NOVELTY - Producing an mixed alcohol composition, comprises: (a) carbonylating methanol in a carbonylation reactor to form a mixed acid feed comprising acetic acid and at least 0.01 wt.% heavier acid; (b) hydrogenating the mixed acid feed comprising acetic acid in the presence of a catalyst to form a crude alcohol product comprising ethanol and a higher alcohol; and (c) separating the crude alcohol product in at least one separation unit to form an mixed alcohol composition and at least one derivative stream.    USE - The process is useful for producing an mixed alcohol composition, which is useful in a fuel composition, a feed stock for ester production and in a solvent (all claimed), where the alcohol composition comprises ethanol, which are useful in variety of application, including: pharmaceutical products, cleansers, sanitizers or hydrogenation transport; in fuel applications by blending with gasoline for motor vehicles (e.g. automobiles, boats and small piston engine aircrafts); in non-fuel applications, as a solvent for toiletry and cosmetic preparations, detergents, disinfectants, coatings and inks; as a processing solvent, e.g. in manufacturing processes for medicinal products, food preparations, dyes, photochemicals and latex processing; and as a chemical feedstock to make other chemicals (e.g. vinegar, butanol and ethyl acrylate).    ADVANTAGE - The process: eliminates the need for separately producing or obtaining a denaturant, and subsequently adding the denaturant to ethanol; and can tolerate the inclusion of propionic acid in the acetic acid process stream in that the acetic acid may be hydrogenated to form ethanol and the propionic acid may be hydrogenated to form propanol, thus the process does not require more than one separation column in the carbonylation separation system.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Producing an mixed alcohol composition, comprises: (a) carbonylating methanol in a carbonylation reactor to form a mixed acid feed comprising acetic acid and at least 0.01 wt.% heavier acid; (b) hydrogenating the mixed acid feed comprising acetic acid in the presence of a catalyst to form a crude alcohol product comprising ethanol and a higher alcohol; and (c) separating the crude alcohol product in at least one separation unit to form an mixed alcohol composition and at least one derivative stream, where the mixed alcohol composition comprises greater than 60 wt.% of ethanol and 0.01-40 wt.% of higher alcohol, based on the total weight of the mixed alcohol composition. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a alcohol composition formed by the process.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows schematic diagram of an integrated process.    Carbonylation system (202)    Hydrogenation system (204)    Methanol feed (226)    Acetic acid product stream (240)    Hydrogen feed (250)