The good old days with some imagination I think. Grew a few acres of organic rye 8 years ago that was fantastic and should have used it in the distiller instead of selling it. But live and learn.
Now if we could just talk the guys at the statehouse into dropping the 90 year old laws about home distilling we could do some of that stuff. You can make wine, brew beer but no spirits. I horse around with Everclear and small oak barrels.