How to make your own quality alcohol in the comfort of your home - plus a list of cocktail recipes to try

Next, pour the wort (unfermented beer liquid) in the glass fermenter and add the yeast, and leave it to ferment for two weeks.

Here, Valand added, you have the option to add more hops if you want to. "This is called dry hopping, it's only going to add aroma but not ... bitterness — like a New England IPA, which is double dry hopped and very cloudy in appearance," he said.

After fermentation, siphon out your beer into bottles and leave the bottles for two weeks. Then, your beer is ready to be enjoyed!

If you're not a beer fan, try devising a new cocktail. Use different liquors and fix-ins to take a twist on the classic mixtures. Everyone's palates are different, and you might find something totally new you might like.

"Rye, which was really out of fashion 20 years ago, makes excellent cocktails," Magliocco said. "It's spicier than bourbon that can make some beautiful drinks, and if you have time, you can experiment a bit: Make a Manhattan with bourbon and rye to see what you like better."

And if you're looking to help out the alcohol industry, there are a variety of ways to support bartenders from home, including donating to organizations like the US Bartenders' Guild, which Michter's and other distillers have supported.

"It's an unprecedented, horrible situation," Magliocco said. "Obviously with bars and restaurants virtually shut down, it's devastating to our industry and for the people who worked in them, as so many have been laid off now."