{"product_id":"how-a-whisky-distillery-works-charles-vance-9798183641868","title":"How a Whisky Distillery Works: Inside a Craft Bourbon Distillery - From Grain to Bottle, Automated with Ignition and CompactLogix","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery bottle of bourbon is a small miracle of consistency. How does a modern craft distillery keep that promise - barrel after barrel, year after year?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow a Whisky Distillery Works\u003c\/i\u003e takes you inside a complete craft bourbon distillery, one room at a time, and reveals the automation that runs it. From the grain silo to the hand-numbered bottle, you'll follow the real process - milling, cooking and mashing, fermentation, distillation, the all-important \u003ci\u003ecut\u003c\/i\u003e, barreling, the long hot-climate aging, and bottling - and meet, in plain language, the control system working quietly behind all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou don't need an engineering degree. With clear explanations and more than a hundred diagrams, this book connects the copper to the control room: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFollow one batch end to end\u003c\/b\u003e - grain to glass, with every step explained\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnderstand the control concepts that matter\u003c\/b\u003e - PID loops, cascade control, split-range heating and cooling, sequences, recipes, and verified clean-in-place (CIP)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSee real systems in context\u003c\/b\u003e - an Allen-Bradley \u003cb\u003eCompactLogix\u003c\/b\u003e controller and an \u003cb\u003eIgnition\u003c\/b\u003e HMI\/SCADA layer, with tags, screens, faceplates, alarms, and the historian that remembers every batch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLearn the safety thinking\u003c\/b\u003e - permissives, interlocks, and defense-in-depth, from the cook house to the still house\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGrasp the big idea\u003c\/b\u003e - automation doesn't replace the craft; it makes the craft \u003ci\u003erepeatable\u003c\/i\u003e, and calls a human for the decisions only a human should make\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho it's for: \u003c\/b\u003e curious whiskey enthusiasts, new plant technicians, automation and controls engineers moving into food and beverage, distillery operators, and anyone who has ever wondered what all those screens on the wall actually do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you'll find: \u003c\/b\u003e 21 chapters across six parts, four appendices (a full glossary, tag-naming and I\/O conventions, a bourbon standards quick reference, and worked solutions), end-of-chapter exercises, and a single batch - Batch 1147 - followed from a silo of grain to a numbered bottle so the whole plant moves at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePour something worth sipping, and come see how it's really made.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Vance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183641868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Charles Vance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997823316223,"sku":"9798183641868","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-a-whisky-distillery-works-charles-vance-9798183641868","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}