Alcohol gauging and blending is an exacting process but can be made
easier with software that performs accurate temperature correction and blending
calculations to provide the quantities required. You will find several
different software solutions on the appropriate pages here but a summary follows:
Alcohol Blending Software (ABS 3.3) is a suite of 60 spreadsheets
that perform alcohol blending, gauging and accounting functions using the United
States TTB calibration temperature of 60° F (or 15.556° C). It is primarily
designed to allow US Distilled Spirits Plants to conduct their business
operations in conformity with US regulatory requirements.
Alcohol Blending Software (ABS 3.4) is a suite
of 150 spreadsheets that include all of the functions of 3.3, but also include
metric based blending procedures and the ability to blend at a calibration
temperature of 20° C. using the International Alcohol Tables. The software is a
companion to the two volume work, Alcohol Blending and Accounting and contains
all of the procedures outlined in the two volumes.
Distillery Operations Software (1.0) is a suite of 84
spreadsheets which is the companion software to the book; Distillery
Operations: How to Run a Small Distillery, and contains the supporting operable
calculations that comprise the book. These calculations primarily relate to the
fermentation and engineering side of operating a distillery.
