Craft Distilleries and Microbreweries: Hatch Acts

“The faintly lit hatchway lay in the dark…like a grave yawning at judgement day in some old apocalyptic painting.”  — Cormac McCarthy One of the appeals of craft distilleries and microbreweries is that they produce small batches, so a lot of care goes into each batch. Small batches, by their very nature, require small additions [...]

By |2026-02-26T11:07:29-06:00February 26th, 2026|Craft Distillery Safety, Process Safety|Comments Off on Craft Distilleries and Microbreweries: Hatch Acts

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: Hatch Additions

“Ideas nearly always seem brilliant when they’re hatched, so we never act on a new idea for at least twenty-four hours.”  — Steven D. Levitt Batch processes often rely on additions through open hatches for ingredients that don’t lend themselves to being pumped in through a pipe. These include liquid ingredients used in small quantities [...]

By |2025-01-16T13:12:10-06:00August 17th, 2023|Chemicals, Process Safety, Workplace Safety|Comments Off on Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: Hatch Additions
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