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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
You can make beer from corn and it isn't bad but it's slightly off. Mostly the flavors in beer come from the hops selection and yeast byproducts.
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IIRC in my country all the hops are imported. Makes me wonder what could be a suitable (and regionally-sourced) replacement.
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Making and distilling alcohol is time and resource consuming. Just stop at the beer/wine stage with high proof yeast and lots of sucrose.
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Maybe the difference between an alcoholic beverage often made by the homeless and by the inmates is the fact it's often more common for it to get distilled when made in prison than on the streets.