When I brew beer at home following beginner recipes, the recipe calls for adding water after the mash-- all the fermentable sugars are there before the fermentation, so I can't see why you couldn't make a drinkable beer this way. Sounds fun. But I recommend getting a taste for a sip of whiskey at the end of the day rather than bothering with contraptions.
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