Liquor stores are great places to find wrinkly old men who are full of stories about Joe DiMaggio, but not so much for reasonably priced booze. Spare yourself the yarns about how great John Wayne was and make your own honey wine at home with this Homemade Mead Kit ($60). You get a one-gallon fermentation jug with metal lid, hydrometer, temperature strip, siphoning tube, and plenty of yeast to create five one-gallon jugs of the good stuff.