Been crunching some numbers, looking at bulk buys of all my ingredients and the results are in, as of right now my next batch will cost me about $5 per case, it could get as high as $5.50 but all in all $5 is my target and that's pretty close. Retail is $18-$20 for what I normally drink, so I just saved myself 75% of what I normally spend, freeing up $ for other things! If I find specials on those things then the cost gets driven down even more.
Same thing with smokes too, rolling your own saves so much money it's ridiculous. Bulk is the key in both!
Depriving the fed gov and corp america out of these $ is a joy in my heart and my poor prepper pockets love it too.