Behold, prison hooch!

A glorious glimpse into a wonderful subreddit

While it’s true the internet subjects us to an endless array of previously unrealised horrors, we also sometimes come across Good Shit™.

Like r/PrisonHooch.

And, my lord, I’ve become obsessed with this subreddit.

What you’re witnessing here is something known only as “art.” And, you know, turning Pokémon cereal into booze. (Source: u/-mya)

So what is the prison hooch subreddit all about? Well, it’s a place where people brew homemade alcohol using whatever the hell they can get their hands on.

It’s named as such because the process is similar to how, you guessed it, folks make booze in prison.

Think of it as the DIY punk of alcohol abuse.

Each day we edge closer to the lord’s light. (Source: u/milesloveswine)

Making prison hooch — or alcohol in general — is absurdly simple. It’s why humans have been doing it since time immemorial.

And because we enjoy getting messed up, of course.

The science is straightforward: you mix sugar with yeast. In theory, almost anything consumable can become intoxicated — and it’s that fact the good folks on r/PrisonHooch have been exploiting.

You are indeed reading it correctly: that’s ham glaze. Someone tried to make the devil’s nip juice out of ham glaze. Unfortunately, the creator never posted an update on how it went. I pray for them daily. (Source: u/Nice-Bat2190)

None of this is in the bible. (Source: u/ArcaneMead)

The genesis of the Prison Hooch subreddit is twofold.

The first, according to the description at least, is to dispense of the arrogance around homebrewing. Anyone can make alcohol, they posit, so why be a nerdish dick about it?

The second reason r/PrisonHooch exists is purer: to have a damn good time.

I really love this one, because the person takes a couple of these honey sachets from work every day and then uses them to create mead. Pure wonder. (Source: u/pup-grey)

There’s something beautiful about the human ingenuity on show on the Prison Hooch subreddit.

I mean, how many of us would even think of making wine out of Werther’s Originals? Let alone actually going through with it and discovering, with a certain amount of joy, that it’s unbearably awful?

That, friends, is the sort of spirit that put us into space. And we all should respect it.

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Yep, that sure is Fruity Pebbles syrup wine. (Source: u/Ralkkai)

Fundamentally, the Prison Hooch community is wholesome. They encourage each other to reach new heights, to attempt things that have never been done.

They’re explorers. Pioneers. Astronauts.

Prison hooch is unhinged. It’s gorgeous. And it’s oh so very human.

When asked how this Cheese Ball liquor was, the individual behind this art replied simply with “bad.”

I salute you all — and may the lord have mercy on your souls.