Hudson bay distillers

Exactly 

Are you selling any whisky in barrels if so what are they worth 

Kim

Wow hard to beat that price 

Contact cask canning in calgary they may have a contractor they can recommend

I think there is a cooperage in southern ontario we have never used them but have never heard anything bad about them. As far as char level for canadian rye i cant say because we dont make canadian whisky . 

Tim

Lots depends on where your from shipping is a killer

Welcome looking forward to your input

Engineering comon sence ......now thats funny silk . But seriuosly silk city is bang on with what we experianced in our original build . Our architect /engineer layed out the plan for us and then we pitched it to the inspector , they agreed on 6 air changes a hour ,,,,we installed euiptment that does 13 changes a hour , everyone is happy . Sometimes over kill shuts alot of mouths . 

Hello way over there , best of luck with your start up . 

Tim

Welcome  and hello ,nice to see more close vendors , 

Tim

Not all stainless is stainless , we bought sight glasses from a vendor that fit a 4 inch column on a rd still . The bolts that hold the sight glass together rusted within a month , bottom line is vendors buy stuff from all over world and dont test if its stainless or jus shiny . Buyer beware . 

Tim 

I think leaving adequate head space is the cure , for example we have 600 gallon ferments in 700 gallon fermenters and that seems to be lots of room .

Those old cast radiators are very cool and very artsy fartsy once there all painted up . Keep your eye out for an old hospital or school thats being demolished,  the demo crew usually sell them off at scrap price . Some will handle steam while others were used with hot water depending on the type of boiler that was in the facility . 

Our house is about 500 feet from distillery so about 1000 feet of one inch pex insulated and buried . I should add we use a worm tub for our stripping still , hydronic water ciculates from worm tub to house ,then back to hydronic mixing board in distillery , from mixing board to big chiller in warehouse , then back to worm tub . The big chiller is regulated by thermostat to ensure the last of the heat is pulled out before it returns to worm tub . We also added a steam line in the lyne arm so we can heat the worm in the event that the still is not runing and heat is needed . The spirit still (tube and shell condenser and deflag)is plumbed into the small chiller and can be run thru cement floor if small chiller is not able to keep up . 

Tim 

We heat the distillery and our house with hot water produced from our chiller system , we have 2 chillers and lines in our concrete floor as well as a radiator in the plenum of the house furnace . All in all it works very well .

Tim

This is great info thanks guys for sharing your secrets . 

Tim

Welcome to the forum , there lots of priceless info on here that you 'll enjoy , and lots of people that have made a success of the industry . Hope it works out for you . 

Tim and Kim 

Don't have any numbers for you because our facility is closed to the public ,no tasting room . But I wanted to say is your logo looks great , nice to see distilleries showing off there brand . 

For anyone into net Felix  check out the documentary called ..Rotten...an in-depth look at the food industry but in particular check out the episode on wine . I find that the problems there having with bulk fake wine very interesting . Much the same as problems with bulk spirits . 

Your exactly right when u think what it has cost to get up and running and be profitable a million bucks don't buy shit . 

Oops spelling error I meant to say it all depends if you want to leave your family a business  or leave them a bag of money lol . 

Interesting stuff thanks guys , guess it depends if a guy wants leave your family or leave them a bag of money . And weather I figure at my age do I want to start from scratch with in the confines of the non compete....lots to think about

Hello I have a question for all you well established distilleries . If you were offered a buy out for your distillery , equipment, recipes, and all rights to your name and product names would you take it ? Would you take the money and run or continue to do what your doing and cashing in on the long game . 

Tim 

Also how many do u have for sale

Where are you located