Short answer: No. Alcohol itself is considered ajiva (non-living) in Jain philosophy and does not contain five-sense beings (jivas with five senses).

What this means in context:

• Five-sense jivas are typically humans, many animals, and some larger forms of life. They are not present inside a distilled beverage.
• However, the process of fermentation involves micro-organisms (like yeast). In Jainism, even these tiny life forms are jivas, usually regarded as having very few senses (far less than five). The key point for Jain practice is that the end product (the alcohol) is treated as an ajiva, and many Jain teachers discourage consumption of intoxicants because they promote violence to life and cloud judgment, which goes against ahimsa (non-violence) and spiritual discipline.

In brief: alcohol is not a container of five-sense beings; it is a non-living substance. But the production process involves microorganisms, which are living jivas with limited senses, and Jain ethics discourage intoxicants for the harm they cause to life and spiritual practice.

If you’d like, I can provide a concise explanation with exact references from Jain scriptures.