Some1 has already mentioned Welches wine, but you want even cheaper? You don't have to go with Welches, go with generic. $1.19 instead of 1.99/can. Add onto a yeast cake, add 4lbs sugar. $15 for a 12% wine, 5 gallons. A BIG bang for the buck
What is the cheapest possible wine or beer you could make that is also drinkable?
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You could just go to someone else's house and drink their stuff. That's pretty cheap.
Mt.Dew wine, or any soda will do. get a couple 3 liters of cheap soda and some dry yeast, and you will get about a 7% wine, add sugar for more abv. you can even ferment it in the soda bottles so you don't have to use up a fermenter.
Some sort of rice wine would do you pretty well. Just make sure you cook it nicely; it's not hard to steam rice.
So, Rice + Rice yeast balls + something to cook it in (probably already in your kitchen) + something to ferment it in gives you tasty and approx 20% ABV brew for very little money.
Or as others have said, appfelwine.
So, Rice + Rice yeast balls + something to cook it in (probably already in your kitchen) + something to ferment it in gives you tasty and approx 20% ABV brew for very little money.
Or as others have said, appfelwine.
Eew eew I was afraid this was possible... I think I'll start with some orange crush.
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Depends where you live.
In my area, in the interior of British Columbia, you can gather a LOT of fruit, simply for the asking, esp apples in the later part of summer.
Apricots are another tree that it seems everyone has, around here. Cherries too.
Hard to get cheaper than free. Net cost for equipment, one Homer bucket with a lid. Ask around the restaurants or donut shops, and you can get those for free or really cheap too. Stay away from the pickles or Mayo ones, go for the icing, jam, or other non-smelly, non-greasy stuff. Easier to clean, less residual odor/flavor.
Realistically, anything you can find that has sugar or starch, can be made into drink, and likely has been, at some point in history.
TeeJo
In my area, in the interior of British Columbia, you can gather a LOT of fruit, simply for the asking, esp apples in the later part of summer.
Apricots are another tree that it seems everyone has, around here. Cherries too.
Hard to get cheaper than free. Net cost for equipment, one Homer bucket with a lid. Ask around the restaurants or donut shops, and you can get those for free or really cheap too. Stay away from the pickles or Mayo ones, go for the icing, jam, or other non-smelly, non-greasy stuff. Easier to clean, less residual odor/flavor.
Realistically, anything you can find that has sugar or starch, can be made into drink, and likely has been, at some point in history.
TeeJo
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Look into suppressing your immune system so you can develop auto-brewery syndrome in your gut.
Then a $.99 loaf of wonder bread will keep you completely ****faced for days.
Then a $.99 loaf of wonder bread will keep you completely ****faced for days.
Moonshiners do this ALL THE TIME! Its the start of Neutral spirit. It tastes like ASS before its condensed.
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You can always just show your chest for shots. If you're a portly Polish/Italian like myself, offering to STOP showing your chest often works better
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