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kkbodine

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  1. Invariably, when a customer mentions Barr Hill they believe its base is made from honey. Slightly frustrating that people don't read labels, but that is my thing.
  2. I'm all for exploring but Barr Hill is made from GNS, at least according to the label. Sweetened with honey though.
  3. Don't have a good answer but I did run into this problem a while back. We used scissors to cut them. They came out uneven but looked good on the bottles. Kind of a pain but fortunately it was a small run of weird bottles.
  4. Check out line 16 on the 5110.11 Monthly Report of Storage Operations form or line 18 on the 5110.28 Monthly Report of Processing Operations form.
  5. I'm curious what the water district is thinking. After distillation, the yeast aren't yeast anymore.
  6. I have never ordered from them as it took six months to get a simple bottle sample, which I had to send back.
  7. I'm in the distillery so I can't log into the system. I think there is an option to amend your application (not very intuitive to me) then you can go in and add the form. IMO, it's an unnecessarily complicated way to submit a really simple form. Directions courtesy of one of my suppliers: First you sign in to TTB permits online Then you go to the back and find the original DSP application to Amend.- Likely page 6 or 5. Then you say no to all things except 1. (Very Careful) Confirm and press continue Then click Start Then under reason for amendment Then click continue And click continue again Add a row Enter info in Red- new serial number each time and customer info. Blue always the same Click ok Add a row and repeat if more than 1 is being done Click continue And continue again Click Continue Submit application package Must see confirmation Then click home and exit.
  8. Last month when I called the TTB they insisted they would only allow submissions through Permits Online. Since my permits were not done online originally it took a lot of question answering to even get to the part where one can submit the form. In the end, a couple of hours wasted on a five minute project. I guess it will be easier next time though.
  9. I have had little success getting them to answer questions and no success getting any sample bottles. All I ever get from them is advertising emails.
  10. Looks nice. I have used air diaphragm pumps in the past and really like them. Adequate air supply is, of course, required. As I remember the volume of air required equals the volume of liquid moved, at a fairly high pressure.
  11. Just got in and what a pain it now is. Thanks for nothing TTB.
  12. Information available at: https://www.businessesforsale.com/us/craft-distillery-in-union-maine-for-sale.aspx https://www.bizbuysell.com/Business-Opportunity/craft-distillery-for-sale/1938847/
  13. I have had a good experience, over many years, with Richmark Label from Seattle. Local printers in my area either know nothing about labels and contract the job to someone else, or have awful customer service.
  14. I'm in the same boat. Every time I get frustrated with the 2-3 hours I spend at the end of the month (including my winery and all my state reports) I think about buying something.... until I remember the prices.
  15. I had a consulting client that would leave his still running overnight unattended for 8-10 hours. Completely insane. He also put every bit of the heads and tails into his products and wondered why they tasted so bad.
  16. Maybe try this: https://www.awri.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TN06.pdf
  17. I'm glad you added to this. I was definitely lucky and it could have easily gone the other way. My experience has varied in different TTB regions and with different personnel at different times. One never knows until one knows and this can be very frustrating to new people; and us old ones too.
  18. I had a similar experience back in 2005/2006. Once I had a separate address for my outbuilding, poof the problem disappeared, no fence required. Of course nothing on the ground was actually different.
  19. I have a very similar label. We have been using Richmark Label in Seattle for a long time. They should be able to do this.
  20. Thanks for the thanks. We reached out many, many times to our reps. and senators. We also went to DC (two owners, three kids, and a son in law) and met with one of our senators in person to drive home the message. He actually listened for so long I ran out of points to make. It was a fascinating look into the sausage factory, plus a cool tour.
  21. One thing I section I came across recently seems contradictory on this point where "alcohol" is specifically mentioned. § 4.21 The standards of identity. ... (g) Class 7; aperitif wine. (1) Aperitif wine is wine having an alcoholic content of not less than 15 percent by volume, compounded from grape wine containing added brandy or alcohol, flavored with herbs and other natural aromatic flavoring materials, with or without the addition of caramel for coloring purposes, and possessing the taste, aroma, and characteristics generally attributed to aperitif wine and shall be so designated unless designated as “vermouth” under paragraph (g)(2) of this section. (2) Vermouth is a type of aperitif wine compounded from grape wine, having the taste, aroma, and characteristics generally attributed to vermouth, and shall be so designated.
  22. Nope. Most of it makes way more sense.
  23. Worked at a winery/distillery that used camlock; pain in the ass having sexed fittings.
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