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Why are spirits distilled?

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Spirits are distilled in order to get a purer form of alcohol than normal brewing and fermentation can yield. The MASH is brewed and fermented to produce the alcohol and then heated to evaporate the alcohol away from the mash into a cooling device to collect in a separate container. Since alcohol has a lower boiling point than water, the evaporate contains a higher concentration of alcohol

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