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Hello, All. After going through this form for a few hours, researching every thread that I can find about custom bottles, I was not able to find a link/thread that I had seen a while back about a Mexican company that will make less than the 10K minimum bottles as we've heard about so much. SO! Since a bottle is created from four parts, top/bottom/front side/back side... Why is the minimum 10K? What I'd like to do is just get a stock bottle such as the common whiskey bottle shape that the Eagle Rare or Antique Collection is in, but just change the front - does anyone know of a bottle-maker who will make less than that 10K number for a first-run? My feeling is that since there are so many more companies that need bottles than there were here even a two years ago, somewhere there's a custom house that will do less than that common minimum. Or, perhaps find someone else that wants a similar bottle who also only wants 5K, and then chat with a bottle-maker about switching out the front mold after the first 5K. Is that a crazy idea? Thanks in advance.

Hello, All. Quick question - if you were to suggest one contract distillery that could product 15K cases/month of vodka, who would you suggest? I know that this is a very broad question, but I'm interested to see if any of those that I have already been in contact with are suggested through the membership here. Thanks in advance.