Alcohol & spirits
Item-level serialization, refill-proof authentication, and excise track-and-trace from still to shelf.
Map a control once. Cite it everywhere.
What teams do with Traceage
Every card is a real job, framed for the person who owns it.
Brand Protection Manager
Refill-proof authentication
First-scan-wins serialization flags a refilled or cloned bottle before it reaches a glass, not after the lab report.
Master Distiller / QA Lead
HACCP from mash to bottle
Methanol and ethanol control points monitored as signed CCPs at fermentation, distillation cuts, and dilution. Every reading on the record.
Excise & Tax Compliance Lead
Excise stamp reconciliation
Reconcile every fiscal mark (EMCS, TTB, or a national duty stamp) against production and dispatch events, so leakage shows as a gap, not an audit surprise.
Brand Owner
Provenance on the pack
Turn an age statement or geographic-indication claim into a consumer scan that proves it. Anchored, tamper-evident, no separate marketing stack.
Anti-Diversion Lead
Grey-market detection
The same serial surfacing across regions, or scan spikes at a border, expose parallel-import and diversion routes before they erode the channel.
Recall Coordinator
Recall scope in seconds
Bound a contamination or counterfeit recall to the exact lots and serials affected, then watch the market for fakes wearing your label.
Every stage on one continuous record.
The alcohol & spirits workflow — and where Traceage fits at each step.
- 01
Source & receive
Grain, agave, grapes, and bulk ethanol logged at intake with supplier and origin.
- 02
Ferment & distill
Methanol and ethanol control points monitored as HACCP CCPs; cuts and dilution signed off.
- 03
Bottle, serialize & stamp
Item-level serial and tamper-evident mark applied; the excise stamp reconciled to the fill event.
- 04
Distribute
Custody tracked leg by leg; scan velocity flags diversion and grey-market routes.
- 05
Retail & verify
A consumer scan confirms authenticity and catches a refilled or cloned bottle before the pour.
What it delivers.
Proof of authenticity & quality
Every bottle serialized and refill-proof, verifiable from still to shelf.
Verified ethical & sustainable sourcing
Grain, agave, grapes, and bulk ethanol traced to a verified, audited source.
Real-time visibility & convenience
A scan proves the pour for the consumer; excise reconciles live for the regulator.
Fast, painless issue resolution
A counterfeit or contaminated lot is isolated before the next pour.
The regulations, in plain terms.
Every framework Traceage maps for alcohol & spirits.
- HACCP
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points — the foundational method for identifying and controlling food-safety hazards.
- BRCGS
- Brand Reputation Compliance Global Standards — a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)-recognised standard for food safety, quality, and operations.
- FSSC 22000
- Food Safety System Certification 22000 — a GFSI-recognised scheme built on ISO 22000 plus sector prerequisite programs.
- EU EMCS
- EU Excise Movement and Control System — the electronic system that tracks excise goods (alcohol, tobacco, energy products) moving under duty suspension across the EU.
- US TTB
- US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau — the federal authority for the taxation, labelling, and authorised production of alcoholic beverages.
- GI (EU 2019/787)
- EU Regulation 2019/787 on spirit drinks — protects geographic indications (Scotch, Cognac, Tequila, and more) and governs spirit definitions, labelling, and authenticity.
See it on your own data.
Stand up a working setup in days. No rip-and-replace.