SPIR4000 - Technical guidance: contents

1. SPIR4010

   Why do we need a spirits regime?
2. SPIR4020

   What are spirits?
3. SPIR4030

   How are spirits produced?
4. SPIR4040

   Can anyone produce spirits?
5. SPIR4050

   Can you explain in greater detail how spirits are produced from cereals and fruits?
6. SPIR4060

   Stages of production: Materials
7. SPIR4070

   Stages of production: Mashing
8. SPIR4080

   Stages pf production: Fermentation
9. SPIR4090

   Stages of production: distillation
10. SPIR4100

    Stages of production: Pot still distillation
11. SPIR4110

    Stages of production: Continuous distillation
12. SPIR4120

    Can you explain how industrial ethanol is produced?
13. SPIR4130

    How are the spirits accounted for and warehoused?
14. SPIR4140

    What are distillers responsibilities under this regime?
15. SPIR4150

    What sort of records do distillers keep?
16. SPIR4160

    Can a distiller dispose of fusel oils without paying excise duty?
17. SPIR4170

    Can a distiller receive feedstock from other excise traders?
18. SPIR4180

    What happens if a distiller ceases to manufacture spirits?
19. SPIR4190

    What is the significance of the terms "whisky", "whiskey" and "Scotch Whisky"
20. SPIR4200

    Is a distillers licence required if a trader produces spirits as a by-product of a manufacturing process?
21. SPIR4220

    Can computerised versions of the Practical Alcohol tables etc be used?
22. SPIR4230

    Can a trader manufacture spirits in a still which has a capacity of less than 18 hectolitres?
23. SPIR4240

    What classification are spirits-based alcoholic carbonates ('Alcpops')?
24. SPIR4250

    But that’s made-wine - what does it have to do with spirits?
25. SPIR4260

    Processing of quarterly returns
26. SPIR4300

    Exports by Small Producers