my dad who is now in his early 60's started making wine in the laudry room, at this point in my life dad wasn't cool to hang out with so i just went about my life, as i got older and started to come back around, dad would ask me to move the carboy bc it was getting heavy for him.. then he had a heart problem i thought i was going to lose him and thought to myself i haven't spent anytime with him... after heart problem was fix as a get well gift i bought him a beer kit and asked him if he would teach me how to make it .... really just wanted to be with him doing something he liked.... come to find out we make a great team and have been home brewing for years now. sundays after church we get together and plan our next run or beer or whatever... so long story short. I started bc i wanted to be more involved with my father and i see nothing wrong with making beer or distilling in my eyes.