Hey everyone - we're in the planning stages of a gin distillery, and most likely sourcing organic NGS. I was wondering if anyone here had any experience with organic certification when using organic NGS?
My main questions:
If the base grain is organic, and we are distilling through a gin basket, do we even have to worry about if our botanicals are organic? Are they even ingredients if just vapor distilled?
If we can prove that more than 95% of our gin is NGS, then do we have to worry about all the botanicals being organic?
We're sourcing some botanicals locally / growing some ourselves that don't have organic certification, and leaning toward not certifying because (a) we can't organic-certify all the botanicals we use (b) I'm not sure customers really care, and (2) I'm worried about the cost. But, if anyone has more info/advice, please let me know!