dtucker7501

550 Gallon custom metal craft stainless IBC w/ 3 6000 watt elements used as stripping still and HLT. $2000 USFIP 15130 w/hoses $ 1800 dave@tuckerdistillery.com 360-731-3830 Items located in Silverdale WA

first thing is to figure out if you need to look at the NFPA or the IFC book. There is a barrel exemption in the IFC, also remember you can have 120 G but only 30 Gallons can be open at a time. you wont find any of those documents online. you have to buy a subscription or buy a book.

I don't think I would be comfortable running my still with the pressures produced by boiling water.

scratch and peck feeds in Washington has organic corn. It doesn't say where you are at so shipping could be pretty bad

Reasons for failure: It costs allot more than you think to get up and running. You make allot less than you thought you would. You cant get distributed. You get distributed and cant keep up or your quality falls, and your distributor dumps you. Even if you get into a bunch of local bars and restaurants, and the bartenders don't push your product your bottle sits on the shelf and doesn't move. You get into a few liquor stores local or chain, and you bottle become one of 800 different bottles of booze, so you move very little product. 50% of the places you market to turn you down. You get tired of paying thousands of dollars a month for the privilege of working 80 hours a week for free. you have a spouse that is not involved and does not understand why you are working 80 hours a week and losing money. one of the biggest i feel is supply chain. getting your consumables at a decent price with decent shipping costs. you have to get your cost per bottle pretty low to make any profit. These are some of the reasons I see distillery's fail. I'm sure there are many more. Don't take expansion as a sign of doing well. It may be just to try and move to a level of production that they feel may be profitable. it may work out or not. I have seen a few distillery's do a big expansion just to go under. After being open for 1.75 years I push on. However, if I would have known how hard this business is I may not have put that application in the mail. I am sure I missed many things. Wish you the best of luck Dave Tucker Tucker Distilery

I bought a 300 gallon water filter I am going to turn into a mash tun. It has about 200 gallons of carbon it in from when it was a water filter. is it worth anything, or would it be wanted by anyone?

My wife and I will be there hoping to get some good info we are in production waiting on our first label. And its only an hour away. Dave Tucker Tucker Distillery Silverdale WA

we use great western for our malt needs out of vancouver. I use scratch and peck out of bellingham for my corn. they will mill it to your specifications. I hate corn, someday I will figure out an easier way to process it. I am using a mash tun currently and it is a long process to boil and do multiple rests and get it out into the fermenter. Dave Tucker Tucker Distillery dave@tuckerdistillery.com

Hello Jeanette and Dave Tucker from Tucker Distilery in Silverdale,WA. We have all of our permits in place and are starting production. Lablels are in for approval. I would like to thank all of you for your help in getting this started ( I have spent hours and hours reading this board). Starting work on the daunting task of getting my recordkeeping set up.

where did you find the 10Kg for sale? I've been buying from mile high so far.