed than that, you're gonna need to specify where you're talking about and what kinda apocalypse it was.

You missed mead. Anywhere there are honeybees, you can make mead.

If you have mead, and winter temps to about -5°C, you can make heart of mead (aka Viking Whiskey) - leave the container outside until it turns to slush, then decant into another container, straining out the ice. (One can get a stronger mead up above the 110 proof point - notable because that's ignitable).

While Beers, Ciders, and Wines are regional, mead is nigh-universal.
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