I spoke with someone who had lived through a SHTF situation and he believed that a supply of Scotch or a similar type of thing desired by men under a lot of stress was much more useful than gold, or any other store of value. It even trumped ammunition, since the liquor could be traded for anything else you wanted, and used to pay your security force.
“It even trumped ammunition”
Buyer can’t just shoot you on the spot with it.
Travelers of cheap vodka—