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  1. I have seen liqueurs as low as 13% abv. Ours is 15% avb and we have no problems. I imagine the level(%) of sugar will impact the likelihood of spoilage, as well.
  2. Looking for a good label designer who can create an eye-catching brand identity for your products? We have just gone to market with our product using a label designed by a remarkably talented and attentive designer: Lost Marbles Design Group here in St. Louis. Caren Schlossberg-Wood, the head designer, is very creative, gets to know the product and the producer, and then generates a range of possible designs from which the producer can choose. She works with you to make sure that the look and the message is just right for you and your product. She handles all the small and large details necessary to make sure the labels are produced with both quality and economy in mind. Lost Marbles Design Group will also help you generate ideas to improve shelf presence and develop marketing tools, with an eye to continuity and good brand management. Lost Marbles Design Group is an experienced design practice with a very impressive portfolio, and their work is always right on the mark! I'm recommending Lost Marbles because we are very lucky to have been introduced to them. Here's the contact information: Lost Marbles Design Group | Caren Schlossberg-Wood, Principal Graphic Designer 314.646.1243 ph | lostmarblesdesign@earthlink.net Bill Foster OTT Enterprises, LLC www.drinkthebigo.com
  3. "License to manufacture not required, personal or family use--limitation. 311.055. No person at least twenty-one years of age shall be required to obtain a license to manufacture intoxicating liquor, as defined in section 311.020, for personal or family use. The aggregate amount of intoxicating liquor manufactured per household shall not exceed two hundred gallons per calendar year if there are two or more persons over the age of twenty-one years in such household, or one hundred gallons per calendar year if there is only one person over the age of twenty-one years in such household." But this is trumped by the Federal Regulations that prohibit distilling without a distilling plant permit: FAQ on TTB Website: "You cannot produce spirits for beverage purposes without paying taxes and without prior approval of paperwork to operate a distilled spirits plant. [see 26 U.S.C. 5601 & 5602 for some of the criminal penalties.] There are numerous requirements that must be met that make it impractical to produce spirits for personal or beverage use. Some of these requirements are paying special tax, filing an extensive application, filing a bond, providing adequate equipment to measure spirits, providing suitable tanks and pipelines, providing a separate building (other than a dwelling) and maintaining detailed records, and filing reports. All of these requirements are listed in 27 CFR Part 19. Spirits may be produced for non-beverage purposes for fuel use only without payment of tax, but you also must file an application, receive TTB's approval, and follow requirements, such as construction, use, records and reports."
  4. I'm looking for a supplier for small quantities (around 5000) of 19mm bar top corks. Anyone have a good source? I'll appreciate any help you can give me.
  5. Hello! I am new to the ADI forums. I am not yet distilling but hope to be within the next couple of years (I've been studying and have taken a class on brandy distilling). We (my wife and I) are working with a distiller now to produce a new liqueur, and we are very interested in making my own brandy. We hope to be marketing the liqueur within the year--and making brandy within three years. We plan to start small and stay that way. We are eager to make friends and learn a lot from ADI members and the forum. Thanks for letting us listen in.
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