1 Purpose
This document sets category-specific preparation, presentation, service, and carryover controls for Alcoholic Beverages within the defined Good Taste Awards standards system.
2 Scope
This document applies to the requirements, decisions, records, controls, and outputs expressly identified under Alcoholic Beverages. Award scope and exclusions are defined by GTA-STD-100; this document shall not create an additional award dimension. Operational prerequisites identified here affect assessment validity and never constitute product certification.
3 Authority and interpretation
The Assessment Operations Lead owns GTA-MOD-315; the Standards Authority approves it. formal verbs, defined terms, stable requirement identities, policy constants, and generated representations shall be interpreted under GTA-GOV-002, GTA-GOV-005, and the defined registers.
3.1 Registered relationships
| Relationship | Direction | Related document |
|---|---|---|
implements | outbound | GTA-SCH-303 |
governed_by | outbound | GTA-GOV-001 |
drafted_under | outbound | GTA-GOV-002 |
4 Requirements
GTA-MOD-315-R001 — Subcategory assignment
The Assessment Operations Lead shall cover fermented, distilled, fortified, mixed, and other alcoholic beverage forms.
GTA-MOD-315-R002 — Participation
The Assessment Operations Lead shall apply lawful eligibility, informed participation, refusal, and departure controls.
GTA-MOD-315-R003 — Portion and cumulative exposure
The Assessment Operations Lead shall limit individual and session alcohol exposure.
GTA-MOD-315-R004 — Vessel
The Assessment Operations Lead shall use a category-suitable neutral vessel without brand cues.
GTA-MOD-315-R005 — Temperature and aeration
The Assessment Operations Lead shall control chilling, opening, decanting, aeration, and holding.
GTA-MOD-315-R006 — Dilution or mixer
The Assessment Operations Lead shall apply only an integral defined serving form.
GTA-MOD-315-R007 — Order
The Assessment Operations Lead shall manage alcohol strength, sweetness, tannin, bitterness, smoke, and aroma persistence.
GTA-MOD-315-R008 — Spitting and water
The Assessment Operations Lead shall provide defined options suitable to the category and participant.
5 Category applicability and selection
| Parameter | Defined value or selection rule |
|---|---|
| Included subcategories | fermented, distilled, fortified, mixed_alcoholic, other_alcoholic |
| Representative state | category_suitable_declared_serving_state |
| Portion basis | minimum_quantity_supporting_valid_sensory_access_within_participation_limits |
| Mandatory measurements | alcohol_strength, portion_volume, cumulative_exposure, service_condition, opening_aeration_or_decant_control |
| Carrier rule | water_mixer_or_dilution_only_when_integral_to_the_assessed_serving_form |
| Order class | assign_from_alcohol_strength_sweetness_tannin_bitterness_smoke_and_aroma |
| Inability conditions | participation_limit, unauthorized_dilution, unsuitable_vessel, temperature_or_aeration_failure |
6 Category control matrix
| Control ID | Variable | Required control | Source of setting | Evidence | Out-of-control action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GTA-MOD-315-C01 | Subcategory assignment | Cover fermented, distilled, fortified, mixed, and other alcoholic beverage forms. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-315-C02 | Participation | Apply lawful eligibility, informed participation, refusal, and departure controls. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-315-C03 | Portion and cumulative exposure | Limit individual and session alcohol exposure. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-315-C04 | Vessel | Use a category-suitable neutral vessel without brand cues. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-315-C05 | Temperature and aeration | Control chilling, opening, decanting, aeration, and holding. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-315-C06 | Dilution or mixer | Apply only an integral defined serving form. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-315-C07 | Order | Manage alcohol strength, sweetness, tannin, bitterness, smoke, and aroma persistence. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-315-C08 | Spitting and water | Provide defined options suitable to the category and participant. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
7 individual product instruction precedence
A individual product instruction may supply a measurable setting where this module intentionally requires individual product selection. It shall be approved before blind coding, shall describe ordinary intended preparation, and shall not disclose brand identity to assessors. It shall not change the liking scale, panel composition, star thresholds, result meaning, or role authority.
The approved preparation plan shall state input quantity, equipment, sequence, endpoint, portion, vessel, service condition, holding control, order class, palate recovery, measurement method, tolerance or acceptance rule, and action for nonconformity. A missing mandatory setting shall stop preparation rather than invite operator estimation.
8 Conformity and records
Conformity with Alcoholic Beverages requires evidence comprising the preparation plan, batch record, service event, measurement, and deviation state. The record for each applicable GTA-MOD-315 requirement shall permit reconstruction without relying on an unrecorded explanation.
Evidence created under GTA-MOD-315 shall use stable identifiers, immutable event sequence numbers, and machine event timestamps. A correction shall be append-only. A nonconformity shall place the affected object in a non-releasable state until its consequence and confirmed disposition are recorded. Role combination remains subject to the mandatory separation rules.