What are the 3 steps of distillation?

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The overall process of alcohol distillation can be summed up into 3 parts: Fermentation, Distillation, and Finishing.
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fermentation is not done by boiling. boiling would kill the yeast. yeast need a very specific temperature range to convert sugars (wort, grape juice, honey, whatever…) to alcohol. and boiling is far above the temperature in which yeast can survive..