daveflintstone

different strokes for different folks

variety is the spice of life

the cream rises to the top

don't run with scissors

Your product cannot hope to compare to that of a real distillery and your consistency of quality will be laughable. Sorry, but that is the truth. Set aside another couple hundred grand, hire a distiller, and make real alcohol..... Best wishes.. Jeff T.

Well golly. This Mr. Thurmon has got a bug up his britches. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the OP's vodka made by a real distillery? What's an unreal distillery?

I'm no fan of the multitudes of contract produced vodkas, but didn't Leslie just save a couple hundred grand by hiring a distiller to make her real alcohol?

Your points are valid, be sure to know what you're getting and how the production quality is controlled. But your conclusions are unjustified.

Some posters here seem completely unfamiliar with the many very successful brands that started and remain contract produced, without endorsement assistance. Educate yourself before spouting off on a tangent.

That book is exactly what he didn't ask for.

If you have a still with a gin basket you can use that for other infusions too. Then it's on to fun experimentation.

Does anyone know if Tito's is available in Southern California? I hear the name frequently but have never actually tasted this stuff

Dumbest post of the year nomination.

I have a 4 spout Xpressfill XF460 volumetric filler available. It was factory recalibrated and hasn't been used since, so just like new.

Selling because I now have opaque bottles so use a level filler.

$2000, free shipping.

pm me

SOLD

LeslieF wrote:

"we've done taste tests against two premium vodka brands already on the market (Stolichnaya and Grey Goose) and ours beats them 100% of the time."

LeslieF, everyone beats Grey Goose in taste tests. It's a horrible vodka.

If you want to do a taste test, here is your competition.

http://www.proof66.c...best-vodka.html

+1 for self-promotion

ANY craft distiller starting out should be selling cases in the form of 6 x 750ml bottles. When you start selling 10K+ cases/yr you can start flirting with the idea of selling 12 packs. Otherwise your distributor(s), buyers, and sales folks will all thank you if you go with 6 packs.

This gross generalization is simply untrue. The distributors I've dealt with preferred 12 packs, and when I suggested 6 packs I was advised in no uncertain terms to stay with 12 packs.

If I were you, I'd do what I did---- make an appointment, and go to the TTB in Cincinnati. They will sit down with you and go over every single form. You can learn from the people who process your forms. Looks like it's an 8 hour drive for you, or a quick cheap flight.

They spend a total of 4 hours with me, passing me from department to department, going over everything from Formulation to COLA's to tax reporting. It cost me some gas money and lunch.

Best of luck, and thank you very much for your service....

Nominated for post of the month.

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if only I was proficient at powerpoint

I for one welcome a new vodka brand. There is a dearth of vodka brands in this country, just last week I was in a store and there were way less than 60 on the first shelf. I hope you have a tall frosted wine bottle shape to your packaging as I've heard that is key to success. mazel tov

methinks you're on the wrong forum. I think you need http://homedistiller.org/forum/

Maybe Ciroc rings a bell?

As a young 'n I thought that consistent meant identical: same old thing day in and day out. Back then, and to this day, I admire consistency. But as I worked more and more at my craft, I started to realize that "consistent" qua identical did not describe what I admire about consistency. It took a brilliant sushi chef to come up with the words for me to recognize my understanding of consistency:

"I do the same thing over and over, improving bit by bit. There is always a yearning to achieve more. I'll continue to climb, trying to reach the top, but no one knows where the top is."

What I strive for, and what I admire about consistency most, is consistent improvement. Consistent improvement is consistency: it is consistency of the best kind.

Consider: the bottle that you bought at the ABC store is likely older than the fresh samples that you had at the plant. Therefore, their product is improving. Keep an open mind and hope that you, in your own endeavors, can achieve that same sort of consistency.

Nick

Perfectly said.

I give up

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There is no regulation for this IN THE U.S.

There is no regulation for this.

Hey sign me up for the "Master" insurance. I would like to save 15%.

I think we have a winner for the longest member description. congrats!

If you have the permit, you have to fill out the reports monthly. If you are making something you are operational, regardless of what you do with it.

specialty spirit

+1

silly, ineffective, annoying, will never do it. The day a beer commercial on TV* requires age verification to view is the day I will put one on my website.

*also magazines, newspaper ads, etc. etc. etc.

Denise you have a basic misunderstanding of proof gallons. The forms are quite clear about proof or wine gallon reporting, and there are tutorials. How you got this far I don't know. But the TTB link explaining how to calculate proof gallons is here http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/convtbl.shtml . Add up all your products.