Wild Berry Wine

[Finspiracy]

Yes, it is complicated, but the simplicity of yeast and fermentation, it's very basic.



I have had my day of binge drinking and partying, that's long ago now. Now I've come to appreciate an expensive craft brew of higher quality and alcohol content, twice the price of the mass produced domestic swill they call beer here in the states. I can't really afford that for daily consumption, but two will do the trick, more than that and it's a party.



If the only beer you drank was from 5 gallon batches of home brew that takes a month to produce, and you had to make that last until the next batch is done, then drinking might not be so big of a problem, then again, I wouldn't want to encourage alcoholism either.

What is "a party"? I remember something like that, very faintly, from the distant nineties. Then the millennium changed, and i forgot how to party, forgot how to smile. My alcoholism is all about numbing the pain within and suppressing consciousness. And i can't recommend that to anyone. It is ugly.

But yeah, making alcohol can also be simple. It can literally be only water, sugar and yeast. Then it turns into this asphalt gray liquid that tastes like horror. The big boys used to sell it to us with like, i think it was 15 marks per liter. That is about 2.5 euros and roughly the same in dollars. Magic potion of the Lapland man (recipe above) is also ultra simple. But i got into some trouble with that too... the amount i made, and the strength of it. Had to donate a lot away just to save my own skin.

But i love the do-it-yourself mentality. And i kinda like saving some money too. That is what drives me to maybe consider making my own alcohol here at home.