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  1. Hi Sharon, I too am from Virginia and looking at a start-up. How far along are you?
  2. Sounds good. Thanks for the advice! Peace.
  3. Hi John, I came up with similar costs, but did you inlcude the tax? peace.
  4. Hi Paul, Thanks for the words; I would like to talk to you about your ideas of micro-micro distilling, this might fit in well with my other post and answering some of the questions. peace.
  5. Hello, I was wondering if anyone is willing to share the size of their stipping still and pot stills that they are using? In my planning, I seem to be coming up with wanting the larger of the systems that venders provide; I've read that some people wish they had started out larger, but most examples in books and from venders lean towards the smaller stills and completing more runs if necessary. I suppose larger could mean multiple stills of the same size, also. This leads to a few specific questions: 1. How would the flavor profile change if a still were only filled and ran at 40-50% volume? My intial thought is there would be additional reflux, but maybe no adverse changes in flavor. Are batches linearly scalable? 2. For larger stills at full capacity versus smaller stills running multiple runs, are there any time savings or utility engery differences? 3. Any other warnings with a larger still? 4. has anyone gotten to the point where the copper has become porous or needed patching? I suppose one thing to think about is the depreciation and replacement if necessary. My initial feeling is to price in the larger stills and run at 50% volume until the demand can catch up; maybe it is more a space and storage issue than processing, but I thought I'd try to spark some conversation on this. Peace.
  6. I appreciate the kind words and optimism! I did run across the books you have referenced; seems like there is still a bit of mystery around the wood aging process, although it contributes a lot of the flavors! Best of luck to you. Peace. P.S. Tom, I would be in some of the same market as you
  7. Hi, I have been in the business planning phase of a micro-distillery start-up on the East Coast; but I think I have reached a no go decision. I am going to go at it another couple of angles before declaring total no-go. My plan was to forgo initial capital of fermentation equipment and work with local microbreweries to create washes for me. The ball park estimates per gallon that I have been given shot my plan apart. Are there any other distillers out their that are trying to synergize with micro-breweries, and if so would you be willing to share ballpark wash prices you are paying? Additionally, I was trying to go the local route and purchase ingredients that can be obtained reagionally if not locally, but these kinds of suppliers are hard to find. Any suggestions for lists of grain malters? I really do not want to malt my own, but I suppose it is an option. Additionaly, there appears to be scare reasearch on interactions with alcohol aging in wood. Does anyone know of any solid/accessible reasearch? Also, I know the practice is to toss out a portion of the foreshots, but if the foreshots are the most volatile, wouldn't the angels share take them first and therefore it not be important to toss out? Sorry for the rambling, and thanks for any advice, Peace.
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