# Alcohol that nobody has made? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [December 1, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023 "2024-12-01T17:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/41 "2024-12-02T09:46:01Z")
I wonder if anyone has attempted to make Strupo… > **[Strupo](https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Strupo)** > > Strupo is a "crushingly-addictive" caper-based liqueur made on the island of Isla Verde. It is a viscous green liquid. Known as "The Grey Troll", The "Brine of Madness" and "Angel's Urine", it is popular amongst Isla Verde's artist community. It... ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/42 "2024-12-02T09:56:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > One that I realized recently that I’d never heard of was booze made from maple sap. But I went looking, and sure enough, maple wine is a thing. Also “maple mead” is mentioned and even a minor plot element in Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/43 "2024-12-02T10:00:19Z")
Never mind ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/44 "2024-12-02T10:51:06Z")
How to make TP booze: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v-mWK_kcZMs/maxresdefault.jpg "Making toilet paper moonshine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-mWK_kcZMs) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/45 "2024-12-02T14:37:00Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Tell us more! Here ya go. The invention of [durian wine](https://www.wineberserkers.com/t/its-all-about-the-nose-durian-wine-anyone/80576). ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/46 "2024-12-02T14:57:21Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > The invention of [durian wine](https://www.wineberserkers.com/t/its-all-about-the-nose-durian-wine-anyone/80576). [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/040/653/goldblum-quote.jpg) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/040/653/goldblum-quote.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/47 "2024-12-02T15:29:37Z")
I was going to say diabetic urine but then I looked it up… Urine has been fermented for at least the creation of cleaning chemicals. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/48 "2024-12-02T15:46:51Z")
What about grasses? Could you make an alcoholic beverage from alfalfa? Kentucky bluegrass? Zoysia grass? Or marijuana? I don’t just mean infusing a wine with it. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/49 "2024-12-02T15:57:52Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > I mean, good luck buying fermented horse milk in the West, even though that is a completely well-known product. Allow me to introduce you to one of our local businesses. Not horse milk, exactly, but in the same spirit: [Vodkow.](https://www.lcbo.com/en/vodkow-11573?srsltid=AfmBOorJ185CuXaIGXDTqEcPmwDUxLltBnXw1WCNKT2cvVsDug2lQtUe) > Set in Almonte, Ontario, Dairy Distillery is crafting this local vodka with the use of unused milk sugar from local dairy farms. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/50 "2024-12-02T16:53:26Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > A friend once served us home-made artichoke wine. Possibly the most vile stuff I’ve ever put deliberately into my mouth. I think I know where they acquired it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Inq4kPFdosI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLs5WSDWzrau-X5zS3EN5iGn48KltYW1Zt&start=368 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/51 "2024-12-02T17:03:22Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > What about grasses? Could you make an alcoholic beverage from alfalfa? Kentucky bluegrass? Zoysia grass? Maize is a grass, and they make lots of alcohol from that. But that’s a special case. Otherwise, there’s virtually no sugar in grasses, so it wouldn’t make much alcohol directly. However, cellulose can be broken down to simple sugar to make alcohol. @kenobi_65 has already posted this link, but here it is again. > **[Cellulosic ethanol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol)** > > Cellulosic ethanol is ethanol (ethyl alcohol) produced from cellulose (the stringy fiber of a plant) rather than from the plant's seeds or fruit. It can be produced from grasses, wood, algae, or other plants. It is generally discussed for use as a biofuel. The carbon dioxide that plants absorb as they grow offsets some of the carbon dioxide emitted when ethanol made from them is burned, so cellulosic ethanol fuel has the potential to have a lower carbon footprint than fossil fuels. > Interest in c... BTW, alfalfa is not a grass, but the cellulosic alcohol applies to that as well. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/52 "2024-12-02T17:11:00Z")
Banana based wine is popular in parts of East Africa [What are the traditional beverages of Burundi? - FoodNerdy Recipes Management System](https://foodnerdy.com/blog/what-are-the-traditional-beverages-of-burundi/) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/53 "2024-12-02T17:12:04Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Maize is a grass, and they make lots of alcohol from that. But that’s a special case. Wheat, rye, barley, and many other things are grass. The human species as a whole largely subsists on eating grass (seeds). ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/54 "2024-12-02T17:16:58Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > What about grasses? Saki and bourbon and rye and beer and rum and … ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/55 "2024-12-02T17:30:15Z")
There are a whole bunch of maple based liquors available, produced in VT. [https://saxtonsdistillery.com/sapling-maple-bourbon/](https://saxtonsdistillery.com/sapling-maple-bourbon/) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/56 "2024-12-02T17:47:51Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > I wonder if anyone has attempted to make Strupo… If it’s gross, just wash it down with a nice Skittlebrau. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/57 "2024-12-02T17:50:36Z")
Recipe & review: > **[Skittlebrau](https://thejoyofcookingmilhouse.home.blog/2019/07/23/skittlebrau/)** > > “Bart Star,” season 9, episode 6 It’s summer and it’s hot and I need a beer. Actually, I need some of that beer that has candy floating in it. You know, Skittlebrau. But fir… > It’s not bad per say [sic], just don’t choke on a Skittle while chugging your beer. The Skittles impart color more than flavor, but you can eat the candy at the end and try to guess which flavor is which (they’ll all be white and anonymous by then). ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/58 "2024-12-02T19:36:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I wonder if you could put, say, a pig on a high-sugar diet and raise its blood sugar to a level where said blood would be fermentable. Oh, yeah! I’m ready to wax eloquently about ham wine. “On the front of the tongue one encounters acorn, and dare I say it, mud? Washing over the palate is a musty, umami swirl of late childhood angst mixed with bad potatoes. The finish is altogether more subtle then I expected and Honey Baked comes to mind.” ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023/59 "2024-12-02T19:49:41Z")
It is already made but I’ll throw in wine made from the cashew “apple” from which the cashew nut hangs. This scene of the distillation process shows that you don’t need much in the way of equipment. Looks like a piece of Amelia Earhart’s plane. > **[Cashew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew#/media/File:Distilling_caju_apple_liquor_in_Mogovolas.jpg)** > > Cashew is the common name of a tropical evergreen tree Anacardium occidentale, in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to South America and is the source of the cashew nut and the cashew apple, an accessory fruit. The tree can grow as tall as 14 metres (46 feet), but the dwarf cultivars, growing up to 6 m (20 ft), prove more profitable, with earlier maturity and greater yields. The cashew nut is edible and is eaten on its own as a snack, used in recipes, or processed into cashew cheese or ca... ---
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> [@mixdenny](#): > > Oh, yeah! I’m ready to wax eloquently about ham wine. “On the front of the tongue one encounters acorn, and dare I say it, mud? Washing over the palate is a musty, umami swirl of late childhood angst mixed with bad potatoes. The finish is altogether more subtle then I expected and Honey Baked comes to mind.” [So watery, and yet there’s a smack of ham to it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFIa6I5lVrk) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023.md?page=4)