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Holy crap Dehner. You need to get out more. I've seen plenty of wood fermenters.

Well, they're fragile, one-shot devices so keep plenty of spares around.

Because time is in many cases, out of your hands. In the not too distant past, A DSP was running upwards of 200 days. You could have a pissy city electrical inspector cost you 3 weeks because he's too busy to come out and sign off on your electrician's work. With your (financial) business plan you can always ask or research real numbers. Guessing should be kept to an absolute minimum. Your banker isn't going to be impressed if your answer to "Where did this number come from?" is "I guessed."

This is utter and complete hogwash. A solid business plan and decent personal credit history will get you into an SBA loan with no trouble at all. Yes, some banks won't do SBA for < 2 years in operation but many will. Start with banks that have a local presence in your area. Also, US Bank is one of the big ones that is quite bullish on startups. SBA requires 15% owner equity for startups but that means you're good for $1M with only $150K in. Of course, don't expect to be greeted with all handshakes and smiles with a 3 page vision statement. You need to know accounting inside and out, because the bankers sure will. They can sniff out unrealistic cash flow expectations in seconds and show you the door. My business plan was two years in the making and over 50 pages long. My full SBA package was well over 100 pages. I also disagree with the classical "double it" budget mantra. That simply means the business plan was unrealistic from the start. Yes, set aside some budget for contingencies, but don't guess numbers. If you have to guess, go ask someone. I *do* agree with the double (or triple) the time needed. Like it or not, you'll be dealing with over-worked, under-paid government officials that have massive backlogs, from permitting to inspections, to licenses. My best advice is "Don't quit your day job" until hooch is going out the door.

Well said FR. Learning to make vodka is the least of your concerns. Sign up for any of the countless distilling classes around the country and you'll have that part nailed. Now writing a proper business plan... That's hard. Mine's at 50 pages (and counting) and over two years in the making. Join ADI, go to the conference in April. You'll get a lot out of it.

Which is best? Freeze dried or fresh ground pirate? And is a formula approval required?

Saw these in person last weekend. Really nice!

Or, and I'm just wild-ass spitballing here, you could just pick up the phone and call Jessica.

Getting cozy in colorado - gotta be close to 70 now!

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but here's my thinking, assuming 100% efficiency, zero losses, etc. You're going to be cooling 104 liters of 96% from 78C to 25C = 53C change The specific heat capacity of ethanol is approx 2.5 J/g·°C So the energy needed is 104,000 x 53 x 2.5 = 13.8MJ Now work backwards through the water. Specific heat of water is approx 4.2 J/g·°C 13.8MJ / 8,150,000 / 4.2 = 0.4C So, unless my math (or science) sucks, your tank and tub should increase by 0.4C for each 200 liter run.

Interesting angle. Wonder how that would fly with the TTB?

It was an early pass. Many numbers have gone up, as expected. Tanks are there. Bond is MRC not NRC; same with insurance. Bottling / labeling is there under packaging. Labels, bottles, closures, etc are all consumables (again MRC). New construction so sprinklers are a given. Total NRC is hovering around $450 now.

Call Aaron “InsuranceMan” Linden. Dude knows EVERYTHING about insuring distilleries. Cell Phone (307)752-5961

They were good insights Adam. Look forward to seeing more.

I saved it as an image. tl5612's suggestion about using the new Colorado Distillery Pub license is a very possibly a good one in your situation.

Here's my NRC, as it presently stands if you'd like to compare. I'm building so obviously a lot of $$ is tied up in land and construction. Will be producing whiskies and rums, all on-grain. Initially I'll use the still as my cooker.

Gave up on the blog?

So you're 100% redistilling NGS? No aged spirits?

Is the barrel airtight? Put a valve stem on it and use your compressor to push it out.

TTB's definition of Corn Whiskey: Whisky produced at not exceeding 80% alcohol by volume (160 proof) from a fermented mash of not less than 80 percent corn and if stored in oak containers stored at not more than 62.5% alcohol by volume (125 proof) in used or uncharred new oak containers and not subjected in any manner to treatment with charred wood.

Why not capture the condenser runoff in your HLT or cooker for the next run? Recapture the water and some of the energy to heat it.

Frankly, I'd cut corners on the lawyer before the accountant. At a minimum, partner with one to get your chart of accounts set up in Quickbooks, and have them check up on your numbers every few months. They'll probably more than make up their cost come tax time by finding deductions, etc anyway.

Still working fine for me with Chrome. Very strange.

URL works fine for me. If you're still getting booty sites Jeff, your computer may be infected.

Some components, true, but they are designed and assembled in NL.