Several cases of bourbon, a variety. Also token bottles of gin, tequila, scotch and Irish whiaskey.

 

I have a reasonable stash of gallon jugs of everclear. I dilute it and make it into rum, whiskey, tequila, Irish cream, Creme d' mint, limoncello, chocolate mint, Coconut rum, etc.

They sell 'essence' flavors to make everclear into nearly every commercially marketed booze.

 

Thats bloody genius i havent seen that. Love limoncello and irish cream and coconut rum in coffee in the coffee.

 

I've been dry for nineteen years. This is what's in my desk drawer.

 

I can’t seem to keep any of it long term, I can ration food better than weed

 

Mostly vodka because if its versatility. Have some bourbon as well. I need to look into the "essences" previously mentioned. I have equipment to make my own beer/cider/wine given the right ingredients.

 

I have a good friend who is a Moonshiner. No, I mean a REAL Moonshiner. I repair his Guns and reload his ammo. He reloads my Mason Jars. He does flavors too. So a few slices of apple and a Cinamon Stick or a dash of Snowball Flavoring makes it mighty tasty. I'm working on emptying a Coconut and an Apple Pie right now.

 

I used to make beer, wine, cider, and mead. And eventually, I graduated to making everclear.

 

Have not graduated to distilling yet, but working on it.

 

I try to stock up on bourbon, but I just can’t get it to last more than a few weeks. Lol. I did find a little “hole-in-the-wall” liquor store near the hunting camp in NH that has a great stock of Buffalo Trace for dirt cheap. Think I’m gonna buy them out this fall and commit myself to not touching it!
Good Lord do I love bourbon. As I type this I’m having a nice cigar with a bottle of 10.5% Alagash Curieux, Belgian-style beer aged in bourbon barrels.

 

I have some everclear for other stuff than drinking. Been alcohol and drug (even multivitamins) free for about 7 years now. No soda or carbonated beverages either.

 

We enjoy wine and beer, and make both, since we can use berries from our property for the wine, and the leftover mash from the beer is wonderful for the compost.

 

I have a decent amount, but it is only for my bar. It's an attempt at finding one or two of the majority of liquors out there and enjoying them a little bit at a time.

 

This stuff is medicinal.

 

Sweeper,

My favorite medicinal Canadian invention is that apple juice that ferminted and distilled. So healthy ! This product is why I like Thunder Bay, Ont, Canada where I first received treatment.

 

A good smoky whisky from the Islay region. My pref is Lagavulin 16 but I wouldn’t kick Laphroaig out of bed. Ardbeg can squeeze in too if it’s a cold night.
I always keep some Johnnie Walker Blue label on hand for the unwashed, I keep the smoke for myself. [emoji8]

 

Not enough 😞

 

Just a bunch of top shelf Moonshine in mine. Most of the store bought stuff is 💩 in my opinion. I havent been to the ABC in probably 15 years.

 

This went in a different direction from what I expected. Ha~!
I have two caution stories involving teenagers.
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In the first situation my stepdaughter had a friend visit from the town where we used to live.
While the stepdaughter had never shown any interest in it,
my wife overheard the teen visitor say "I want tonic in mine". . .
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In the second situation my daughter sought to embarrass a boy at school.
She took a bottle of wine to school, and had someone else give it to the boy in question . . .
.
So: Nowadays I have all of that kind of stuff in a locked closet.

 

Friend of mine's father makes some really good shine so I have lots of that in peach apple and plain Then every year I'm gifted probably 3 or 4 bottles of burban or whiskey $ years ago my doc told me that I'm borderline diabetic so I really don't drink any of my stash anymore so It just sits around in a closet I will drink a nice ipa from time to time can't resist a good cold beer.

 

Ample: Disarrono, SoCo, Avion Tequila, Bombay Sapphire, Jamesons, Baileys, Fireball, Gentleman Jack, Chambord, Grand Marnier, couple-three bottles of 'parts-cleaner' (Everclear) a few select Wines... and 'Navan', an ultra-rare Vanilla Cognac that's to Die for...

..And, When ya can even Find a small cache.. it's veritable Gold: Navan Vanilla Cognac Grand Marnier French Liqueur

PS - Forgot the 'Lochan Ora', too.. Son makes a killer Mead, and has promise with his fruit-wines and small-batch ale, so.. Think we'll be set there, as well..

.02
jd

 

B

unker,

Had missed your first posts so this warm welcome to the Forum.

Don't touch the stuff any more. My liquor cabinet is now boxes next to wall. I do maintain a kit for evacuations.

I'm into the cognacs as first choice.

In my earlier days, could also routinely consume hot beer, w/ or w/o rusty can tops.

(Also could open Brazil nuts w/ only 2 tools.)

 

Beer drinker here, but it has a short shelf life so we don't often have more than a couple cases in the house. Wine gives me a headache if I drink more than a few glasses. Rarely we'll do margaritas or rum punch/jungle juice batches when family or friends come for a weekend visit. When Covid first started we experimented with a few different hard liquors and mixed drinks using the supplies we already had to avoid having to make an additional stop at a different store just to get beer, that depleted our supplies and I haven't restocked the bar.

And about a dozen very dusty 1.75 L bottles of cheap stuff I got on sale about 15 years ago.

 

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I got distracted.
I'm trying to figure out what I'm a citizen of
and how that came about . . .

 

I have a copy of "Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers" by Stephen Buhner

Made a couple of them, not bad. There is a chapter on psychotropic ingredients (henbane, jimson weed) I won't try.

 

Everything. I have a tiny little YouTube channel where I do book reviews. And I mix a cocktail while doing the reviews. About 6 months ago it dawned on me that I am well stocked on trade goods now. Although beer runs low since that's what my husband and I usually drink.

 

Lots of cases of beer put away since there is nothing like a cold one (or cool one w/o electricity),
We also have lots of hard spirits put away.
OP was right, IMO, although in the event of a SHTF event, you don't want to be buzzed and unaware, but when feeling safe at the end of a long stressful day, a little nip or two will probably keep you sober in crazy times.....at least that's my theory....

 

Rum drinking pirate here. Ive got a still and figure i could usenit to distill baywater for fresh h20 as a shtf backup. Big thing we have is wine. I think ive got about 20 bottles and looking to double that. A glass of wine with fish is great. Also using it as a base for things as simple as white rice with some herbs like cilantro, garlic,basil, bayleaf, or rosemary can really make a crap meal darn good.

 

I have around 75 bottles or wine and tawny port. They’ll keep indefinitely if kept in the cool basement.

I like rum too, but have discovered arack, the funkier grandpappy of rum. Now, I usually substitute Batavia Arack for rum.

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Arrack is often confused with the similarly pronounced and spelt \'Arak\', which is a Middle Eastern anise flavoured distillate, similar to pastis or ouzo. \'Arrack\', spelt with two \'r\'s and a \'c\', is harder

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