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Not sure if I can't see properly. Do you mean the little dent? Knock it out with something convenient. Or leave it in place... maybe it'll add that something special.

Obviously exposure to ethanol vapour in the workplace is not good. Not only due to the potential for the fire/explosion hazard, but also due to the potential of getting 'drunk' in a dangerous working environment. But for someone peddling booze... There is certainly some irony to be appreciated in "Ethanol vapour exposure is a significant health hazard".

both. i have a daily page promotion going (and have done forever). and promote posts regularly. it's common sense - but only (mainly) post pictures, feature website links, links to buy in the caption online etc. picture of cocktails are popular, as are real photos that tell the story of your craft. different story for twitter (i wouldn't bother advertising there).

it's amazing if used well. without doubt one of the best forms of advertising in my opinion.

DSEAR, ATEX regs, important for fire/explosion rules.

there is no correct way to treat the botanicals. experiment and do what tastes best.

lol

you probably shouldn't fly a plane for at least a few hours after production

export to Europe etc.

botanical mass will vary depending on several factors. you may find you require significantly more/less than what you have read. that quantity would be based on your charge. the method you use will likely come down to personal preferences: in taste, convenience, consistency, and luck.

Thanks very much everyone.

Pretty amazing!

Green Engineering (Italy) would be more than suitable.

Currently using stainless drums and floor scales to gauge and proof for everything right to bottling. On this scale everything is pretty easy. Going to increase batch size with a new still and this will mean outgrowing our current drum and 300kg floor scale capacity. To something more in the region of 600 litres of final proofed spirit for bottling per batch. Would love to still gauge everything by mass rather than volume. And I suppose I have two questions. Firstly, is there an easy solution to use mass at this size? Are there standard vessels built on scales.... Or what do distilleries this size commonly do? Secondly, any good recommendations for proofing vessels at this size would be much appreciated. Links etc. much appreciated Thanks in advance

I would say 30 days is good. Many would be the end of the next month (average 45 days). 60 days next. Amazon's terms for 90 days (selling direct) is worse. Being paid in advance for export is the best

If you were in the position to build a distillery building (well, a rectifiers - gin distillery from NGS) from scratch - what would you include in the plans? 1) Necessities, 2) Luxuries, 3) Fantasies. We're looking at 3000 to 4000 sq ft. Looking for small tasting room / retail for sure. Distillery floor, with in-house bottling. Storage etc. etc. Would be great to hear from everyone. Cheers

scaling up... just be prepared for some dud batches. things may change dramatically: for the worse, or the better. think more art than science. in terms of botanical mass. that varies significantly depending maceration strength and time period (and botanical form e.g. ground/dried/fresh/whole).

Wordpress is incredible. There are some great themes around, or you could even pay a couple thousands pounds/dollars and get a completely custom site using a developer. Either way the CMS is fantastic, which means you don't have high maintenance costs - you can make blog posts, edits, etc. yourself. I wouldn't use anything else.

If this is your first gin run ever. Don't think you want to waste all that NGS with a dud batch! Start much smaller on a tiny still. To work out your recipe and your yield will come from that. It may take you dozens or hundreds of batches to find one you are happy with.

I think it'll depend on a few things... and you'll know what to do. - is it cheaper to buy them all at once? - will these bottles ever run out of stock nationally? how often are they manufactured? nothing worse than waiting on a vague manufacture date... (are they French!?) - how much is shipping per delivery? - how tight is cash flow? - how much space do you have? If possible I would agree with the seller to buy 4,800 bottles over the year, but only take delivery and pay for the bottles when you need them. This will mean you'll never be stuck on supply, space, and you might secure a cheaper price by agreeing to this quantity (if there is a discount). 1 year's worth of stock is a lot to hold. Too much really. Quarterly deliveries would be good, roughly 1 pallet at a time. You'll run into a similar issue with labels too I reckon. As the cost of these goes down significantly with quantity! Again, aim to agree to buy 4,800 - get the price for that quantity, and pay and take delivery on them quarterly (max.) - or something like that.

FOB. They'll pay you, then arrange a forwarder to collect the booze. You pack it on a pallet and sort out the correct paperwork. Et voila.

Definitely go for a different bottle. There are SO many stock options about. Things to bear in mind for stock options. - go for something with half and miniature versions - go for something with different colour variants (flint, green...) - go for something unusual and if you can't stand the idea of labelling by hand... - go for something cyclindical. avoid tapers and cuboids. p.s Dry Fly looks like the Neos by Saverglass

It's a tricky one. Shame you can't go down the route of BrewDog in the US. They have very little pressure on exit strategy. Mass support - mini brand ambassador owners. And the founders probably still feel like they own and run the company. Angels and VCs... much more pressure. Pushing for 5 year exit. There is an annoying irony, where one can end up quitting a City job in something like IB to 'be your own boss', and then end up seeking investment from (and answering to) the same guys that you wanted to shake off in the first place. How do you know now if you want to sell in 5 years? Of course, it the 'big piece of a small pie, versus small piece of a big pie'. A very tricky one.

You know much about BrewDog? If not, check them out. Like friends and family, lots of small investors will be less demanding about exit strategy. So long as they can buy your booze for a discount

Not sure whether you've planted the idea in my brain. But I was spurred to have another smell/taste of some bought-in neutral grain spirit (as it's from a base of French wheat). Not on the finish, but it was on the nose I picked up a definite berry (blueberry-esque) flavour. Which is very nice. Don't have a bottle of Grey Goose lying around. But... it can't be too far off