daveflintstone

This must be the most naive post I've read on ADI (and that includes my own).

I'd say if you plan on selling your vodka for 12.99, you better have really low rent. and no air conditioning.

On the other hand, if you sell for 79.99, the sky's the limit.

helpful?

fyi, retailers don't want a 1L bottle

How about a pic of your cap pusher?

zing!

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Tito makes his vodka. Spreading malicious rumors is unkind. Unfounded rumors won't hurt Tito, but they make the mouthpiece look a fool.

mmm, creamed corn.

Nick, I owe you a nice bowl of creamed corn when I see you.

Perhaps cowdery is referring to most modern moonshiners...? Moonshine in Hawaii has a long history also, historically with ti root, and also rice and pineapple. Sugar cane too, after that started growing here, but usually the juice.

Anyone heard of these folks http://www.intoxicologyinc.com/ ?

Seems like a great app, and much less than alcodens.

contradictory and condescending; congratulations!

I want some donut moonshine!

You want ASME certified, go get an ASME certified still. This isn't a pressure vessel. I'm sure it works just fine. I disagree with your equating still operation with welding and metal work. apples and oranges

I have no connection to, nor do I even know the builder, but I take exception to your derogatory post about his equipment.

There are DSPs that flout the regulations, as cowdery says. Some of these have decades of experience and definitely understand the rules they are flouting. This is no different than any other business. To assume otherwise is naive.

Last year I complained about a label for island808 vodka made by LeVecke Corp. in California. They pretend it's made in Hawaii, even had a neck hanger that said "product of Hawaii". They were forced to remove that in Hawaii since it violated state law, then removed it on the mainland as a result of legal action.

Anyway, I complained that their SOC was incorrect because it said "distilled from pineapple" when in fact it is a blend of GNS and pineapple neutral. I spoke to, emailed, and received a response from an investigator, who eventually told me he sent it to his supervisor for review and further action. Much later I was told that it had been taken care of but not given any specifics. They still have the same label.

uhmmm, because he wants to unload some equipment? Really......

That is clearly not the answer being sought. Obviously he wants to know if the OP is upgrading, going out of business, etc. That may not be any of his business, but doesn't hurt to ask. It's always a good idea to ask a seller why they are selling a piece of used equipment. or a car. or anything. Really.

Well okay, thanks for the input quickbookers.

Pete, itemizing the taxes on the invoice is not acceptable to my distributor, they want an all in case price for each item. And they are well aware of what taxes are paid anyway.

Upon further reflection, I decided to put each tax as an assembly item of the final case product, just like the ingredients and packaging parts. (I may be misusing quickbooks terminology here, oh well) This should accomplish both my goals of not listing on the invoice and keeping track of the taxes within quickbooks for accurate reports.

I read the quickbooks related posts, but didn't see this covered. I can't figure this out.

When you invoice a distributor in quickbooks, how are you handling the federal alcohol tax and your state excise/sales tax? I want the invoice to list the gross price per case, inclusive of taxes. I want quickbooks to calculate the federal and state taxes due per case, but not display that on the invoice as item price + fed tax + state tax = gross price.

Currently I just use a gross case price as the item price, and do the math for the taxes separately. But that makes the quickbooks reports inaccurate.

TTB has previously informed me there is no grandfathering in alcohol. The exact words, "alcohol is different".

I'll be looking for suppliers for 375ml bottles. Any recommendatiosn are appreciated.

Wrong topic?

How much do you pay for 12 pack cartons?

Are yours decorated?

What was the minimum order?

thanks for the input

I go nowhere without my frock coat and spats.

I'd say you need between 15,000 and 1.5 million dollars.

A suitably vague figure for a vague question.

Yes, yes, yes.

You can apply for a trademark as intend to use, then file an extension request every time the statement of use is due until your product is available. http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/Basis.jsp

You can apply for a trademark for your name or logo in a clothing category, which is separate from the spirits category your bourbon will be under. But that won't necessarily prevent someone else registering the same thing in another category. http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html

Want to file on your own? Do a search then find a recent trademark for a similar product and copy it. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. That's why I only eat leftovers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leftovers

spoonfed for your enjoyment.

_{*This is wholly intended as unsolicited legal advice by an overwhelmingly underqualified past participant of a quasilegal closed door session of the Royal Order of Forums.}

No no no.

My goodness you are all mixed up, and the advice you just received is too.

You really need to educate yourself in regards to what a trademark is and how trademark registration works. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office happens to be the first result in a google search for "trademark". Gee that's handy. After you read that, you might as well contact a trademark attorney, because it doesn't sound like you'll be able to do this yourself.

According to your interpretation of the law, would it be legal to produce ethyl alcohol at home via the chemical systhysis of ethylene provided no distillation was performed?

Hydration of ethylene is akin to fermentation, so yeah, knock yourself out. You'd still need to distill it to get high alcohol content.

Oops, there's that word "distill" again. Seems we can't escape that word when discussing producing distilled spirits. I wonder why.

In order to distill anything into 190 proof alcohol, you will need a column still. No ifs, ands, or buts.

You are wrong. again. You are a cornucopia of misinformation.

Nick, I believe you are delusional.

One can only produce a distilled spirit by distilling it, hence the term.

You are correct about one thing, you are most definitely not a lawyer. I will also add that you don't know how to read or interpret the law. Your academic exercise is nonsensical. How can you work in this industry and not understand the very basics of it?