tzimis

3 hours ago, Silk City Distillers said:

https://hopsandvine.net/are-you-working-with-a-contract-distiller-or-co-packer-things-you-should-consider/

Good info thank you.

2 hours ago, Southernhighlander said:

Rusty is a great guy and very trustworthy and honest.  Custom distilling is what he mainly does.  I sold him a full set of 300 gallon equipment 7 years ago then around 4 years ago I sold him a full set of 800 gallon equipment.  Rusty has distilled for some of the reality TV shows and he would never give out or steal a recipe.  I stake my reputation on the fact that Rusty will treat you right and honor any agreement that you make with him.  Give him a call and go down and visit his distillery.  He and I also offer a 1 on 1 distillery workshop for $300.00 per day.  If you take the work shop and then buy at least $10,000.00 of equipment from me then I will reimburse you for the workshop. 

Also I offer a 1 on 1 workshop at a distillery in NJ which is much closer to you.  This distiller runs one of my 100 gallon pro series stills and his spirits have won a lot of awards, however I'm not sure if he would be interested in Custom distilling.  Chris's contact info is below.  

EMAIL

lastshotdistillery@gmail.com

PHONE

(315) 554-8241

I appreciate the resource and the info you provided. Im not sure which way I want to go. But, I've been eyeing your equipment ?

Wow! Some great responses so far. Thank you.

Someone asked. I'm located in a suburb of NYC. This will be a second business for me. My current business allows for some free time.

  I do like the idea of subletting the production.  I've used 5 and 10 year non-competition contracts before in the passed. Are producer's in the distillation business using similar contracts?

O' can one even become a distillery without a still?

Im thinking of starting out with a very small distillery due to the failure rates I've seen. If my recipe works out and the product takes off. Could I theoretically sub out the production without risking that the recipe falls into the wrong hands?

Hi, my name is Tzimis. I wanted to introduce myself to the community.  I've bin lurking for a while and have learned much. Thank's to the community.

I'm from NY and have seen how hard it is to do a start up. I know it requires a lot of money and knowhow but, I believe its now or never.

Being a first generation Greek. Im interested in the fruit Brandy's. Pot still's are what we are use too.

I currently have a successful business and wanted to partially move my interests into distillation and manufacturing. NY is pretty welcoming to farm distillery's but, the product I want to distill is found nowhere in NY.  Which is a problem.  I can source it over seas but that leaves me not conforming to regulations for a farm distillery. 

I wondering what the next step or steps will be. If you can provide some insight or advice would be welcomed.