Home brewing is the art of turning just about anything into something alcoholic. It's not just "the last resort of students who want to get hammered", though it can be used as such. It's quite fun, not to mention rewarding to make and bottle your own vintage. Personally, I prefer to brew wines made from various fruits and other substances rather than beers and their cousins. One of the easiest drinks to brew that pretty much always provides a quite palatable 10-13% wine is mead. If you're interested, check out my mead recipe (soon!). Distillation of homebrew is also fun.