On the plus side, hooch is pretty easy to make, which is why so many prisoners try to perfect their craft. Even better, you don’t have to settle for toilet wine if you want a sip of some liquor. Instead, you can make a good old-fashioned hooch at home with some handy ingredients you may have lying around.

Hooch reveals Blue Hooch 440ml cans NPD, plus new Hooch mixed Hooch reveals Blue Hooch 440ml cans NPD, plus new Hooch mixed

Blue Hooch taps into the huge blue drinks trend, which includes popular party starters like VK Blue, while keeping the tongue-tingling zesty flavours and nostalgia that Hooch fans know and love. At an easy drinking 4% ABV, it’s set to be the drink of the summer; perfect for sunny barbecues! As you can see, brewing your own hooch is simple and easy to do. Be sure to experiment with different flavors and mixes to see which ones turn out the best. Happy drinking! We should also mention that while it’s legal to brew beer and wine at home, it’s illegal to distill any liquor on your property, even for personal consumption. Fortunately, hooch falls into the former category, so you should be okay if someone comes snooping around. Also, the benefit of hooch being legal to brew is that you can perfect your recipe and experiment with different flavors without the threat of Johnny Law busting down your door. A Brief History of HoochBlue Hooch has dropped just in time for festival and beer garden season, bursting onto the scene with fruity tropical flavours and a citrusy lime zing.

Hooch launches enhanced RTD range, Soopa Hooch - Global Brands Hooch launches enhanced RTD range, Soopa Hooch - Global Brands

Once you’ve made one batch of hooch, you might want to start making it more frequently, especially as you experiment with ingredients and flavors. If that’s the case, here are some other factors to consider. Is It Legal to Brew Hooch at Home? More than half of the 25-34-year-olds surveyed are planning to wear ‘comfy casuals’, while a third of 18-24-year-olds are even intent on staying in their pyjamas all day. Read more:

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Charlie Leaver, Head of Brand at Global Brands said: “We’re thrilled to share the release of Blue Hooch ahead of summer. Combining a household name with the leading flavour in traditional RTDs was just a matter of time, and is sure to boost interest in the category in both on trade and off trade premises. Hooch has been around since the mid-1800s, but the term didn’t really come into popularity until the Prohibition of the 1920s. Since hooch referred to homemade or illegal liquor, it was widely adopted at a time when people couldn’t legally buy or sell alcohol.