Setup: Create New RTD Formula (Read Time: 4 mins)

Users with TTB-approved Formulas can build those in Dx5 to track Material/Formula usage.

To set up a new Dx5 Formula:

• Navigate to Operations > Setup
• Click the Setup Actions button in the upper right corner; choose "New Recipe/Formula"
  
• Enter a Name and Abbreviation to reference the new Dx5 Formula.
  • Abbreviations = Maximum of 6 Characters.
    
    
• Check the "Designate as Formula" option.
  • Official Formula Name: The name or number of the TTB-approved Formula.
  • Start ABV: the Starting ABV the Base liquid will be gauged at before applying the Formula.
  • End ABV: the Ending ABV the Base liquid will be gauged at after applying the Formula's ingredients + water. 
    
    • Designate as Formula allows you to pre-set the Alcohol Content change of a Batch upon Dx5 Formula application. For example, if an approved Formula always changes your base spirit Batch from 95 ABV to 8 ABV after water + ingredients are added, setting the Starting/Ending ABVs will update Dx5 Batch Volume/ABV upon Formula application.
      • Dx5 will require users' source Batches to be at exactly the Start ABV stated on the Formula before application if Designate as Formula is selected.
        
        
• Baseline Batch Volume refers to the starting Volume of spirit involved in this Formula. Example: if a Formula is approved based on a starting spirit Volume of 500 L, enter that as the Baseline Batch Volume.
  
  
  • If Scale Recipe/Formula is selected, this Formula's materials will be scaled up or down automatically based on differences in the Batch Volume users are running the Formula against. 
    • Example: a Formula's Baseline Batch Volume of 500 L is established which requires 100lbs of material is being ran against a 250 L batch - Dx5 scales the Formula's Material application down to 50lbs automatically. 
      
      
• Add Recipe/Formula Materials as appropriate and relevant to the Baseline Batch Volume. 
  • The below Formula is set up with the Materials/Material Amounts applied to a 500 L Baseline Batch Volume:
    
  • Use "+Add Another Material" to add all required Materials to the Formula.
  • If a Material is not available in the drop-down menu, navigate to Inventory > Overview and build the necessary Item using the steps in this resource: Inventory: Add New Raw Material (Read Time: 4 mins).
    
    
• Apply Batch Type Modifier can be selected to allow the Dx5 Formula to automatically update the Batch Type of the Batch that users are applying their Formula to. 
  • Example: My Formula calls for Material applications to NGS, which will change spirit identity from NGS to Grapefruit Vodka Fizz. By establishing a Starting and End Batch Type here, Dx5 will automatically update my Batch's Batch Type from "NGS" to "CC-Grapefruit Vodka Fizz" upon application of my Formula:
    
    
    
• Enter an optional Description, or note/comment, for the new Formula if desired.
• Click the orange Save Changes button to save the new Formula.