In Australia, "piss" can be used as slang for alcohol. James Gilpin, a researcher who has diabetes, takes this to a whole new level with his Gilpin Family Whisky:
Sugar heavy urine excreted by diabetic patients is now being utilized for the fermentation of high-end single malt whisky for export.
The source material is acquired from elderly volunteers, including Gilpin's own grandmother. The urine is purified and the sugars are added to the mash stock to accelerate the whisky's fermentation process. According to this article:
The original idea came from an (unverified) story he heard about a pharmaceutical company that supposedly set up a factory next to an old people's home and would swap cushions and soft toys for the residents' urine. They'd then process the urine to remove the chemicals that had passed straight through the dilapidated endochrine systems of the patients, which could then be put straight back into new medicine.
Given that astronauts drink recycled urine, who can complain?
