Thanks for the info guys.. When making a tincure.. would using a home distilled moonshine be a suitable substitute for vodka?

Hello everyone, I am trying to come up with something slightly more out of the box than an IPA for a local home brew competition. I am not a huge fan of dark beers (flavour mainly) and have some chillis become ripe in my garden (pretty hot ones) and im thinking about maybe trying a chilli...