Make yourself a REALISTIC business plan, then make several alternates in case you can't do it the way you want. Plus, the amount of regulation and taxes we, as small-scale operations, pay is like the NFL compared to college or high school football.ġ. The longer I'm in this business, the more I honestly believe that there's really nothing quite like it, even beer and wine are usually very different from the spirits business both on the production and marketing sides. You'll learn that getting into this business may not be for you BEFORE you start spending too much time and money. At least tens of thousands of dollars in avoided mistakes or 2. The few hundred dollars you'll spend will save you either 1. Before you do get knee deep in a business plan, look into AT LEAST a one or two day workshop and attend it. I can obviously vouch for our course that I teach, as I have had nothing but positive responses on the quality of instruction from those that have attended. I don't do it for the money, I do it because I literally have individuals wanting to stop by and meet with me on the matter at least every 2 weeks and I just honestly don't have time to entertain that many people for free.
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We specifically do this to help those seriously thinking about getting into the business that don't have a full week to spend on a course. Case in point, I personally hold a 1-day workshop a few times a year (Camp Distillery, info on our website at and we fill up several weeks in advance). However, there are now many, many options ranging from 1 or 2-day courses that may cost a few hundred dollars all the way up to full blown internships that are in the thousands. ***IMPORTANT STARTING NOTE: In 2007 (when I started to work on our business plan) there were very few options out there as far as educational opportunities for those interested in smaller scale distilling aside from books, the internet, and visiting working operations. But if you're on a limited budget and enjoy working 18 hour days, here's what I did: So, if you have 500,000 dollars or more and don't need to start seeing a return for quite a while, then more power to you. I won't go very far into how much I had, but the total allowed me to do some work on our site to set it up (those figures will obviously vary based on your individual circumstances), get some bargain equipment (total was about 20K) and then make it all work with almost daily trips to LOWE's (not being paid by them) over several months. I got a bank loan and used my personal funds that I had set aside during my time in the military. In my case, I don't come from money and didn't have the opportunity/ability to get a bunch of well-endowed folks to throw down a shipload of cash. If you want to open your own distillery, this is what I suggest. But due to some recent postings on this forum, and just people who have approached me in my local area about opening a distillery, I figure I'll do us all a favor and throw down some info based on my experiences over the past few years. The first thing I want to lay out is that in no way, shape or form do I consider myself a know it all.
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