An essential step in distilling spirits, balancing proofs is not something to be taken lightly. Ensuring the correct ratio between alcohol and water is crucial in meeting product quality standards as intended and for production processes to run as intended. In this chapter we’ll describe current analytical techniques employed within industry in achieving this goal, […]

Distillers employ multiple control and monitoring systems to keep their process under tight scrutiny and manage it effectively. When operating continuously, these systems must simultaneously and continuously regulate beer feed rate (for controlling column volume and temperature) beer discharge flow to control stripping/rectifying sections’ column pressure/temperature as well as reflux-to-product flow to manage distillate quality, […]

How are grains and produce harvested in the field transformed into spirits we pour into our glasses? Distillation is at the core of it all. Heating liquid mixtures to their boiling points generates vapour which can then be condensed and collected for later separation of desired compounds–in this instance alcohol. The type of still used […]

Whisky connoisseurs know that barrel selection plays a huge part in its captivating flavor profile, yet have never really understood why this happens? Well, here is your opportunity to do just that as this article explores all aspects of aging science. Alcohol distillation involves creating a distillate with high quantities of drinking alcohol as its […]

Distillation is one of the most energy-intensive separation processes used in chemical plants, and separates components by their boiling points in multicomponent mixtures. Distillation has a significant impact on overall energy usage of chemical plants. Energy requirements of distillation columns depend on both reboiler heat duty (which represents the major energy usage), and condensation heat […]