At home brewing and winemaking are legal, how is distilling fundamentally different?

Brewing and winemaking are simply using natural methods to make a weak alcohol. It’s just yeast, and time. I’ve had mishaps with both: wine grew mold, and beer sprayed everywhere. The worst case is a mess that harms no one

Distilling is an apparatus. There is no equivalent in nature. You’re adding heat to a flammable gas under pressure, relying on chemistry that can create poisons. The worst cases include fire, explosions, poisoning