Areke is a traditional alcoholic beverage which is distilled from fermentation of cereals;rnmalt (beqil), gesso which gives flavor to the Areke with addition of water. Traditionalrnstoves are widely used across various regions of Ethiopia. Mostly, three stone biomassrnAreke stove is the dominant stove used for Areke distillation. But traditional and three-stonernfires cause serious health issues and their high fuel consumption leads to deforestationrnproblems. The aim of this study was to design and make experimental investigation ofrnimproved biomass Areke distillation stove to improve thermal efficiency of the stove andrnconsequently reduce the wastage of heat energy during the distillation process. In order tornquantify the amount of heat loss accounted in three stone and improved biomass Arekerndistillations stove intensive experimental investigation was made, and data obtained wasrnanalytically analyzed. In addition to that, Controlled Cooking was used to evaluate thernperformance of the Areke stoves. An experienced cook/brewer was hired to prepare andrndistill Areke using the two types of stoves three stone, and improved Areke stoves. The fuelrnused for all the tests has on average a size of 40mm x 40mm x 1000mm. The moisturerncontent of the fuel wood used for the test was around 14%. The test room has a size of 2.5mrnx 3.5m x 2.5m. Considering the three stone Areke stove as a reference, the specific fuelrnconsumption improvement or fuel use reduction of improved Areke stove is 45 %.rnSimilarly, time to brew/cook reduction is 50% in using improved Areke stove. The heat lossrnaccounted in the improved biomass Areke distillation stove was also quantified and thernsystem encountered 505 W heat losses. The thermal efficiency of the improved biomassrnAreke distillation stove was 25% while that of the three-stone fire for Areke distillation wasrn11 %. This shows an increase of the efficiency by nearly 56 % compared to the three-stonernfire. In replacing the existing three stone, the improved Areke stove will bring increase inrnthermal efficiency, reduction of fuel use and reduce total distillation time using biomass inrnaddition to the indoor air pollution load for the women and child in households.