femermenting beer

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 30, 2005 5:40 pm

has anyone ever tryed fermenting already fermented commercial beer to increase alcohol percent??? if i did would it turn out like whiskey when i distilled it??? i heard whiskey mashes arnt the same as beer mashes or soemthing like that so im not sure

USarmy21 · Post by **USarmy21** » Mon May 30, 2005 5:41 pm

its me by the way

The Chemist · Post by **The Chemist** » Mon May 30, 2005 5:44 pm

No go, Army. Commercial beer is very carefully controlled to get maximum yield. Nothing left to ferment. I suppose you could add it into a distillation, and see how it comes out, but I'd add it after your wash fermentation is done.

Yttrium · Post by **Yttrium** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:19 pm

There have been a few posts in the past about distilling beer. I believe the two main problems with distilling beer is that it foams a lot and the hops give the distillate a strange taste. Supposedly if you are wanting to distill beer, your best bet at a quality product is trying to make gin.

USarmy21 · Post by **USarmy21** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:31 pm

when u say make gin do u mean add the beer to the distillate then redistill it?

level Joe · Post by **level Joe** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:51 pm

No, if I’m not mistaken he means you distill the beer into a tasteless product (no bad taste from the hops).