Greetings from Tampa

[LeeOfTampa]

Hello ADI Forums!

We are a new micro distillery located just outside of Tampa, Florida. Although I have been planning my busines for almost 4 years -- we just recently started. We (me, my wife, and a friend/business partner) formed the company in Feb of this year and were licensed in July by both the TTB and the State of FL. We currently make vodka from florida grown cane sugar. Our focus has been on using American made products throughout our distillery, from the equipment to the packaging.

We made our first shipment of 50 cases last month and turned from a distilling company into a marketing company over night. Our distributor re-ordered another 65 cases last week and we're finally able to breath a bit.

I'm working on two flavored products now and hope to have a complete line of 10 (straight plus 9 flavors) rolled out by the end of the summer.

I'm looking forward to going to the Spirits Conference in Denver of this year to meet as many of you as possible.

Regards,

Lee Nelson

[clearwaterbrewer]

Hey Lee, are you the one over by three palms brewing? Make sure to get a hold of Randy over there in case he has any beer that does not make it to production...

Hope to have our distillery in Dunedin fully open this year, we will be out in Denver...