r/firewater • u/Select-Ad-3495 • 4d ago

Is it possible starting a business where I make my own alcohol?

I don't want to rely on a company to make my alcohol, I want to make it myself.

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u/Fizziksapplication 4d ago

Ever heard of a distillery? That’s exactly what they do.

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u/Select-Ad-3495 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yeah, but it doesn't feel authentic

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u/the_quark 3d ago

I think you're missing the point of what /u/Fizziksapplication is saying.

A distillery is a business. They exist. They have to come from somewhere.

So, yes, it's possible to start "a business where [you] make [your] own alcohol," many people have done so and that's why we have distilleries.

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u/Valuable_Fox_5938 4d ago

Please, elaborate. 🙃

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u/Select-Ad-3495 4d ago

Someone making my product doesn't feel like I actually made it the product and it doesn't feel unique.

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u/SaintsNoah14 3d ago

But it we'll still know and we'll be very proud of you

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u/smashuhleen 4d ago

As a distiller…very curious to hear where you’re going with this.

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u/Select-Ad-3495 4d ago

It doesn't feel like my product is unique when someone distill it for me

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u/Fizziksapplication 4d ago

Dude I’m going to be honest with you, this might be the dumbest interaction I’ve ever had on reddit

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u/AJ_in_SF_Bay 3d ago

Can you be a moderator? We need your help.

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u/smashuhleen 4d ago

Right, so start your own distillery?

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u/texanmason 3d ago

aren't you specifically asking about starting your own company? the idea is that you would start a distillery lmao

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u/Atticus1354 3d ago

Im going to be honest. Based on your responses I dont think you'll be able to handle the paperwork, licenses, and bookkeeping that would require.

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u/porp_crawl 3d ago

To be fair, OP is 14yo.

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u/Atticus1354 3d ago

If he is I respect his attempt to start a craft distillery just to get around the legal drinking age. We just paid someones older brother to buy us shitty beer and stole liquor from parents.

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u/porp_crawl 3d ago

Lol, mostly joking. OP sounds like some younger teenager.

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u/massassi 3d ago

So you want to open a craft distillery? Or you're meaning more like you want to have a mixology lounge and make a wide range of specialty spirits?

In the first case, yeah that's doable, but depending on local and national laws and taxation the margins might be really tight.

In the second case that's a lot to bite off all at once. I'd suggest either starting with your own distillery, or starting a cocktail lounge, and if you do well enough then you can start looking at adding the other over time.

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u/RvstiNiall 3d ago edited 3d ago

OP, are you saying you want to start a distillery where other people take care of the business side, and you yourself of all the mashing/washing, distilling, barreling, blending?

Because that does indeed sound more "authentically yours" than hiring a master distiller to do it for you.

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u/Confident-Career-975 3d ago

You could start by looking into setting up a small home distillery if local laws allow it, but make sure to research the legal requirements first. It's a lot of work, but if you plan carefully it can be incredibly rewarding.

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u/No-Craft-7979 2d ago

I think there is a huge misconception here. MGP Ingredients, Barton 1792, and Broadstown Bourbon in the United States provide liquors and alcohols to hundreds of distillers that just flavor and age the liquor. But that is not how every distillery operates. There are many distilleries still making their own product from their own ingredients (grown or purchased).

If OP is saying he doesn’t want staff and employees working at his distillery, making his alcohol… I only know one distiller that crazy and he would never share a barrel if he could keep them all… Seth Dettling, founder and distiller at Big Escambia Spirits in Atmore, Alabama…