Homebrewing is a great way to get the cheapest alcohol possible, in a fairly short amount of time. I homebrew beer, wine and also its possible to distill vodka in your home. Its called smartstill here is a picture of one - http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/usrimage/cat50.jpg You just brew the alcohol in a big bucket from carbon yeast, made by alcotech(http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/usrimage/31023_alcotec_23_turbo_yeast.jpg), then put what you brewed with that in the "water purifier" (smartstill). Out comes quallity vodka thats pretty potent (over 40%). Also flavourings can then be added to the vodka to make drinks that pretty closeley resemble the real thing, theres loads of them that you can buy online from shops, just try googling something like homebrewing or smartstill. Have fun making your alcohol, sorry if somebody has allready rambled about this!
if u get good at it dude u should think about entering compotitions for a chance of marketing your own recipe
It is legal in some countries to distill alcohol for personal use. Water distillers are legally availible in the U.S., you're just not supposed to use it for alcohol.
i know the average american is not allowed to distill alcohol at home, but dont know much more than that. that said its easy to do and not get caught if its just a small still in a closet....so long as it doesnt blow up as for homebrewing, since the repeal of prohibition its been legal for americans to make their own wine at home, and since the seventies its been legal for americans to brew their own beer. i am currently in the secondary fermentation stage for a freestyle ale i'm making based off a recipe for a kolsch, but it will not be a true kolsch for a few reasons. it will be too dark, too malty (and probably higher alcohol), less hoppy...but i did use a real kolsch yeast, and think it will be good. i'm looking at bottling friday, meaning it will be good to drink about a week after that most likely. the equipment costs a lot of money, and the ingredients are expensive, too. homebrewing should be about making the best beer you can, the educational aspect of it, the hobby aspect of it. when you enjoy a homebrew, you should be enjoying QUALITY, even if its not the best in the world. technically you can brew beer with second rate ingredients and do everything as cheap as possible to get beer cheaper than it costs in the store, but you'll be hard pressed to do it, and as a general rule it will come out terrible.
