As many of you know all too well, there’s a lot that goes into craft beverage production behind the final sparkling result. Between fermentation, aging, distilling, brewing, filtration, and marketing….this business can get messy. After all, we’re dealing with organic materials, often in large amounts. We rely on our equipment to produce safe, sanitary, and […]

In between malting, mashing, distillation, maturation, and filtration,, you could say that craft distillers are in the business of transferring liquids. Distilleries need dependable pumps that fit their production cycle, helping to create a repeatable, consistent, and safe process. Different pump types allow different distilleries to easily transfer and filter liquids depending on their process specifications.  Pumps […]

Running a distillery can be exciting, rewarding, challenging …and dangerous? With the distiller territory and working with high-proof liquids comes industrial equipment and the potential for industrial-caliber disaster. Luckily, there are precautions you can take to ensure that toxic combinations of flammable vapor build-up and electrical equipment doesn’t send your precious craft distillery sky-high. A […]

Why Use Enzymes Instead of Malt? For alcoholic beverages based on the fermentation of starchy raw grain like barley, maize (corn), rye, or wheat, enzymes are commonly added to speed up the fermentation process and maximize yield. The thing is, starchy grains are made up of strong glucose bonds that yeast can’t convert into alcohol […]

As a follow-up to our popular Craft Distiller’s Guide to Filtration, we’re going more in-depth on how to use activated carbon. Before your spirit is ready to sell, many distillers turn to carbon filtration to perfect the taste and look of their liquor. Carbon filtering is an important step in craft distilling because carbon particles adsorb certain […]

As a craft distiller, you have the opportunity to be an alchemist of flavor, creating truly unique qualities in every batch. There are no rules to how a certain spirit has to taste—only time-honored traditions that set the standard for evaluating quality. But to stand out as a distiller, many look for ways to offer […]

You’ve put everything you have into perfecting your product. But before you bottle, some things have to come out.  You may think that you’ve created a pure product and adjusted everything you can to make the best quality possible, but without proper filtration, your product may not pour out neat. Flecks of carbon, bits of […]

Yeast can be a finicky devil. Common troubles distillers encounter includes a wash that doesn’t start fermenting, a blue or cloudy product, or not as high ABV (alcohol by volume) as you wanted in the final yield – sometimes fermentation never takes off. To avoid fumbles with your product due to yeast issues, pay close attention to temperature, […]

Long before the inside of a barrel sees any spirit, it undergoes a conditioning process that could literally be described as a walk through hell. With a seasoning process that includes multiple exposures to heat and flames, everything the barrel goes through before it gets to your warehouse is in preparation for the months or […]

For centuries, the barrel has been the vessel of choice for aging wine, stout, whiskey, bourbon and rum – until recently. Now our options are seemingly endless, and for traditionalists, controversial. Barrel Innovation: Virtue or Vice? Regardless of vessel, aging is essentially how your spirit interacts with its environment over time. The product matures inside […]