As a bartering agent, any alcoholic drink in a survival situation will fetch a premium.

Mead is easy to make, your largest expense is honey and it is so easy to make a beginner can do it without much risk of messing up!

Facing a survival situation, being able to barter for goods or services is vital to ensuring you can get what you want, when you want it.

Alcohol will always be a premium bartering agent and Mead ranks at the top for home brew because of cost and the expertise involved to make it.

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