(TDB) - From baby mice rice wine infusions to sparkling birch sap wine, we round up some of the world’s weirdest alcoholic concoctions.

Most of us would take a crisp Riesling or juicy Shiraz over the afore mentioned beverages any day.

But perhaps the greatest quality of alcohol, not always for the better, is that it can be made, in its simplest forms, out of pretty much anything, given a little time, sugar and yeast.

Prisoners have been known to whip up illicit batches of hooch in their cell using smuggled fruit and sugar, while the Inuits, so desperate for a drop of juice, created a “wine” made from dead seagull.

But while some of the drinks on this list are unashamedly revolting, others are merely a little off-piste in their direction, making up an eclectic list of weird and wonderful beverages.

Birch sap wine

A staple in any keen forest foragers repertoire, birch sap wine is not as odd as it might first sound. The sap itself, extracted from Birch trees during a very short, two-week harvesting period in mid-March, is slightly sweet containing sugars, proteins, amino acids, and enzymes. It can be used to make a variety of foods including syrup, much in the same way as maple syrup, and for the more adventurous, wine. It’s made by heating the sap with sugar, yeast and lemons and letting it ferment over a five day period.