Sunshine Distillery

What state are you in? Can you have an offshore tasting room?

I plan on making my tasting room a big part of my distilley business here in Florida. What state are you in and what percentags of your sales in merchandise, bottle sales , by the glass out of curiosity?

Thanks for the heads up. The numbers are about right, maybe a little high. Let me put this out there now, my wife and I are both employed by the same newspaper and we are surely out of a job in 2 years. We want to take the next year to learn how to distill while we wait for approval from the various governments. I figure that will be at least 6 months before we can even think of putting a product for sale. My goal is to purchase 150gal still during 2nd year of operation and not oversupply and overspend during the first year if we manage to create a great product that is in demand. My job allows me to be very flexible luckily. We don't expect much out of the first year. Unlike Panoscape, I wasn't thinking of GNS but maybe I should explore it some more. I'm open to all criticism, as long as it is constructive. I've owned a couple of succesful businesses already, there is never a pot of gold at the end of the day, only after many many long sweaty years, if you make your luck http://adiforums.com/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/smile.png

Ok i have a question reguarding yeild on a 100 gallon 20 plate still. If im running 100 gallons of sugar cane mash what is my expected yield? Will it be 20 gallons at 80 abv?

I filed on sept 15th and waiting.

What are the specific laws reguarding the tasting rooms? Can we sell an empty glass to tourist and then fill the glass with spirits? Can we add cranberry juice or any other additive to the glass also to make it a cocktail?

No, my pizzeria is in the food court. I have steady foot traffic, free electric, and very reasonable rent. Im looking at another location in thw food court for the distillery and tasting room / gift store with the same favorable terms. Why shoud you send the rewards of your labor to your landlord? They only deserve no more than 10% of your sales.

I was going to ask you do your pizzarias sell beer/wine or any type of spirit? If so, check with the TTB. I was warned by the TTB that if I owned property and a tenant had a liquor license or sold beer with or without my knowledge I could be in serious trouble. Additionally that said don't drink beer or have beer in your fridge or that would be a violation keep it outside the leased premises. Anyone else get this warning when you were licensed?

I also own a business and i am setting up a distillery. One of you biggest obstacles is your rent. I own mall pizzerias and i pay a flat 10% of gross sales rent. Malls are offering very advantageous lease deals. ( free electric) percentage rent ect ect. The foot traffic is also great. Im setting my Distillery/taste room/gift shop in my mall.

I dont see an issue if they are thouroughly cleaned.

Is the still available?

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Thx for the advice.

I have 100k to start. Why would I burn through it? With hard work and proper packaging and marketing, why couldn't a profit be obtained?

I'm in the process of establishing a Vodka Distillery. I'm in Florida and would like to use sugar cane with a 100 gallon still. Can anyone walk me through the process. Assume that I have no previous experience. Thx.

Hello. I'm in the process of setting up a Vodka Distillery in Sebring Florida. Once I'm licensed I would like to show you my products. David rosapizzafl@gmail.com