Naked Spirits Distillery

2 hours ago, abe said:

I haven't yet finished reading thru the entire thread, this is a great forum and I hope to get smarter when I finish reading it completely!

I agree what Naked Spirit said would be the best option but I am basically a new distillery and don't have any contact info of other distillerys, do you by any chance have any contact info of other distilleries that might have left over inventory?

Tell everyone where you are located. I bet if you call places within 100 miles of you, you will find some. Great way to make relationships is to just call and introduce yourself. 

26 minutes ago, abe said:

Hi all,

I am interested in making Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizer, I would greatly appreciate if someone can assist me sourcing the ingredients needed for the Formula NO. 40-B. 

I have 192 proof GNS and I want to buy the remaining ingredients needed for Formula NO. 40-B.

Does anyone have or know where I can purchase Denatonium Benzoate, Tert-Butyl Alcohol, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Glycerine ?

I would greatly appreciate a reply!

My email address is abe@bigstillliquors.com

Thank you so much!

Abe.

 

If you have any other distilleries around you I would suggest calling them before ordering to see if they are stuck with inventory. Many distilleries have excess on hand and are willing to let it go at their cost just to get rid of it. It works for both distilleries. 

Thanks for all the replies. We got it in and as stated above took a little bit to figure out, but really easy to use and works like a champ. I have already experienced the used web getting caught up. I have looked at their page again and could not find the label rewinder. Do they sell it, or did you make it? 

I had trouble for about 10 minutes around lunch, but it could have been my internet also. Logged in after lunch and was fine. 

Do you know if the brown sugar has sulfur in it? If it does, it will kill the ferment. 

17 hours ago, Grant said:

Thanks! This is the one from the previous thread I mentioned earlier. 

1 hour ago, Golden Beaver Distillery said:

I assume you’re using a pneumatic pump, how do you control it?

Thanks

Kris

Correct. I have a pneumatic pump that I installed a pressure control knob. 

Here you go. Like I said, I went for usability and cost over looks. 

20 hours ago, Golden Beaver Distillery said:

Got any additional pics?

I will post pics tomorrow when I get in. 

I second Aaron. He is our agent too. 

14 hours ago, Golden Beaver Distillery said:

Rinsing with spirits or just water?

We rinse with spirits. 

We built our own based on a previous thread on the topic. looks like a turd, works like a champ and only cost a couple hundred bucks.  The one copied from the previous thread look a whole lot better than ours! 

I currently use Hoochware. I looked at Distill x5, but chose Hoochware based on price more than anything else. As a start up, I was focused on being sure I did not spend when I could save. I was told by others to print out my reports before submitting and read them over. Regardless of the system you choose, you need to learn the reports manually just so you understand the business better.  My only issue with Hoochware is it is a smaller operation. When I have an issue, they always get on it, but sometimes it takes a couple hours. If it is late in the day, it has always been the next morning that I receive an email. 

11 hours ago, whiskeytango said:

Only things dont like is they only hold a small roll of tables like maybe a few hundred I had to build a rig to hold the lables up higher so I could fit a larger roll on and the counter only goes to 999 you would think it would be pretty easy to add another number on there so you can actually count how many bottles you do a day.   

But that said I love mine and would buy another. 

 

Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it! 

Does anyone use a Primera Labeler and have thoughts on quality? 

Looks like a decent piece of equipment for the money, but I was curious for feedback if there are any in use on the forum. 

Thanks! 

Here is their video

It is state by state. In MO it is legal and licensed to due so. What state are you located? Sorry, read Georgia right after I submitted. What is Georgia law?

7 hours ago, daveflintstone said:

"get this free if you buy this liquor"

That is commonly seen as an illegal enticement to purchase in many jurisdictions. 

Exactly! 

HAHA! Love it!! 

Illegal for us as well. State would view that as enticement for us. 

Falling Rock is correct. We showed the canceled checks from each partner going into the corporate account. That was enough to satisfy the requirement for us. 

Thanks guys! I have one being sent. I appreciate the help! 

I am looking for a 1 liter lab distillation set up to distill obscured alcohol. Anyone have a set up to sell?

Please do not take my comment in the wrong fashion, but I think the issue in your question comes from your understanding of what is added to your rum and what is not added to your rum. You are assuming the color and tasting notes derived from wood is something added to your rum. It is not. You are not introducing another product/ingredient in the distillate. Attempting to simplify the answer, think of "blending" an additional product into the rum after you take it our of the barrel. OR, think of adding something to color your rum without using a barrel. 

Imagine taking white rum and adding artificial oak flavoring and food coloring to mimic an aged rum-now you need a formula. 

3 hours ago, Southernhighlander said:

In the last few weeks we have sold several stills for the sole purpose of making hand sanitizer.  One  customer told me that he is selling 55 gallon barrels for $4,600 each and his customer will take as much as he can produce.  These larger producers are buying large stills.  I had several large stills in stock but they are moving fast so if anyone needs a still quickly I only have five 200 to 300 gallon stills in stock.  We have already sold all of the in stock 500 and 800 gallon stills.

Strangely enough we have been selling a lot of little stills as well.  We had over 70  internet orders for small stills and columns in 1 weekend..  Last week I had a Dr. from Texas order a small still to make hand sanitizer because they have zero hand sanitizer at the hospital where he works and they are having a hard time finding it.  Here in MO the state nullified the federal laws against home distilling in 2009, allowing MO families to distill up to 200 gallons per year for their own personal use, however that is not the case in Texas and I told him that but he did not seem to care.  I told him that he should get a DSP to produce ethanol for industrial purposes and he said that he would look into that.  He seemed really desperate.

Did you send him to one of your current distillery customers in TX to get him sanitizer ASAP?  

No worries. The guidelines do not count for barrel color or flavor that comes from the wood.