hobby distiller can probably spare a room for storage of mini casks. Would be simple to hold it the minimum 2yr that federal law requires for bourbon. If you have a ten gallon cask per year or so, you could mash at your child's birth and present them with a 21 year old cask when they get out of college.
clay On Jan 21, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: > Craft distilling is gonna be really expensive -- all the real products have > to age at least a few years in oak, so you need warehouse space, all those > kegs, and get no return for at least 5 years. > > A microbrewery can product product in a month or so, big difference on cash > flow. > > Peter > > On Jan 21, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > >> clay wrote: >>> Don't know Kevin. Trying to have a craft distillery in Washington is near >>> impossible. Too many rules and government intrusion. Better as a hobby. >>> >> >> Yeah - he had a storefront someplace downtown for a while, even given >> the restrictive rules. >> Craft beer has been hot in the 'burbs but expensive. >> The concept of craft still seemed interesting when he started several years >> ago. >> Perhaps he has some contacts for equipment that you could scrounge >> through, or some tips for your craft endeavors? >> If you want email, I can get that for you offlist... >> mao >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com