Academy use: map equipment routes to intended component roles without ranking quality. Total plant alcohol, available equipment and whisky output are not interchangeable. Do not treat the book’s doubler/thumper terminology as a complete technical equivalence.
Site-visit description and Igura interview. The light-route account is atPDF290; medium and heavy routes are atPDF293. Malt/grain production alternated at the visit, unlike reported simultaneous1980s operation.
The book describes a multicolumn route yielding light grain spirit at90–94%ABV, a kettle working with rectifier and beer column for medium spirit, and a beer-column/doubler route for heavy spirit. The plant also supplies alcohol for ready-to-drink beverages.
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Japanese Whisky (2018): full-reading evidence expansion
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Evidence
The book describes a multicolumn route yielding light grain spirit at90–94%ABV, a kettle working with rectifier and beer column for medium spirit, and a beer-column/doubler route for heavy spirit. The plant also supplies alcohol for ready-to-drink beverages.
Location and context
Supplied PDF290–293,2018 edition.
Site-visit description and Igura interview. The light-route account is atPDF290; medium and heavy routes are atPDF293. Malt/grain production alternated at the visit, unlike reported simultaneous1980s operation.
Annotation
Academy use: map equipment routes to intended component roles without ranking quality. Total plant alcohol, available equipment and whisky output are not interchangeable. Do not treat the book’s doubler/thumper terminology as a complete technical equivalence.
Verification
Paraphrase and locators checked directly against the supplied source. This is not independent factual corroboration or verification of a different attached copy.