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Thanks for the input, but no contributor has yet touched on the meat of my question. Maybe I'm phrasing it wrong. So here is another attempt: I'm looking at spaces in the 2000 to 3000 square foot range. My town says those spaces go for about $0.50 per square foot. However, if its a distillery, the square foot price doubles or in some cases almost triples. Is this typical for distillers?

I recently have looked at three different buildings in which to locate a small distillery. In each case, as soon as building owner's insurance company is informed of my interest, the insurance companies have said the rate for insuring the building would need to be increased by between $1000 and $1200 a month if the owner allows a distillery to locate there. Is this spike typical and customary for the industry?

Thank you to all the contributors. Your input has been valuable and given me a few new items to consider. The Gladstone project is in my state, so if the principles want to contact me, as we are at about the same place in the process, that would be keen.

I have just acquired a perfect location. I believe my next step is to procure equipment. Then on to licensure , bonding, and so on. My question is, "Is there a best sequence for events to minimize spend money too early in the process and having that expenditure tying up funds but not really currently needed". for example, if I apply for and get bonding but don't distill for 3 months, isn't that tying up money unnecessarily before it is really needed? The flip side might be spending money only to find down the road there is a problem with a bond, foe example. All opinions are welcomed.