Kingofpain89 wrote:If I was an alcoholic I think I might off myself before resorting to this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... drunk.html

I can't imagine needing a drink so bad that someone would resort to that.  

Agent Cooper wrote:KingofPain/Johngaunt-
I once read a very interesting book about Leavenworth Prison.  In it, the author noted a few ways the inmates there attempt to make prison hooch, and they try everything.  And it results and some foul, foul stuff but they drink it anyhow.

They let fruit rot, squeeze the juice and let it ferment under a mattress for weeks to try to make "hard" cider.  They mix awful concoctions of chemicals, paint thinner, rubbing alcohol, printing toner, you name it.  Sometimes the results are fatal.  (these guys aren't very smart in the first place).

The best (meaning the least terrible) and most common hooch was pretty simple to make:  Get a plastic garbage bag and fill it with Corn Flakes.  Add water and some sugar, and let it soak for days until it starts to get ripe.  Voila! You have fermented corn juice, and it's fairly potent.

"Prison hooch can be made in your cell toilet (as long as you don't mind using other people's toilets or finding some other solution), or more often, in plastic trash bags. The recipe is simple: make a strong bag by double or triple-bagging some plastic trash bags and knotting the bottoms. Into this, pour warm water, some fruit or fruit juice, raisins or tomatoes, yeast, and as much sugar as you can get ahold of (or powdered drink mix). Now tie off the top of the bag, letting a tube of some kind protrude so the thing won't explode while it gives off carbon dioxide. Now hide the bag somewhere and wait at least three days. A week is enough.

One of the problems you have right away with making wine in prison is the difficulty getting yeast. It's a strictly forbidden item and you might not be able to get any. In this case you can improvise the by using slices of bread, preferably moldy (but not dry) and preferably inside a sock for easier straining.

If you choose to brew your wine in your cell, you'll need to hide it behind your bunk and do what you can to hide the smell. Burning cinnamon as incense is one way. Spraying deodorant around is another. Normal wine takes at least a month if not six weeks to make at all properly -- but in hell, this is all you get."

benjoshua wrote:
No spoiler's please, but how many stars would you rate this movie(on a five star scale-5 being best)?