My granddad that passed away when I was just born, Had a still and made shine in the 20's. My other grandpa had 5 55 gallons of wine in the basement. My old man tried making beer once ... I remember we were all watch Jackie Gleason on TV when we heard Pop Pop Pop in the basement. His skills were not so good as the bottles all started exploding ...

Don't know if he ever tried drinking the ones that survived LOL