and 3-9 months in jail if the judge was in a good mood, you also get banned from traveling for 2 years.
theres two ways to drink alcohol in Saudi Arabia:
1- Black Market
2- Local alcohol
3- Travel to Dubai
about The Black Market: most of it is fake or diluted, King Robert whisky is the highest selling brand along with Red Label
and Absolut Vodka.
a bottle of a real Chivas 12 or Black Label could cost you about 350$ (dollars)
about Local Alcohol : they call it Arak but its not really Arak, what it really is just a low Sugar Shine with added fruits.
its really dangerous to drink, they dont remove the methanol or make any cuts and they often add rubbing alcohol to increase the yield.
as you see in the pictures, its only made by illegal immigrants. they ferment the sugar wash in a plastic barrel
and distill it in big aluminum presser cookers, they run it fast and hot and then dilute it with water (for more profit) to about 25-30% abv
a 1.5 liter plastic bottle of this poison is 40$ (dollars).
many people here have liver problems and cancer because of it, some go blind.
this is the only local drink u can have in Saudi Arabia it has many names Arak, Abu Zanouba, Zahlawi ..etc
but as i said its just a low Sugar Shine with rubbing alcohol and other chemical to mask the flavor
of tails.
to drink safely u have to travel to Dubai where they sell the real stuff or drink the local stuff at your own risk.
