I used to make 5 gallons of beer at a time in the 60's, when I was a young Air Force officer, also lau-lau (rice whiskey). At one party we ran out of 3 or 4 containers of beer and I offered fermenting lau-lau... A young AirTraffic Control Officer drank a pint of it and had to be admitted to the Station Medical Centre with gastroenteritis. I was advised by the SMO to give up home brewing. ....