5. Setting up of distillery आसवनीची उभारणी
A distillery shall be set up in accordance with the plan approved by the Commissioner
Each wash-back, vat, vessel or receiver, shall before it is used in a distillery for storage of wash or spirit, be gauged, and the following particulars shall be indicated in paint thereon, namely:—
- whether it is a wash-back, storage vat, vessel or receiver;
- serial number thereof;
- capacity in litres;
- in the case of storage vats, the kind of spirit stored;
- date on which it is gauged.
The various pipe-lines in the distillery shall be painted with distinctive colours, as indicated below:—
मराठी अनुवाद (Marathi Translation)
आसवनीची उभारणी किण्वन करणाऱ्या मुख्य घटकांची साठवणूक किण्वन करणाऱ्या मुख्य घटकांची नोंद
- Molasses, wort and wash .. Green.
- Spirit .. Red.
- Fusel oil .. Brown.
- Water .. White.
- Spent wash .. Yellow
- Compressed air .. Silver/Aluminium.
- Dehydrating agent .. Blue.
- Steam .. Lagged or Black, if not lagged.
- Sulphuric acid .. Orange.
- Aldehyde .. Purple.
The licensee and the Distillery Officer shall each keep a register in Form II in which the tables of gauging for wash-back, vat, vessel and receiver at the distillery shall be entered.
6. Storage of fermentative bases किण्वन करणाऱ्या मुख्य घटकांची साठवणूक
²[The fermentative bases shall be stored in such manner that they cannot be damaged by rain or inclement weather, and that their stock can be easily ascertained. In case of Molasses, it shall be stored in fully covered steel tanks.]²
²[The fermentative bases on receipt on the distillery premises shall be measured on electronic weighments which conforms to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)]².
7. Record of fermentative bases किण्वन करणाऱ्या मुख्य घटकांची नोंद
The Distillery Officer shall keep the record of his survey of the wash-back, stills and spirit receivers at the Distillery in a survey register in Form III, and note therein every change in the condition of such wash-backs, still and spirit receivers as provided in the form.
The licensee and the Distillery Officer shall each maintain a register in Form IV, showing the progress of fermentation and distillation at the distillery.
The Distillery Officer shall make check-weighments or verify the stock of the fermentative bases passed into the distillery, at least once a week, and shall make a note to this effect in the remarks column of Appendix D to Form I.
²[(a) Frequency of drawing Molasses samples:— (i) Four samples of one kilogram each of molasses shall be drawn once in a month from the storage tank wherefrom the molasses is obtained in the case of batch type fermentation. (ii) Four samples of one kilogram each of molasses shall be drawn once in a month from the "day tank" in the case of continuous fermentation.]²