Stumpy's

We are selling our rotary screener. We used to use this to thicken our whole stillage before sending it off to a screw press, and it works very well. It handled 10.5-12 gpm well, just needed something a bit bigger. This screener dewaters the vast majority of the stillage. Below is a link to a couple of videos and a pic of it. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yJIpxDabs1R-nZzn4FYqcUxqVaFEgnXR?usp=sharing The drum itself is 1/8" perforated stainless. We played around with diffrent sized inner screens and finally ended up with a 200 mesh screen that did really well. That inner screen was damaged during removal and needs to be replaced...it can be done for a few hundered bucks. I can share the place where we purchased the inner mesh screens from. I always just bought a few feet off a roll and then we cut strips of copper sheet to hold it in place. As you can see in the video, it was quite effective. If interested, shoot me a PM. I just need $5,000 out of it. Thanks, Adam

Our co-packing operation is in full swing and we specialize in high quality, inexpensive vodka...but we can certainly put any liquid in a bottle. Our packaging projects range from Rail Vodka and cream liqueurs to super-premium 10+ year old KY bourbon. Our most popular package is outlined below: $40 per case FOB Millstadt, IL 62260 (just outside of St. Louis). 6x Distilled VERY clean vodka, 80 Proof, 12 Pack 1L PET Bottle, Black or Silver 28mm TE Cap, Front and Back labels (your art but we print), Craft 12 Pack Shipper, 56 cases per pallet, MOQ 300 cases. On site bonded storage available. 375ml glass, 750ml glass, 1L glass, 1.75L PET, and 1.75L glass also available at very competitive rates. Other standard spirits we package included: rum, gin, blended whiskey, bourbon whiskey, triple sec, agave spirit, etc. PM for more details.

We've got a few barrels for sale that are production overages. High quality distillate. Willing to let them go cheap. $900 per barrel. Everything is barreled in ISC #4 Char barrels, entered at 120 proof, and barreled Spring of 2024. MOQ 4 barrels. Located in Columbia, IL 62236. Samples available for a small fee. *75 corn, 21 wheat, 4 malt - 100 available *75 corn, 21 rye, 4 malt - 7 available *52 corn, 22 carbon negative wheat, 22 carbon negative oat, 4 malt - 18 available I also have quite a bit of new make sitting in totes... various recipes and quantities that I'd be willing to ship out in totes for $9 per PG (tote included). I also have select quantities of a few different recipes of aging whiskey and bourbon ranging from new fill to 5+ years, including things made with heirloom corn. Custom new-make distillate available off a 102 year old 100% copper column still and doubler with only 600 PG MOQ. PM for more details!

I've got a rotary screener I can let go of. We used to use this to thicken our whole stillage before sending it off to a screw press. It handled 10.5-12 gpm well for us, just need something a bit bigger and moved to a decanter centrifuge. This screener dewaters the vast majority of the stillage. We weren't able to feed a screw press whole stillage directly from the still without thickening...the stillage would always just blind the screen around the screw, puke over the top of the feed throat, or blow out the seal on the feed throat. Below is a link to a couple of videos and a pic of it. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yJIpxDabs1R-nZzn4FYqcUxqVaFEgnXR?usp=sharing The drum itself is 1/8" perforated stainless. We played around with diffrent sized inner screens and finally ended up with a 200 mesh screen that did really well. That inner screen was damaged during removal and needs to be replaced...it can be done for a few hundered bucks. I can share the place where we purchased the inner mesh screens from. I always just bought a few feet off a roll and then we cut strips of copper sheet to hold it in place. As you can see in the video, it was quite effective. If interested, shoot me a PM. I just need $5,000 out of it. Thanks, Adam

We can help you out for sure. Small minimums, low rates, high level of automation. We also offer liquid production/sourcing and bonded storage. Please let us know if you'd like to chat sometime!

Congrats on your new role! That is awesome. Goodness....things I wish I knew earlier...is there a character limit on these posts?? haha. Making whiskey is the fun and romantic part about the business. Selling it is the hard part. It is a hell of a lot easier to scale a distillery than it is distillery sales. Understand your weaknesses and hire people that are better than you. People have been doing this for thousands of years. Good Lord, there aren't hardly any secrets so let people take pictures in your distillery! None of our brands, technicques, tactics, etc haven't been done before. "Unique" ideas you think you have don't make money; proper execution of a plan makes money. Learn how to say "no" and not feel bad about it. If it doesn't feel right for you or your business, use those 2 little letters together. Sometimes it's harder than it sounds. If it doesn't make sense, it proabaly doesn't make cents; and if it doesn't make cents, it doesn't make dollars. Make sure to take care of your house before you take care of someone else's. For God's sake, DON'T LET ANYONE EFF UP THE TTB REPORTING! It really isn't that hard, just +'s and -'s. Dot every i and cross every t as soon as an event happens. It's about attention to detail, not bookkeeping. Don't put it off and fall into the trap of "I'll get that later". The more PGs that go out the door, the bigger the magnifying glass. Make sure that when you delegate that responsibility, you trust, but verify. It's your butt on the line. Make sure there is redundancy in your system...not just the production equipment...people too. Cross-training is super important. If you lose a key person that is the only subject matter expert in your organization, how do you recover? A lesson that I am still learning: your time is your currency and you can't ever make any more of it. Spend it wisely. There are plenty of days you can find a reason to stay at the distillery until the wee hours of the morning. The truth is that the work will still be there when you get back in the morning but those hours won't be. Days go slow and years go fast. People talk about work-life balance and that is unbelieveably hard to find in a new distillery. Make sure you understand where that teeter-totter tips for you, your family, and your company. The point won't be the same for all 3 and it's up to you balance it. Most importantly, and you already know this, it's all about people. It took me far too long to realize that this business is ALL about relationships. I think that's enough for now. Probably time to go grab another glass of bourbon and prophesize a bit more! haha. Congrats again and great post! Making the post alone says a lot about you. Cheers!

Hey Lisa, I can help you with that on pretty quick turn around. We have a bit of capacity we could squeeze this volume into. We operate all copper 28" column with all copper 800 gallon doubler. No issues running high wheat at all. If you'd like to chat, please feel free to shoot me an email to Adam.Stumpf -at- StumpysSpirits -dot- com. Thanks!

Hello All! We are clearing out the warehouse and have some excess totes of new make bourbon we are looking to move. 2 Recipes Available: 75% Corn, 21% Rye, 4% Malt 75% Corn, 21% Wheat, 4% Malt I have about 20 totes of each. Price is $11.00/PG (TOTE INCLUDED). Proof is 130-135. Minimum order of 1 tote. Willing to discount to $9.00/PG on 20+ totes. I can also barrel the bourbon for you in new ISC barrels (toasted w/ #2 char). All in price is $1,000 per barrel. Minimum order of 8 barrels. We also have a bit on contract capacity left in this year's schedule. We can do completely custom mashbills on a 550 PG minimum order. If interested please email Adam.Stumpf -at- StumpysSpirits -dot- com

Hello! We are finishing off our 2024 new make whiskey contracts and have about 2,000 barrels worth of production left. All whiskey is barreled in new ISC cooperage and entered at 120 proof (entry proof can be modified). Bourbon - 75% corn, 21% rye, 4% malt - $1,000/bbl Bourbon - 60% corn, 25% rye, 15% malt - $1,100/bbl Rye - 51% rye, 45% corn, 4% malt - $1,100/bbl Rye - 95% rye, 5% malt - $1,300/bbl Custom mashbills available with small minimums. All production is run on a 28" solid copper column with an 800 gallon copper doubler. Please email adam d.o.t. stumpf @@@ stumpysspirits d.o.t. com for more info. Thanks!

Do you happen to have a pic of the clear sleeves?

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That's the one! Aaron added some awesome equipment to the lot. Cooker, heat exchanger, and centri-sifter look awesome. Not going to lie....thought about buying it back but when I mentioned it to the war department (my wife 😜), I was met with a resounding "eff-you!" 🤣

Hello! We are finishing off our 2024 new make whiskey contracts and have about 2,000 barrels worth of production left. All whiskey is barreled in ISC #4 char barrels. 75%+ corn bourbon recipes starting at $1,000 per barrel. Custom mashbills available with small minimums. All production is run on a 28" solid copper column with an 800 gallon copper doubler. Please email adam d.o.t. stumpf @@@ stumpysspirits d.o.t. com for more info. Thanks!

Your best bet is probably an aerobic wastewater lagoon. Get out AS MUCH as you possibly can, in terms of solids. We go down to 25 microns...vibrating sifter, screw press, and then self cleaning filter. Once you get down to that point, depending on your effluent COD and BOD, you should be able to adjust the pH with something like a hydrated lime solution and then send to your lagoon. I've seen some folks run through a RO filter at this point to recycle some of the water into a boiler, etc. Make sure your lagoon has plenty of aeration to keep the bugs happy. This was the bane of my existence for quite some time. good luck! haha

We have 500 barrels of bourbon we are selling for a bulk/wholesale client. The mashbill is 85% Jimmy Red Corn, 12.5% Rye, 2.5% malt. Ages range from new fill to 46 months. Entered into new cooperage at 110 proof. Cooperage varies. The whiskey is fantastic quality, with the heirloom corn really complimenting the rye and providing a very nice balanced bourbon that is great for single barrels and a blending base. Happy to provide samples for serious buyers. Please inquire to Adam.Stumpf (.a.t.) StumpysSpirits.com for pricing. Thanks!