Lenny Gotter

I have been to the Wood Hat facility and have sampled every variety that he has up for sale and I can attest they are all EXCELLENT. Easily the best corn whiskies I have ever tried and no wonder Wood Hat has won so many awards!

21 hours ago, Gary Hinegardner said:

 

Seller is willing to go down to $2500/barrel.

bump

100% barley malt barreled in #4 char new Speyside barrels, distilled in Lawrenceburg, IN stored at MGP.  These are the exact details from MGP.
Barreled April 2019 this whiskey is ready to bottle.

$3000/barrel minimum order 10 barrels, 200 barrels total

Call or email
Lenny Gottter
503-358-6552
lennygotter@gmail.com

I have an interested buyer, contact me Lenny 503-358-6552

still available?

I would also like to add that tasting notes are a great addition to a sell sheet. Answers the "so what does it taste like" questions.

I have worked with John Messinger from bevlaw.com on a number of projects and he is a TTB wizard.

Here is my article about Indiegogo's Equity crowdfunding:

http://www.lennygotter.com/2017/06/equity-crowdfunding-indiegogo-com/

I have most of the costs worked out, feel free to contact me directly.

Lenny

On 9/1/2017 at 2:28 PM, bluefish_dist said:

If you have a small enough tasting room you can play a radio station.  I don't remember the size limit off hand, but a quick search should give you an answer.  

 

My reply wasn't meant to be a big discussion on music licensing. As a business owner, we each need to decide whats worth the risk or not.  ASCAP and BMI will send you threatening letters and if you are in an urban area they have reps with territories, and eventually, one of them will come in and write a little report and send you a letter.

22 hours ago, bluefish_dist said:

If you have a small enough tasting room you can play a radio station.  I don't remember the size limit off hand, but a quick search should give you an answer.  

 

My tasting room was tiny....if you play music in a place of business where customers can hear it, you have to pay:

https://www.bmi.com/licensing/#faqs

There are all kinds of little costs that eat up your profit.  I had someone from the Dept of Agriculture stroll in my distillery one day, the end result was that I needed to have a license from them, even though we didn't produce a food product, and I would never see them again.  The license is $380 a year and they do not prorate, so I have to pay $380 in March and $380 again in June.  Sure that's only $380 a year but the little things add up.

Play music in your tasting room? Someone from BMI or the other artist rep companies will eventually come in a demand a license.  Luckily thru DMX you can license for all three agencies for $25 a month, instead of the $25 per license per company that they will try to stick you with.  The list goes on and on.

fennel instead of caraway is also wonderful, I am making some with Baijiu right now

Do you have any companies that you are working with?

Mastic Liqueur sounds wonderful, I love herbal liqueurs.

Thanks, Chris! I really tried to get SD in consideration for Big Bottom's new still, but they went another direction.  I have a super easy and great recipe here:
Skane Aquavit recipe  

Hey, everyone! Just thought I would chime in and say hello.  I founded Eastside Distilling here in Portland in 2008.  Was the CEO and created all the brands and marketing until October 2014 when I sold the company.  I stayed active and on the board until October 2016 and now work as a private consultant, writer, and spirits educator.

Just posted some insight in the tasting room section and hope to share whatever I can to help the craft industry succeed.

The 2018 ADI conference is here in Portland, so I hope to meet some of you in person!

We used Groupon for the bulk tasting campaign and for Living Social we used that platform to book private parties.  Here is another tip, the more expensive your Groupon, the bigger the perceived value and the more you will sell.  We bundled a premium tasting for two with locally made chocolates made with our spirits, a premium cocktail, and a short tour for $60 retail, $30 on Groupon.  The higher the "perceived" value the more you will sell, a lot more.

https://www.amazon.com/Costway-Portable-Compact-Electric-Machine/dp/B0728GBDF2/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1504106547&sr=8-13&keywords=portable+ice+maker

Our tasting room was fairly small, but this little machine could keep up pretty well.  When we got super busy we eventually had to get ice bags out of the freezer, and we had an ice maker in the freezer.  The upside to this machine is that it fits behind the bar.