Distillery operations involve high-proof flammable spirits, heated equipment, and strict federal regulations. SnapOps helps distillers, production managers, and compliance officers document the procedures that ensure product quality, worker safety, and TTB compliance.
Distillation concentrates alcohol, and with it, the fire and explosion risk. High-proof spirits at 120+ proof are extremely flammable, and a still operating under heat and pressure requires carefully documented startup, operation, and shutdown procedures. The margin of error in distillery safety is zero, making comprehensive SOPs a matter of protecting lives, not just meeting regulations.
TTB requires extensive production records including daily gauge of spirits, processing records for each batch, and storage accountability for bonded warehouses. These records are subject to audit, and discrepancies trigger investigations. Documented SOPs for production logging, tank gauging, and barrel entry ensure that your records are accurate, complete, and audit-ready.
Pre-heat checks, charge procedure, temperature monitoring, heads/hearts/tails cut decisions, and production record completion.
Proof verification, barrel preparation, filling procedure, bung sealing, warehouse placement, and TTB barrel record.
Storage area ventilation, spill containment verification, grounding and bonding, ignition source control, and fire suppression check.
Distillery SOPs must address TTB 27 CFR Parts 19-22 (distilled spirits plants), OSHA flammable liquid handling, fire code requirements for high-proof spirit storage, EPA wastewater permit requirements for stillage, and state liquor manufacturing regulations.
SnapOps generates distillery SOPs with specific references to mashing procedures, fermentation monitoring, still operation parameters, cut points, proofing calculations, and barrel management. The AI understands the procedural differences between bourbon, whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, and brandy production.
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