I've been stocking up alcohol for the past three years. Only have one bottle. It keeps getting lost...

Use 16: Get drunk as shit and forget there is a apocalypse

Alcohol,tobacco and coffee will be some of the best barter items. You will never be unable to trade those items

carefully with using it as a painkiller it is a blood thinner and can cause you to bleed more heavily

scotch with honey and lemon in some hot water is an old scottish remedy to help sleep when youve got a flu or cold, but I prefer it with bourbon. and when stuck in the wilderness drinking one of these can make sure your body gets the rest it needs to recover properly. this is known as a hot tody for any one interested

Whisky is a great pain killer. At least for a tooth ache. Back when I was 12 I had a bad tooth ache and no dentist was available for four days. My step dad at the time soaked some cotton batten in whisky and stuffed it in my molar's cavity and the tooth ache was controlled till I got to a dentist. I felt no pain . . . That was back in the 70's :) Cheers

Did you know that 5% acidity white vinegar can also sterilize instruments, silver ware, sterilize water etc...it just won't pickle you like liquor will.

Oh yeah the good old sweat out remedy. Rock n rye, lemon juice and honey. Works like a charm every time. Cuts down on the doctors office visits big time.

I've always liked the mini bottles for hiking , camping , fishing . Makes for a great trade items . I got a full BBQ dinner for three mini bottles of rum on a hike .

Alcohol is a blood thinner. Not something you want to drink when you are bleeding out. Good as a topical antiseptic or disinfectant though.

Do you know the difference between a baptist and a catholic? Catholics speak to each other in the liquor store! Lol 😜

I have a moral objection to running out of booze.

"Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!" - Homer J. Simpson

I love it don’t be drunk when shtf, so good I hade to laugh but as a nurse , I would carry the booze for all reasons and more in medical and stress situations thank you for sharing the truth , we will need these .dont be judgemental god loves us all..

I like the 190 proof, you can run a car on that stuff or use 3 to 1 mix for drinking liquor, kind of a compact way to carry a 3 week drunk!

you forgot to mention you bleed out quicker if your drunk!

Thank you for sharing a 'sensitive' item. But very practical that many forget. Bless you and your family! (Frank from Vancouver)

Thank you so much for this necessary information. I plan on sharing it with my church members 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The ever clear can also be used for making tinctures for those who practice herbalism in addition to first aid. Making a tincture of lavender that can be mixed into water may help with sleep or stress during a crisis.

I consider liquor as generic for ........ Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Advil and all other pain relievers. ..... including but not limited to relieving broken hearts.

Whiskey is also good in moderation to boost your immune system. I like to have a dram ounce in a while and I rarely get sick.

"No one was drunk during the making of this video" LOL

Thanks for the video, there was a couple things like water purification that I hadn't thought of. I think that rubbing alcohol if properly stored in glass would perform many of these functions at a fraction of the cost, not really drinkable, well not for anyone who doesn't want to go blind! Just an idea let me know what you think if you by chance happen to see this amidst the thousand comments lol.

If you got a Big SHTF situation like full or partial world wide crop failure due to volcanic activity, floods or any number of unexpected scenarios like bees dying out due to a virus. You will need to rely heavily on food preservation techniques. So 95% rectified spirited would an essential item in your prep kit.

Running the vodka through a filter makes a ton of sense.

wow, once again, sooo many creative uses. Thank you Don, youre awesome

I've never really been a big liquor person but I think bartering is probably the #1 reason to stock up on some firewater. Good video.

I once took a big swing of 190......theres a couple things you ONLY do once and that was one of them.

Here's something you can add. Many medicinal things can be made from alcohol. Tincture & things use vodka & grain alcohol to create them.

Thank you so much for these videos always have thought the "world as we know it" will end and these videos i feel are really providing alot of info for people like me thank you again!

I've been wondering about this topic. Thanks for the great info.

You can also use alcohol to make extracts l

Sootch00, in this, you said you had a pool this set my brain to thinking. How many Preppers have cement ponds as part of their prepping plans for drinking water? Do you use liquid muriatic pool acid? Well I do, I have a large cement pond that will be distilled to remove the salt and purify the water. I find that the acid jugs are not a cash value recyclable unlike other plastics so they are just a throw away. So I wondered are they reusable as a water jug. My answer is yes. I first emptied a one gallon jug of standard cement pond acid in to my cement pond as I normally would do. Then as I normally do becauze I'm a cheap old fart. I rinsed out the jug with cement pond water making sure I covered the whole of the jug’s interior with pool water three times. Triple rinsing is a standard practice in the chemical industry. After that a sniff test didn’t yield an acid smell, just a cement pond water smell that’s a good sign. Then I filled the jug up with my compound's softened tap water to see if the pH was the same as tap water which tests at a pH of 7.2. I took 2 samples from the jug about 10 min apart both samples were also a pH of 7.2, So it is my opinion that cement pond acid jugs can be used to hold drinking water at least for a short period of time 2-4 weeks. One advantage is pool acid jugs are about 100 % thicker then milk jugs and even the cheaper Walmart purified water jugs.

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Spot on Scootch. I want l all the Jack Daniels I can get my hands on if the SHTF. This is you best video

A solid concept. Great video. The new currencies...Booze and 22 ammo. I'm not kidding. I might add toilet paper....but then don't throw away your phone books. Lots of wipes (and fire tinder) there! >;)

Salt, sugar, alcohol, tobacco and fuel will be in very high demand in a shtf scenario so if your going to stock up on anything stock up on them. And if your going to barter make sure you only ever deal so much and only carry so much on you because people will rob you, and only trade so much in the same place form the same reason.

Nice video, like the multiple use videos!

I barely drink at all... but I do have a storage of whiskey specifically for bartering... Seems lots of tradesmen are functioning alcoholics.

like your stuff brotha, Semper Fi

Be strong, be of good liquid courage, and God bless 'Murica.

I use everclear for years. Making medicines like herbal tintures, cough medicines and pain medicines. As Food preservative with sugar, brandied peaches, cherries, most fruits in this nature. In the old days, we had a spray gun called a "flipt" spray gun that we use a mixture of camphor oil,water, tobacco and everclear to keep the area of flying bugs on warm summer evenings. Good video.

Thanks man! Awesome! Can't go wrong with this.

This is a great video. Hope you realize how much you’re genuinely helping people, friend. Folks gonna need to be prepared…….

Out of all the prep videos I've seen your the first to suggest at carry alcohol as a prepper or in a bug out bag. Definitely makes sense! good video

Good idea. I have been adding booze. I go out and purchase some alcohol for trading and all of the other things you mentioned. I need more variety ;-) I don't drink either so having booze around isn't a temptation whatsoever. I think having some cigarettes or cigars would also be a good barter item, especially better brands.

I was also raised Baptist. I am more now just a follower of Jesus Christ. I follow his words not establishment church rules. Anyway my thought was that Jesus drank and gave wine to his disciples wine. He did say not to be a drunkard but I don't remember being taught not to drink at all. Maybe I conveniently forgot that part.

Chewing cloves will help a toothache.

I've also read about the filter and vodka method. In the test I read about, they used a Brita water filter and it basically made bottom shelf Mohawk-type vodka indistinguishable from something like Smirnoff or whatever (blind taste test). I never cared much when I was a drinkin man, I drank the cheapest shit you could buy.

if you gunna be pulling a bullet out best give me a a gulp of that 190 lmao great video brother I love your work :)

SHFT? Somebody's been hitting the Jack Daniels.

We did notice the alcohol is much cheaper in the United States than up here in Canada. Great video. We never even thought about that in our prepping.

Most of the benefits described in the video can also come from isopropyl alcohol at about 1/10 of the cost. One benefit of vodka not mentioned is making herbal tinctures. I'd store whiskey, rum, scotch, etc for their intended purpose...😁

A colloidal silver generator would come in handy for a SHTF also. As long as you can get or make distilled water. It can be used to kill germs, viruses, bacteria, good to treat cuts, treat colds/flu, ect.... Mine uses a 9-volt battery. You could use a solar panel to power it.

Look into tea tree oil.Tea tree oil is really good for dry skin, tooth aches and and sores.

Double check me on this, but we were told NOT to use alcohol for a wound, internally, as it increases blood flow. It does work to kill pain and help sterilize wounds. If you have tooth pain, holding it in your mouth can kill the pain for a little while. My guess is that if you let it soak into a wound, it may numb it somewhat. You just might have increased bleeding in the area.

@SensiblePrepper Thanks for all the great videos Sootch. In a pinch you can use everclear to run flex fuel cars.

Id stock up on the cheap stuff. If SHTF and you are using that stuff for bartering, the ones using it to party with wont care. it will be like freshman year of college all over again. Does it get you drunk? If the answer is yes, drink it.

My best SHTF skill, it seems, is that I make my own beer and wine. They’ve closed down most liquor stores in Pennsylvania and I don’t even have to leave the house for mine. I only use glass to bottle my brews. It’s the absolute best for keeping freshness at its best.

Dont know if you got this in another video or not, but sugar is good for treating wounds, its not sterile but it will super charge your blood platelets causing them to clot faster. Know this for a fact, ive done it before. Just remember to steralize the wound after

It is like keeping currency. 1/2 pints for 1 chicken and dozen eggs. 1 pint for 10# deer meat. 750 ml for 1/2 hog. ETC. Also good for bribes, to look other way. Good to xchange for ammo, gas, other needs. Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.

Some suggest stocking tobacco, even if you do not smoke for the same reasons. Stock it, or growing it in your garden if you have the climate.

Very informative and I keep it for medical and fuel but like the other ideas

I try to put ETOH away but I think my Dog drinks a lot, when I get up in the morning there are beer cans all over the place!!

The everclear is cheaper than firestarter logs for igniting wood for cooking. Awesome idea. Thanks

The Sootch Hootch. LOL I do not drink, but keep this on hand anyway.

I drank a whole small bottle of russian standard for a tooth ache. Stopped the tooth ache for sure, but the headache in the morning might not have been worth it xD

Don’t forget: those who are physically dependent on alcohol will NEED to stock up on alcohol. Alcohol withdrawal can be life-threatening and in a shtf situation such people can be a risk to not only themselves but also those around them. Also, remember that anytime an alcoholic enters the hospital they are at risk of DT’s after 48 hours or so. I have seen doctors prescribe alcohol for patients for this reason when the patient will be in the hospital for an extended period.

Nice! I'm gonna put at least one 13oz in my back...even if it's just for medicinal purposes ;)

Just remember the powdered koolaid for the everclear.

Some people think alcohol helps warm you up if you are freezing. However, you will actually freeze faster because it brings the vessels closer to the surface.

Heard a friend talking the other day he picks up the 2 for $1 shooter bottles for stockpiling. This way he can dole out a few at a time, don't necessarily want someone to get a half pint, pint or half gallon of liquor but a few shots is safer.

What is Medicimal purposes ? LOL.....Just playin

I used to represent a distiller. 1. all plastics are not the same. The plastic used in distilled spirits will last in storage. The soda pop plastic will not. 2. the states regulate the proof that can be sold. The higher proof Everclear is not available in CA. The higher the proof, the better for open wounds. 3. Savings in preps. Buy the lesser priced stuff in big containers. Buy 1 pint plastic containers in bulk on eBay. Do not fill the plastic containers until after shtf and you demonstrate to a buyer that it is the real thing by showing the big bottle unopened. The smaller plastic filled containers in the liquor store are prohibitively expensive to buy. 4. Distilled spirits may vary in flavor and you may have a preference. it may vary in "proof". Remember, vodka is vodka whether it is cheap/expensive/in a fancy glass container/has a colorful label/is made from potatoes and in a rowboat or from grains. I know a distiller whose cost is the same, the ingredients vary in flavor, and has three different priced vodkas. 5. you don't get a better vodka running it through a water filter. There are ways it can be done - and only the distiller has the ability during the "run" in making the booze.

Liquor on a cotton ball will help with a toothache. Tried & proven to work 😊

I like the way you tell it to us,and I love the out takes at the end,I'm a new sub to you and quite enjoying the content,I prep a little myself and am located in the UK

Man that gem clear is no joke.... I remember the one and only time I drank it. I was a fresh 21 and I saw a friend almost choke to death it was so strong for him. I called him a sissy and took a nice big swig (rum is my usual drink of choice, & I wasn't thinking) & holy crap. Then, being the genius that I am, I decided to do another ten shots.... Not only have I never let the stuff touch my lips again, I didn't even have so much as a beer for several weeks! Lol Some of us have to learn our lessons the hard way. That tip on running vodka through a filter was really interesting though... Definitely gonna try it. Thanks for the vid!

When the SHTF I will be charging 2 cans of beans a shot at my apocalypse bar

Who knew my Bourbon Collection would become a prep! Save the Blanton's!

OHHHH gonna load up the vodka in my 4 gallon water filter. :D

You're so cute the way you say medicinal as "midicimal."

As for medicinal uses, "cold and sore throat treatment" I strongly suggest using vodka, or everclear and other clear liquors for making herbal tinctures, especially with yarrow. Look up Yarrow Willard on You Tube. By the way I'm not a habitual drinker so I'll store your booze if you don't trust yourself. Hahahaha!

as an admitted alcoholic I will take into consideration your point of, dont a huge supply, and would find it better to invest the cost of liquor into another commodity

I've heard in a pinch any alcohol over 80% will run a gas engine . Problem though is engine will run hotter and it will eventually damage a fuel system. Another use is an antifreeze or deicer fluid. Have a great day

Here we are in 2020. Facing a Global Pandemic. This video is very relevant today.

"You don't want to be drunk when an Emergency happens" The head baker on-board the Titanic who survived 2 hours in the water on an upturned lifeboat: "Why not?"

i have used rum for aftershave it works really good

If you have access to lots of grain/sugar/fruit, you could distill spirits. If you get real good at it you could make large amounts of 180-200 proof for cheap. The heads and tails of the run can be used for fuel or chemical production. Good clean moonshine could demand a higher value in trading or be cut with flavorings/water for large group consumption.

What about marijuana

Thanks Sootch!

Hilarious. Thanks for great comedy. You don’t see much these days

Love ur videos dude!!!! Keep up the great work!!

You’re right about not letting others know you do have alcohol, it’s better to keep it away from your other more important prep items. Alcoholics will go to no end to find a source, and may be likely to do anything to get it. If you do want to barter with it, the mini bottles may be the best option. They’re small, easily carried, refilled and concealed, and a quick go-to if you need it for fire starting, disinfecting a wound, or for a quick belt. However, only store alcohols that are worth it. Keep a big bottle for refilling small bottles. Also, try for higher proofs. Myself, I wouldn’t store anything under 100 proof, that’s only good for drinking, using a flavored alcohol on a wound will cause infection. Everclear is always a good choice, or a high proof vodka.

don't tell jim lahey that he'll drink it all in one sitting lol

I'm not an alcoholic or anything like that but loved that you mentioned it.

The quality of liquor is based on the speed it is distilled, keeping the temperature stable to provide evaporation without boiling the mash creates smoother higher proof alcohol. Then you have the blend, the heads are always higher proof than the tails. In the blending process you put it all together, this also takes some of the bite out of the heads and brings up the proof on the tails. So what you end up with is better quality product. Just remember to discard any that is bitter, usually the first 1/2 to 1 gallon depending on how much mash your distilling. While it can be used for cleaning solutions it should not be consumed.

You can treat poison ivy,oak,sumac,with vodka,but you'll never catch me wasting any of it on that.God Bless!

Been stocking up on alcohol and tobacco for a while, not only is a drink and a cigar a good stress reliever (for me anyway) they're great barter items

Makes a great solvent (particularly for water based latex paints) also for cleaning stains, spills or brushes.

Bringing another Baptist along might keep him or her from dancing, too. I laughed at the "how to keep a Baptist from drinking" quip. And the "I'm just gonna take a few swigs of the Everclear..."