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[–] slashasdf@feddit.nl 61 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Can't even afford to be an alcoholic to forget about your money problems anymore in this economy

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Unironically. Half the appeal of booze has historically been that its cheap.

I kinda wonder how much of the decline of high school/college drinking has to do with sticker shock.

[–] slashasdf@feddit.nl 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep, it's very easy and cheap to produce alcohol, the only reason it's expensive now is due to countries adding high excise taxes and the like to alcoholic drinks

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Margins on alcohol sales are fairly high, especially with high rates of industry consolidation over the last decade.

Retail alone collects a 20-30% vig on well standard hard liquor, for instance. Distributors can add another 40%.

The Gray Goose sticker price of $30 for 750mL includes an excise tax of $2.40 So around 8%, by comparison.

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 8 points 1 month ago

I mean I'm 20, when I have parties with friends (all my age/1-2y younger) we just split the costs. 5€ each max. And we all have a good time (or throw up, because some of my friends aren't very aware of their limits lol)

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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 50 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Ewwwww is that sugar free coke?

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Looks like cherry coke zero.

Coke zero is the best one until you get alcohol involved, then you're fucking up if you're not using full fat coke

Though if the plan is to mix coke with that honey jack maybe the booze is sweet enough already

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That stuff is so cloyingly sweet you'd have to mix it with water to approach something drinkable. A true alcoholic would have a handle of dewars white.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've used it instead of maple syrup on pancakes while camping. I intended it to just end up as a shit joke at my own expense, fucking around for shits and giggles, but it was legitimately sweet enough to work. Which is honestly pretty disgusting.

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[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

A true alcoholic would have there favorite drink. But yea, any alcoholic whos preference is liquor is unlikely to be buying a lower strength flavored jawn. Wish I could remember the name of the one liquorice flavored jawn, the fucking exception. Its the regular 40to45 percent, but was flavored. Dirt cheap. Only wrecked ass elder alchos bought it. Ill remember later.

Worked at the state stores for a couple years.

Also cheap bourbon > cheap scotch. Fight me.

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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

That's why he got the Kerry gold he's gonna stir it in there

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Technically most coke is “sugar free” in the strictest sense of table sugar versus corn syrup.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Coke zero is divine nectar

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[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I work at a grocery store and honestly I didn't even bat an eye, the first thing I thought about was how to bag it.

In case you're wondering if we care about what you're buying the only (non regular) customer that I remember is one Irish guy who would crack jokes about his ex wife on a roadtrip. Don't fully remember but my God he made like 4 zingers in a row and I about cried laughing at like 7:30am

edit: oh and I learned about a new pasta last week, that was cool

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Look, I enjoy good butter, too, but are you cooking with it? You probably won't notice a difference if you switch to a generic.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everyday, I watch as we stray further from God.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Idk man that Irish butter pretty damn good

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I dunno, that looks like the USA and their butter sucks, man. It's not even yellow, and they sell it in "sticks". I was so glad to find Kerrygold there.

That's decent stuff that I use on the regular.

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[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I must say, the butter is the only one these I would actually buy. Even then, only if I was going to make toast or something. I use store brand butter for baking.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

That stuff would be about $50 or less total in my area, but I wouldn't buy any of those but the butter.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 12 points 1 month ago (7 children)

That Tennessee Honey is one of my favorite whiskey drinks. However due to America being a total shit head, I can no longer buy it as I don't want any of my money going there.

Anybody got an idea of what a good European drink is to replace it with? I drink it straight or when I want something more mellow I mix with fake DrPepper or fake Red Bull.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Started making my own sloe gin last year, cheapest Aldi gin and then forage for sloes. Fill a large container about half way by volume with the berries and then fill to the top with gin. Seal, turn it to mix a few times and let it sit there for like 3-6 months. Taste and bottle with sugar, quantity depends on how sweet you want it but probably a few hundred g per litre.

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Drambuie is an old British honey and whisky liqueur.

You can even make something like it youself: https://www.seriouseats.com/diy-drambuie-make-your-own-honey-scotch-liqueur-recipe

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[–] Djinn_Indigo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Crown Royal is Canadian. 🤷 Not sure if it's available where you are though.

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[–] Ignot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

KerryGold probably making half the bill, extortion, I tell ye!

[–] Charlxmagne@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I can confirm whiskey, coke, butter and a 12-pack of beers is all I need for the week.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's a lot cheaper if you just make your own moonshine instead. Guy on reddit used to post pictures of his 100L water butt bubbling away, cost something stupidly low to fill it considering the volume, like £25 or something like that. Then he distilled it in batches.

The entire setup was comically simple too, like plug and play from parts you can easily buy and ingredients you find in any supermarket.

[–] snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Isn't that kinda dangerous? Also potentially illegal depending on where you live.

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 15 points 1 month ago

It's definitely dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. As in, "you can die" kind of dangerous.

But if you know what you are doing, nah, it's perfectly safe, and kind of easy to do too.

Probably most definitely illegal in most places too, but if you just shut the f up and don't blabber about it to everyone you meet or try to sell or give it away, there's pretty much nothing they can do about it, cause they don't know about it, and neither does anyone else.

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

It can make you blind due to high methanol concentrations

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of a joke I've heard from a few people now. "Let's drink faster, guys, it's already getting dark."

[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Sure, if you don't know what you're doing. But, as we eliminate all regulations in the US, we gotta learn how to DIY.

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[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You can brew your own lager or whatever for cheap too.

[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not as cheap as just plain alcohol. But yes, I home brew. Hops and Malt are not cheap, but sugar (insert any fermentable here, rice, cane sugar, corn, potatoes ext...) is.

[–] momocchi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

My friend back when i was like 20 used to just brew some stuff using Alcotec TurboYeast and sugar, and then mixed concentrated fruit squash into it. Came out as like 12% and tasted like fruits, cost under 10p/litre. He was popular at parties

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I do have to say, JD Honey is delicious... can easily drink that on the rocks.

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is the butter there to get the taste of the other three out of your mouth?

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[–] andybytes@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

I am getting $15 dollar 3.5 grams of weed. You are doing it wrongly. Well weed tax but still.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Add another 20 bucks for the two packs of cigarettes for the two days. How could you forget that?

Also, honey Jack? Yuck. Jim Beam all the way baby.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

We all need to make sacrifices. They should have gotten a handle of whiskey and drink water.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Weird, I just had to do this with $65 and ended up getting it to $62 as the total. For a family of 4 for 4 days. It was hard and not the best options, but it worked.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I have seen someone grating cold butter and put it into a bowl with whiskey. Leave that in the fridge for a few days. The whiskey is supposed to taste better, and the butter was used for a whiskey buttercream cake.

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