Forgotten wash

[Retzev]

Hi all,

So here I am clearing out the garage at home this afternoon, as we have all been sent home from work due to the virus outbreak.
In the corner of the garage I found a 25 L bucket of sugar wash that I forgot to distill a few months ago (life got in the way..) We are just finishing summer/moving into Autumn here in New Zealand, so the fermenter has been in a fairly warm, bordering on hot, place in the garage.

From memory I did previously test for alcohol content a few months ago, and it was up around 8%.

My alcometer is now reading the wash as 1%. I have tested my alcometer on my other spirits, and its looking accurate.

Do you think I have lost the alcohol from the fermenter due to temperature in the garage? Im thinking I did, and was wanting to know if I could resurrect the wash, or, start from scratch again..

Thanks guys and girls!

Paul