A Story of Two Roads Part 2 – The Facility-Driven Route
This is the second article in a series that covers the road to market. In Part Two, we will cover what it takes to follow the more traditional road to market of developing your own distillery. This is by far the most expensive and time-intensive route, but it’s one that allows for the flexibility of creative expression and provides the artistic outlet and lifestyle of physically crafting your own product, which appeals to many distillers.
The Start-Up Costs
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A Story of Two Roads Part 1 – Pros & Cons
At the heart of choosing a path to market for a start-up distillery is how to best spend precious limited resources and whether it is better to build your own distillery or outsource your production.
Like many start-up businesses, the answer lies in your time and investment parameters: how quickly you would like to get to market, what your flexibility is to change course once launched and how to plan and support expansion.
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The Canned Cocktail Revolution
The ready-to-drink (RTD) category has transformed itself from cheap, sugary cocktails with inferior ingredients to a new premium space that is being driven by the craft spirits movement.
No longer relegated to the dusty bottom shelves of retail, these premium RTDs are setting a new bar for the category’s reputation by emphasizing craft and quality as much as convenience, and very well may be the new frontier of opportunity and cash flow for many craft spirits producers. According to IBIS … Continue reading
Upping Your Brand Game & DTC Sales
Improving your craft brand’s online presence and your consumer’s virtual experience has never been more important.
With Covid-19 lockdowns shutting down or at least severely reducing the number of visitors to distilleries, restaurants and bars across the US, craft distilleries have seen their ability to sell their product plummet while consumers have flocked online to purchase their favorite libations.
There are now more than 40 states where consumers can purchase liquor online because regulations for selling spirits direct-to-consumer are relaxing, … Continue reading
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