bull

What is your location?

White or Red?

You should call your local boiler inspector and see what requirements are for your state as they vary. I have trained on a still in Washington state that had the low pressure 399,000 BTU gas boiler next to the still without separation. Here in Oregon state I can install the exact same still and boiler set up in the same room without separation. In Maryland it is the same thing.

Note the still pot location in the attached photo.

When applying for your COLA formula and labels account did you receive an email confirming you applied. I have yet to get any confirmation

On 5/15/2016 at 1:33 PM, Scalawag said:

Hey Bull, sounds like a great idea and having fun too....I have friends in Baker, just down the road from you. I will let them know you're there and to come check you out.

 

Michael

Awesome thanks!

We are currently building up to our Grand Opening. One thing we have been doing is trying to build the hype machine locally to get people excited and educate them on what a Distillery is.

We recently had a Still raising party. Kind of like an Amish barn raising, but without the beards and a lot more fun. We had about 100 people show up throughout the day and they got to be a part of fun. We basically had most of the still built and people got to see how it worked and add a nut or washer here and there. It was a huge success. We had a T-Shirt and food for them also.

We have roughly 13K Square Feet. As we are adding equipment, tasting room/bar, etc. We are slowly chipping away at our once large space. If you can afford it, go big if you have big dreams of growing.

6 hours ago, Shindig said:

The TTB will approve.

 

Example - "Traverse City Whiskey". Look at their website which describes their "long lost family recipe". They have bougt and bottled their "Traversse City Whsikey" with amazing success with out making a drop. They ship it in from out of state. The "Traverse City" name is in bold letters on the label and because it is a tourist town everyone wants a bottle and 99% have no clue it is NOT made in Michigan.

There are a lot of examples out there like that now that you put it that way.  

We are signed up for our local farmers market. We won't be able to sell product until July, but the licensing is straight forward and the hype is through the roof. Don't hesitate to begin advertising for it once you know you are locked in. 

Thank you Dave for the insight.

We finally get to post here!

Applied January 8th 2016

Approved May 9th 2016

122 Days

Thanks for the reply. What about using it for your product name? 

Thanks for the replies. I have been studying the BAM as well and I don't find anything that says you can't.

I have researched and cannot find a definitive yes or no or maybe so for using a state name in your brand? I understand you can't claim to be the official Gin of Rhode Island but can you use the state name? 

Thoughts?

Welcome! Good luck

Adding to this thread. We have used www.pipedrive.com

Fully customizable!

I have attended it and it was well worth it. Be ready to take a lot of notes.

Thanks and will do!

Long time listener first time caller.

We are starting our distillery here in Pendleton Oregon which will focus and celebrate the local agriculture. We are busy currently getting our building up and running while we wait for our permits and equipment. We look forward to joining the group. Thanks!

You can follow in on the fun here for now: https://www.facebook.com/oregongrain/

Thanks again!

Not sure if it is too late, but we used Dave Dunbar and he is great. He is also on this forum. dhdunbar1@gmail.com

You can use HRW for distilling with success. With the high protein content you will get some good foam on your ferment if you are not careful.