I don’t know the economics of home hootch. Can you personally drink enough to recoup the costs? Will it taste as good as Jack Daniels? What’s the market (legal or illegal) for home grown booze?
Internet postings indicate you can make decent vodka for 5 bucks a gallon in materials.
But I think you’d have to knock back a lot of booze to really have any significant savings if you include capital and labor costs.
I’d view it as more of an insurance policy for SHTF situations.