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  1. I know that about eight years ago one of the tenants at our multi-building apt complex received a case of Jack for the the company. The delivery man just left it at the residents door. Would have set me up for at least six months if I had decided to appropriate it for myself. Turns out I might be an outstanding young man. Wouldn't want to explain that situation to 12 people I don't know, if there wasn't an outstanding young person in the area.
  2. A day late and a dollar short but York Label in in York, Nebraska has done a lot of work with wineries designing labels and recently placed in a national competition.
  3. Two things to expand on this, albeit 3 years later. If you imagine 3 circles one inside another and label the inside WHY?, the middle HOW?, and the outer most WHAT?. You want to market from the inside out, why YOU make the product, HOW does is benefit the consumer, WHAT is the actual product. With that in mind watch an Apple commercial and you can see how they are really really successful at this. The second thing is don not for get your market curve, an upside down U. At the left end of the U there are the innovative consumers(those people willing to camp out for your product release date). Then the early adapters(will tell everyone about your product) and the late adapters( this is the biggest chunk and can run from halfway up the left side the right side tail end). At the very end of the right tall is the "Have To Adapters"(this is where you hope and pray all the big names fail and you pick up their customers because you are the only one making the particular product). late adapters and have to adapters are not going to be your focus, there are just too many competitors in this market.
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    Alright alright take em down, don't want anymore newbie questions in the beginners section.
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    Questions 4-7

    Thanks, I have seen the reference a couple of times but have not yet checked it out.
  6. I meant to say that I have no previous experience. When I visited my local Ag. College the Professor in charge of Grape research looked at me like I had three heads when I was describing what I was trying to do. He was more interested in his tenure than actually pointing me in any direction other than his door. Unfortunately my research abilities were just enough to qualify in college. My local library system has a grand total of 7 books on both brewing and distilling combined. I am afraid the University's library will have slightly more than 10. I do appreciate more places to go look though. Thank you for pointing me towards a direction.
  7. I have a ton of questions but I’ll try to take it slow so everyone can keep up. 1st an engineering question – Steam Jacket vs. Direct Fire. As I understand but have not been able to confirm, a direct fire still is similar to a pan on a stove top and a steam jacket still is similar to a double boiler. How far off is that assessment? 2nd another still question – I have read somewhere that direct fire could burn your wash while distilling (I may have read mash and switched them). Would this be a direct burn like seared chicken or more like overcooked chicken broth? Either way producing off flavors. 3rd I am researching grain alcohols, fruit alcohols and possibly a honey/agave nectar alcohol. I would also like to do grappa. Because of the grappa if I have the right definition of a Steam Jacket I would definitely want that style of still (with NO PREVIOUS alcohol experience). Now if I did this right there should be 4 more questions under this post.
  8. Ok, questions 4-7 these are more general. 4th as I am watching my wife pit cherries, there is no way I can do that by hand or pay anyone for the quantity I need. Does anyone know of smallish machine that pits stone fruit? 5th Since the topic of Artisan is up for a size debate what is the square footage of your operations? 6th When developing your business plans who did you A) See as main competition? Have as a target market? C) How did you market your product, in the broadest of terms? I just left employment with my State’s Prison system and saw plenty of idiots on both sides of the glass and am queasy about marketing an Intoxicant. 7th can someone define the process of infusion for me?
  9. Ok I had to stop reading 3/4 of the way down on page 1, does anyone know a good optometrist? I am so cross eyed now. If I had actually paid attention in any of my math classes would I have actually seen this problem?
  10. Don't quote me but I believe Templeton Rye contracts both the distillation and the mashing. At least they use to. I've been told that batch one and batch two taste very different.
  11. However, if you look at what Blanco Bustro (I don't have the magazine article at hand) had to go through to get their beer and spirits packaged together in each separate TTB district you wouldn't be saying that. Most of these issues arise because they haven't come up before.
  12. I don't suppose that I would be lucky enough to talk to anyone about an internship out there could I?
  13. Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen, My name is Jon Grooms and I am a student at the local community college in Lincoln, NE. I am studying Business Administration with a focus on Entrepreneurship. Can you guess what the business venture might be? I thought I had a killer idea to be supported by a brewery, until I found that Zac, Brian and Jason in La Vista/Omaha were at least 4 years ahead of me. Oh well, back to the drawing board I guess. I do not have any background in brewing or distilling and only a 100 course level understanding of chem, bio, and engineering. So I look forward to trolling the forum and learning as much as I can. Nice to meet you all. Jon
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