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Alcohols can be distilled.
No, Im afraid not, it is too much of a cash cow for the government.
You ferment them, then distill the low-alcoholic sludge into high-concentrate alcohol. Then you burn the alcohol as fuel.
If you need to make an intoxicating drink you can distill a mixture of alcohol and water to make spirits.
You can distill fermented fruits, seeds, grains, cereals, vegetables, roots, juices etc.
Moonshiners distill alcohol and peddle it illegally. The archaeology professor was able to distill all of his experience into a dozen highly-praised seminars.
because of the chemicals used to distill it. alcohol such as drinking alcohol has ethanol in it and rubbing alcohol has isopropyl which is a poison that can fight infection. drinking isopropyl can cause a permanent drunkness that will destroy your liver because it can not be digested.
Sake is made from rice alcohol.
The usual way of making spirits is first to have something ferment, to build some natural alcohol, then to distill that liquid to concentrate the alcohol. For Vodka, the start is potatoes.
rice beer ---- Lots of beers have rice flour in them as a starch stretcher (it increases the alcoholic content of the beer cheaply). In particular American mass-produced beers have this adulteration. (American Budweiser even has an 'organic rice' version). Many people find that if they avoid rice-based beers they sleep better and have less severe hangovers. This is one of several reasons why serious beer lovers never drink American Bud.
You don't have to, but you can. Distilling it twice simply removes more impurities in the alcohol. So, distill away!