I never ran out of alcohol, actually had to sell it here and there because it was piling up.
Don't think it'll be a problem, don't need to go all out every encounter after all.
Gathering the recipes is a pain though, true. I'm still missing a lot of superior oils and potions and I've done
everything. I found the superiror spectre oil in a random chest on the wolf school treasure hunts.
I could spec into a sign or alchemy build right now, the druids sell respec potions (even Keira does), but there's nothing left for me to do, so...