Mine got crushed about 3 minutes in. Or around the timestamp that I heard "300 pages." That is like hearing that your next potential date just gained 300 lbs.
Im a year late but starting my own distillery in Brazil. I'm graduated in law here, it is much easier to get those licences (probably because we didnt have a prohibition period and homedistilling is legal). I have a leg up on Crowded Barrel because i can do ecommerce, cutting the distributors. If you come here to the very south of Brazil, please visit Destilaria Drummond :D also on IG as soon as i get past the licences and start planting and building @drummondstills
So first up. . .. props again for getting this thing off the ground. Because DUDE!! Second up, pretty choice of you to be this open about it all. Shouldnt be surprised, we know thats your thing now! haha
It was you Jesse, as well as Rex and Daniel, that inspired my friends and I to ask these same questions mentioned in this video. We are currently in research mode on how to open a distillery in our community, and thanks to you guys we haven't given up yet! I found STILL IT through Rex and Daniel and the seeds for this whole project were planted by the three of you. Cheers guys. Signed, Roasted Malted Barley ;)
I just want you to know how much my husband and I enjoy coming home from work, pouring a drink and watching your videos. We've learned a great deal and have purchased many of the whiskeys you review to drink along with you. We are getting quite the collection and are developing a usable vocabulary too. You're our favorite date night! Thanks for all you do. Keep up the authentic shows. There is nothing else like you out there.
Hey guys I wanted to thank you for all that u do. I've have been a Whiskey fan for years. Started off with Crown Royal and after watching a documentary on Whiskey " bourbonocity" found Angels Envy. In the last 5 years have tried various new Whiskey's, Jefferson's Ocean, reserve, four Roses ext. I never had much of a pallate or nose. After watching your utube video's learned so much, and i thank you for that. Now ive tried Scotch. Which before was only Johnny walker red or black. I just recently purchased monkey shoulder and bruichladdish 16 classic laddie. With the help of many of your videos are trying to develop my pallate n nose. I have to tell u i am appreciating Whiskey n scotch alot more. So again thanks you both original " magnificent bastards". Cheers Frank your humble servant.
I've been with you two magnificent bastards since the first Daniel solo video. It has been awesome to see the progress and growth in such a short period of time. I'm so glad to see two enterprising whisk(e)y " enthusiasts" succeed in their dreams and aspirations. I am also extremely happy that I have a son who lives in Texas that can help me get my hands on one of your first offerings. I guess I'll be about 63 or 64 years old by then. Now I truly have a reason to live. Lol....
I have a cool idea for you guys when everything is up and running. I live in Canada and would love to at some point make the "Whisk(e)y Pilgrimage" to your distillery. You guys are very busy doing magnificent things so i realize the chances of seeing one of you two is small, and that's not a problem! I am thinking you guys should have some sort of big leather tome called "The Magnificent Book of Bastards" that has to be specifically asked for at the bar, maybe with the fighting/stealing/drinking toast as a password. All the bastards of the tribe who make the Whiskey Pilgrimage can then sign the book with their name and where they are from, before it is then hidden somewhere again. I think it would be a fun little Easter egg for tribe members, and a cool new way for us to connect.
You prolly dont give a shit but does someone know a way to log back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot my login password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me
@Jason Frank i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
That'd be pretty nice. I mean, I probably won't ever get to taste their creation because I live some countries away, but I'd contribute to these guys anytime without a doubt.
see, this is exactly the kind of videos we want and need. Great in depth news and serious information coated in a bean sack! seriously, the shit you have to pull through to get lift off... man, it's friggin hard and expensive. respect to the both of you!
Here's to bean's, bag's and drinking. If you have bean's may they be big enough to start a Distillery, If you have a bag may it be strong enough to carry that wight, and If you drink may it be our drink.
Daniel listening to your motorcycle and not getting enough analogy is funny. Welcome to my life for my wife and I in 2014. We picked up road cycling as a hobby. We started on ~40 year garage sale Huffies. And we decided we were ready to upgrade to new bikes. And got comfort bikes... for endurance road cycling. Think a mountain bike mixed the relaxed position of a cruiser. They are actually awful for long distance. They have you really upright, they are HEAVY. And 3 months later, these brand new bikes were replaced by used hybrids (think straight bars like a mountain bike but a bit more sporty... lighter and more stretched out like a road bike). And 3 months after that we bought road bikes. We learned that year that it was cheaper to buy a bit too much for a hobby you are becoming enthusiastic for as long as you are sure you will use it. Had we gotten say $1500 road bikes up front we would've saved money. We both sold our comfort bikes and both still have our hybrids (keep them for when in-laws visit or when the road bikes are in the shop). But we still both lost a few hundred bucks each. I can only imagine something pricier like a motorcycle (or hell, our road bikes... if maybe for example the wife got in to triathlon and wanted a tri bike or if I wanted some more aerodynamic). We both went a few steps higher than we originally thought. And I still ride that road bike. It was about 10,000 miles on it now (and that thing is part cat. It survived a 33mph crash last month and I just got it back last week!) and my wife's only was replaced because her frame got cracked in a fluke thing. These were solidly still "midrange" but definitely far higher end than we thought we'd ever get when we started out. But had we skimped on these, I could totally see wanting a few more bells and whistles. Heck some days I still wish for things like electronic shifting and carbon wheels. And nowadays disc brakes. But that is something I can look at in about 2-5 more years when I finally replace mine.
I have zero will to open a distillery, still I watched the whole video paying a lot of attention. You guys are simply amazing! Greetings from BRAZIL!!!
I'm building a secret book case door in my basement a little bit before you started whisky biscuits channel and so far you've built most of a distillery before I have been I have even been able to get the shelves on.
I know that I’ve introduced several dozen people in my area and they have continued to chat about y’all to their friends... due to this, there is a sizable whiskey population in NW Iowa! We’d love to support you in any way we can! Aka buy, drink and discuss your whiskey!
I’m glad we get to be a part of the process in the distillery! I know just the store in Gainesville FL we will need to request your whiskey or spirits from...now get to work boys!
What a great 30 mins.! It’s wonderful to see action applied to passion. That’s how you birth a distillery! Now we we just a paternity test to determine which beanbag is the true father.
I know it has been said before, somewhere, however, this is turning out to be a very educational experience. I wish you two the best. And I second the buy a brick or etch a name on the distillery ideas. Cheers.
Quite possibly your best video yet, guys. Very well done and very informative. It would be interesting to see a follow up video after six months or a year.
It is fantastic to see two men sack-up and create something from nothing no matter how much the government and other idiots want to stop them. I promise to make the trip when this thing is operational. 39 hours be damned!
At the 25 minute mark I realized that you have a close approximation to the MoviePass idea. Instead of selling your info to the movie producers, you can leverage the info you have on us and our locations to bargain a better deal with distributors. AND you have yet to produce, let alone, sell a single bottle of product!! BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
I live here. I can't wait to swing by a store and pick up a bottle and amaze all my friends with Magnificent Bastard Whiskey. And a visit to the distillery is a no-brainer.
Very interesting video. I'm really enjoying this Whiskey Biscuits channel. Much more my thing, even more-so than the review channel. We've all thought of building a distillery, but I'll live vicariously through you guys!
I'm contacting a local mom-and-pop shop try to get your whiskey shipped up here in Delaware. I hope it works I really want to try your guys's whiskey! I already know a few people that would like to try it as well I've been telling everybody about your guys's Channel! U guys rock!
man, I don't know if I want to start a full on distillery but I do want to make a whiskey in a single barrel, and age it for 12 years of my life, sampling it every year. I just feel like it'd be a dope project, and then there's the possibility that I'll make the best whiskey I've had
Hey, Back where I am from, the Corpus Christi area, there is a town called Sinton with a new moonshine and whiskeys distillery that is less than two years old. It is called the Justice Label Distillery. I haven't tried it yet but they say it is an old family recipe.
If you guys are producing by this summer I will have to change my road trip route to pass through Texas. Can’t wait to try something from your distillery.
Stoked !! Awesome that you would be open with the process involved, instead of being all uppity and exclusive. Has an overall +ve impact so ppl don’t think it’s just for big corporations. The average joe will also wait for your whiskey and try it. When do the internships start ???!!! Hahaha. I’ll have my one way ticket from NYC ready ;) Cheers Vishal.
I started my distillery on my 80 acre land, in my pole barn, I also have another large building to store my whiskey, it will be 4 years next Summer. My intention was never to sell any products, but only for my personal use, and maybe to give out to friends. At first they wouldn't let me and tried to make me sell products in order to get permits, but there's nothing in the law that says I have to sell anything, only it will be a business that doesn't have any profit, they finally let me have all the permits I need. When I first wanted to start my distillery, it was only to learn more about distilling, and to learn about whiskey and whiskey making, and blending, I just love and enjoy being creative, and it's always been a hobby and an outlet for creativity. I first had a still to make beard oils and distilling essential oils and blending oils, always been a passion, and now a passion for whiskey making, I have whiskey in oak, cherry wood barrels, sweet birch and sugar maple barrels, and also hickory, I've had whiskey aging in various combinations of these different barrels and excited to see how they turn out, so far I'm loving what these barrels are doing. It also helps I have a friend that owns a lumber yard, and can get me any kind of wood I want. And I am from Michigan
I hope that there is a pre-order option. you guys are gona clear the shelfs. It took me three months to get a 150 year anniversary Jack Daniels Case and that is all they were able to acquire. I live in Arizona a No-ship State but Austin ain't really that far.
You guys should look into small(local) chain liquor stores. I live in fresno, Ca and there’s probably 12 MGA liquors so they would be able to buy a couple cases and distribute them around the stores
I hope you guys ship some to Canada when its all said and done. I'll buy it! If I'm still alive by then! Until that time I'll keep buying whiskey at the liquor store if that's ok.
If I wanted to buy some here in Scotland, would the laws suggest I could only buy it from the retailers then and see if they can ship internationally, rather than buy direct off your website? I know its way early days, but would definitely be interested in buying some Whisky Tribe whiskies!
Awesome video, guys. I couldn't agree more on Laphroaig's marketing. It takes some big brass balls to put out promo videos where half the people are like "Ugh, no, that's awful !" I can't wait until your distillery is up and running. 10/10 Will find a way to buy some of your "Founder's Extra Rare, Special, Select, Old, Original, Vintage, Reserve, Small Batch, Technically Bourbon".
Daniel Whittington I hope so. You guys gave me the idea. First, when Rex wanted to age bourbon for like, a day, and call it “Technically Bourbon”, and later when you suggested using every vague, ill-defined label descriptor together. I just put those two ideas together. I’m kind of like a Master Name Blender. It’s kind of a big deal...
Gotta correct you on the bit about distilling at home being illegal in every state - you can totally distill at home for personal use in the state of Missouri. We allow up to 200 gallons a year and it's been that way for a long time. I remember really researching distilling back in 2010 and the laws were the same (or at least no noticeable difference) then as it is today. I know the federal law is a little bit different - but they've really got a lot of other things on their list before they get around to policing state law abiding citizens for a hobby.
Funny, I know of a distillery in California (which shall remain nameless) that began in a garage and later became legal distillery. We have a saying in the wine business that I am sure applies to the whisky business - "It takes a large fortune to make a small fortune in the business."
I've watched all your guy's videos too many damn times and love em all (it's often what I listen to via bluetooth on the way home after a long graveshift), ordered that sweet whiskey tribe shirt as soon as I saw it and cant wait for your distribution to pick up, despite the fact that I'm close regionally (Albuquerque) it's hard to convince the wife that I need to make a trip that far for a bottle or two of whiskey 😅
My folks are planning on moving to KY in the next 2 years and want a fair amount of property so they can have some horses. They told me I can move out there and use the barn as a distillery to make craft whiskies if I wanted. I know you don't know the laws for each individual state, but do you think something like that would be easier, harder, or about the same compared to what you're doing. I'm seriously considering it so it's cool to hear what you guys have gone through so far.
Wow! Does your country ever suck for distillers! I'm from Slovenia, that's in Europe. You can legally distill up to 150L of 100% alcohol (40 gal) - that's about 370L (100 gal) @ 80 proof - per member of your household per year over here without reporting anything to anyone or paying any kind of tax. And basically every house that is not strictly in the city center has an old family copper pot still.
So this is kinda long but... If you watch Supernatural then u should know that Jensen Ackles (maybe spelled right) just opened a brewery in Austin and I personally would love to see u guys get together and create. My question is that if u were to leave a fair amount in a barrel and then sell your “used” barrel to a brewery for them to age it in, is that legal? Do the barrels need to actually b emptied when givin to someone else’s business for aging?
there are a lot of comments for this video and idk if someone has already asked but, what are your thoughts on/will you be to selling your whiskey (via distributor/retailer) in control states such as Ohio, or will you pretty much keep it in Texas?
It's a great source of income, once it's set-up and gains a following. But can imagine it being a money black-hole until iit's running at a profit. Brave of you guys. Best of luck to you, fellas.
Could you potentially do a kick starter campaign to get a lot of initial capital for your distillery and guarantee a bottle for all contributors? That would avoid the investor interest right?
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I'm 7 minutes in and you've crushed my dreams of starting a distillery...lol...
Mine got crushed about 3 minutes in. Or around the timestamp that I heard "300 pages."
That is like hearing that your next potential date just gained 300 lbs.
Im a year late but starting my own distillery in Brazil. I'm graduated in law here, it is much easier to get those licences (probably because we didnt have a prohibition period and homedistilling is legal). I have a leg up on Crowded Barrel because i can do ecommerce, cutting the distributors. If you come here to the very south of Brazil, please visit Destilaria Drummond :D also on IG as soon as i get past the licences and start planting and building @drummondstills
They crushed mine with the lawyer part in two minutes.
My son is just becoming a lawyer , so maybe now it’s just finding the million bucks? lol
2:15 was my breaking point
So first up. . .. props again for getting this thing off the ground. Because DUDE!!
Second up, pretty choice of you to be this open about it all. Shouldnt be surprised, we know thats your thing now! haha
It was you Jesse, as well as Rex and Daniel, that inspired my friends and I to ask these same questions mentioned in this video. We are currently in research mode on how to open a distillery in our community, and thanks to you guys we haven't given up yet! I found STILL IT through Rex and Daniel and the seeds for this whole project were planted by the three of you. Cheers guys.
Signed, Roasted Malted Barley ;)
I just want you to know how much my husband and I enjoy coming home from work, pouring a drink and watching your videos. We've learned a great deal and have purchased many of the whiskeys you review to drink along with you. We are getting quite the collection and are developing a usable vocabulary too. You're our favorite date night! Thanks for all you do. Keep up the authentic shows. There is nothing else like you out there.
your respect for the community you've created is amazing guys i feel like were all in this together.
Feeling blessed to live only 3 hours from ground zero.
Omg, this format was AMAZING. sat in a dark room with a single candle, sippin' some arran 14. No better way to spend my saturday evening after work.
This looks almost....professional?
*GASP*
Hey guys
I wanted to thank you for all that u do. I've have been a Whiskey fan for years. Started off with Crown Royal and after watching a documentary on Whiskey " bourbonocity" found Angels Envy. In the last 5 years have tried various new Whiskey's, Jefferson's Ocean, reserve, four Roses ext. I never had much of a pallate or nose. After watching your utube video's learned so much, and i thank you for that. Now ive tried Scotch. Which before was only Johnny walker red or black. I just recently purchased monkey shoulder and bruichladdish 16 classic laddie. With the help of many of your videos are trying to develop my pallate n nose. I have to tell u i am appreciating Whiskey n scotch alot more. So again thanks you both original " magnificent bastards". Cheers
Frank your humble servant.
I've been with you two magnificent bastards since the first Daniel solo video. It has been awesome to see the progress and growth in such a short period of time. I'm so glad to see two enterprising whisk(e)y " enthusiasts" succeed in their dreams and aspirations. I am also extremely happy that I have a son who lives in Texas that can help me get my hands on one of your first offerings. I guess I'll be about 63 or 64 years old by then. Now I truly have a reason to live. Lol....
I have a cool idea for you guys when everything is up and running. I live in Canada and would love to at some point make the "Whisk(e)y Pilgrimage" to your distillery. You guys are very busy doing magnificent things so i realize the chances of seeing one of you two is small, and that's not a problem! I am thinking you guys should have some sort of big leather tome called "The Magnificent Book of Bastards" that has to be specifically asked for at the bar, maybe with the fighting/stealing/drinking toast as a password. All the bastards of the tribe who make the Whiskey Pilgrimage can then sign the book with their name and where they are from, before it is then hidden somewhere again. I think it would be a fun little Easter egg for tribe members, and a cool new way for us to connect.
I like this!
You prolly dont give a shit but does someone know a way to log back into an instagram account?
I was dumb forgot my login password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me
@Damien Remington instablaster :)
@Jason Frank i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Jason Frank it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy!
Thanks so much, you really help me out !
I’m going to take a hard pass on the soggy tube sock, I’ll get a flight over 😂
Terry Dolan lol
Snob.
Jimmy Leg I feel like that’s a statement of endearment..
If Terry takes a pass, I'd be glad to take the tube sock. :)
Terry Dolan, of course it is. What else could it be when there's only love in the vault.
What about taking donations?
And engraving our names onto the still?
Mark Kilian Aw hell yeah, a kickstarter
Or buy a brick and get our names on a plaque.
That'd be pretty nice. I mean, I probably won't ever get to taste their creation because I live some countries away, but I'd contribute to these guys anytime without a doubt.
How much do you have to pitch in to get a plaque over the urinal? Fame, baby!
Pat McDermott That's genius.
see, this is exactly the kind of videos we want and need. Great in depth news and serious information coated in a bean sack! seriously, the shit you have to pull through to get lift off... man, it's friggin hard and expensive. respect to the both of you!
Thank you guys for the EXTREMELY Helpful informative video.
Here's to bean's, bag's and drinking. If you have bean's may they be big enough to start a Distillery, If you have a bag may it be strong enough to carry that wight, and If you drink may it be our drink.
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Daniel listening to your motorcycle and not getting enough analogy is funny. Welcome to my life for my wife and I in 2014. We picked up road cycling as a hobby. We started on ~40 year garage sale Huffies. And we decided we were ready to upgrade to new bikes. And got comfort bikes... for endurance road cycling. Think a mountain bike mixed the relaxed position of a cruiser. They are actually awful for long distance. They have you really upright, they are HEAVY.
And 3 months later, these brand new bikes were replaced by used hybrids (think straight bars like a mountain bike but a bit more sporty... lighter and more stretched out like a road bike). And 3 months after that we bought road bikes.
We learned that year that it was cheaper to buy a bit too much for a hobby you are becoming enthusiastic for as long as you are sure you will use it. Had we gotten say $1500 road bikes up front we would've saved money. We both sold our comfort bikes and both still have our hybrids (keep them for when in-laws visit or when the road bikes are in the shop). But we still both lost a few hundred bucks each. I can only imagine something pricier like a motorcycle (or hell, our road bikes... if maybe for example the wife got in to triathlon and wanted a tri bike or if I wanted some more aerodynamic). We both went a few steps higher than we originally thought. And I still ride that road bike. It was about 10,000 miles on it now (and that thing is part cat. It survived a 33mph crash last month and I just got it back last week!) and my wife's only was replaced because her frame got cracked in a fluke thing. These were solidly still "midrange" but definitely far higher end than we thought we'd ever get when we started out. But had we skimped on these, I could totally see wanting a few more bells and whistles.
Heck some days I still wish for things like electronic shifting and carbon wheels. And nowadays disc brakes. But that is something I can look at in about 2-5 more years when I finally replace mine.
I have zero will to open a distillery, still I watched the whole video paying a lot of attention. You guys are simply amazing! Greetings from BRAZIL!!!
It is so cool to hear how the building of a business like you guys are doing actually happens. This is SO cool , thanks
I'm building a secret book case door in my basement a little bit before you started whisky biscuits channel and so far you've built most of a distillery before I have been I have even been able to get the shelves on.
I know that I’ve introduced several dozen people in my area and they have continued to chat about y’all to their friends... due to this, there is a sizable whiskey population in NW Iowa! We’d love to support you in any way we can! Aka buy, drink and discuss your whiskey!
Love the layman rundown of our glorious Texas liquor laws. You need to make one of your labels Tubesock (trademark!).
lol, can't wait for some poor soul that isn't aware standing there in the aisle thinking WTF is "tubesock" whisky.
I, for one, am a fan of this bold new uncensored paradigm
Glad to see Laphroaig on the table and up front. That's one that I really like. Just enough peat smoke not over powering.
Idk if it changed since the video was made. But it is legal to distill for home use in Missouri.
Up to 100 gallons for 1 person, per year
I’m glad we get to be a part of the process in the distillery! I know just the store in Gainesville FL we will need to request your whiskey or spirits from...now get to work boys!
Thank you Rick and Daniel you guys have a fabulous Channel!
Listening to this while I work makes me want a podcast.
What a great 30 mins.! It’s wonderful to see action applied to passion. That’s how you birth a distillery!
Now we we just a paternity test to determine which beanbag is the true father.
I know it has been said before, somewhere, however, this is turning out to be a very educational experience. I wish you two the best. And I second the buy a brick or etch a name on the distillery ideas. Cheers.
"...letting the spice flow..."
I always knew this was my favorite channel on YT, the Dune reference just sealed the deal.
Quite possibly your best video yet, guys. Very well done and very informative. It would be interesting to see a follow up video after six months or a year.
It is fantastic to see two men sack-up and create something from nothing no matter how much the government and other idiots want to stop them. I promise to make the trip when this thing is operational. 39 hours be damned!
Jimmy Leg the government doesn’t want to stop you. They just want money. They exist for money
Hey! Rex just came up with a money stream idea for the distillery and didn't catch it, Daniel and Rex Inappropriate Calendars. 15:25 is the cover shot
At the 25 minute mark I realized that you have a close approximation to the MoviePass idea. Instead of selling your info to the movie producers, you can leverage the info you have on us and our locations to bargain a better deal with distributors. AND you have yet to produce, let alone, sell a single bottle of product!! BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
I live here. I can't wait to swing by a store and pick up a bottle and amaze all my friends with Magnificent Bastard Whiskey. And a visit to the distillery is a no-brainer.
fun fact, in Missouri you can make 100 gallons of spirit(per person) per year for personal consumption(this includes distillation)
Very interesting video. I'm really enjoying this Whiskey Biscuits channel. Much more my thing, even more-so than the review channel. We've all thought of building a distillery, but I'll live vicariously through you guys!
Really hope there are more Whiskey Tribe members in Charleston SC other than my brother and I cuz I really want some of whatever you guys make
I'm contacting a local mom-and-pop shop try to get your whiskey shipped up here in Delaware. I hope it works I really want to try your guys's whiskey! I already know a few people that would like to try it as well I've been telling everybody about your guys's Channel! U guys rock!
I know this isn’t where the reviews take place, but REX, I’m dying to know how your blended turned out!!
Always like watching this again so good!!
Glen Breton is made at Glenora Distillery on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Love it.
man, I don't know if I want to start a full on distillery but I do want to make a whiskey in a single barrel, and age it for 12 years of my life, sampling it every year. I just feel like it'd be a dope project, and then there's the possibility that I'll make the best whiskey I've had
I love how TH-cam recommended is now sending me back and forth between The whiskey Tribe and The Modern Rogue.
Only a few seconds in and I thought I was watching "between two ferns" with Zach Galifianakis.
But I digress. On with the show!
BTF is the greatest.
Same though here!!
Yeah I love Zach's content. Especially his stand up
Congratulations Gentlemen and the best of luck with your venture!
Hey, Back where I am from, the Corpus Christi area, there is a town called Sinton with a new moonshine and whiskeys distillery that is less than two years old. It is called the Justice Label Distillery. I haven't tried it yet but they say it is an old family recipe.
Things I love about this channel: no squeaking corks!
Really love the laid back hangout type episode talking about the distillery... not that I also dont appreciate the general biscuits shananagans.
If you guys are producing by this summer I will have to change my road trip route to pass through Texas. Can’t wait to try something from your distillery.
This is extremely informative. Thank you very much.
Stoked !!
Awesome that you would be open with the process involved, instead of being all uppity and exclusive. Has an overall +ve impact so ppl don’t think it’s just for big corporations. The average joe will also wait for your whiskey and try it.
When do the internships start ???!!! Hahaha. I’ll have my one way ticket from NYC ready ;)
Cheers
Vishal.
I started my distillery on my 80 acre land, in my pole barn, I also have another large building to store my whiskey, it will be 4 years next Summer. My intention was never to sell any products, but only for my personal use, and maybe to give out to friends. At first they wouldn't let me and tried to make me sell products in order to get permits, but there's nothing in the law that says I have to sell anything, only it will be a business that doesn't have any profit, they finally let me have all the permits I need.
When I first wanted to start my distillery, it was only to learn more about distilling, and to learn about whiskey and whiskey making, and blending, I just love and enjoy being creative, and it's always been a hobby and an outlet for creativity. I first had a still to make beard oils and distilling essential oils and blending oils, always been a passion, and now a passion for whiskey making, I have whiskey in oak, cherry wood barrels, sweet birch and sugar maple barrels, and also hickory, I've had whiskey aging in various combinations of these different barrels and excited to see how they turn out, so far I'm loving what these barrels are doing. It also helps I have a friend that owns a lumber yard, and can get me any kind of wood I want.
And I am from Michigan
Llve these old episodes. Really wanna try your rainwater whiskey now lol.
Interesting vlog. My friends started a distillery in Michigan. A little research and I found that average cost $1,600,000.
I hope that there is a pre-order option. you guys are gona clear the shelfs. It took me three months to get a 150 year anniversary Jack Daniels Case and that is all they were able to
acquire. I live in Arizona a No-ship State but Austin ain't really that far.
Your business sense is right on!
Can't wait! This magnificent bastard in Los Angeles wants a dram!
Another great biscuit episode! Thanks lads!
You guys should look into small(local) chain liquor stores. I live in fresno, Ca and there’s probably 12 MGA liquors so they would be able to buy a couple cases and distribute them around the stores
I hope you guys ship some to Canada when its all said and done. I'll buy it! If I'm still alive by then! Until that time I'll keep buying whiskey at the liquor store if that's ok.
If I wanted to buy some here in Scotland, would the laws suggest I could only buy it from the retailers then and see if they can ship internationally, rather than buy direct off your website? I know its way early days, but would definitely be interested in buying some Whisky Tribe whiskies!
Wow, just seeing this, 🤣 love Monkey Shoulder
Awesome video, guys. I couldn't agree more on Laphroaig's marketing. It takes some big brass balls to put out promo videos where half the people are like "Ugh, no, that's awful !" I can't wait until your distillery is up and running. 10/10 Will find a way to buy some of your "Founder's Extra Rare, Special, Select, Old, Original, Vintage, Reserve, Small Batch, Technically Bourbon".
love that name
Daniel Whittington I hope so. You guys gave me the idea. First, when Rex wanted to age bourbon for like, a day, and call it “Technically Bourbon”, and later when you suggested using every vague, ill-defined label descriptor together. I just put those two ideas together. I’m kind of like a Master Name Blender. It’s kind of a big deal...
That's a mouthful! Then there's the name...
How funny. No one wants to invest in my ideas lmao I have the opposite problem. Thank you for the video!
Thanks for giving lawyers a shout out! Heaven knows they probably spent years of time and hundreds of thousands of dollars to gain that expertise ;)
Gotta correct you on the bit about distilling at home being illegal in every state - you can totally distill at home for personal use in the state of Missouri. We allow up to 200 gallons a year and it's been that way for a long time. I remember really researching distilling back in 2010 and the laws were the same (or at least no noticeable difference) then as it is today. I know the federal law is a little bit different - but they've really got a lot of other things on their list before they get around to policing state law abiding citizens for a hobby.
You guys should do a video on how long to keep open bottles and when to finish bottles in your collection
Funny, I know of a distillery in California (which shall remain nameless) that began in a garage and later became legal distillery. We have a saying in the wine business that I am sure applies to the whisky business - "It takes a large fortune to make a small fortune in the business."
If nothing else it makes for a good short history of the place. This is great keep being magnificent!
7:23 "Zeitgeist", I always find it funny how many german words find their way into the english language :)
Daniel,
Could you look into doing a sourmash bourbon using a rye whiskey backset. I've heard that it produces a unique and amazing product.
Thanks,
Indiana! There are mom and pops here waiting on you!
I've watched all your guy's videos too many damn times and love em all (it's often what I listen to via bluetooth on the way home after a long graveshift), ordered that sweet whiskey tribe shirt as soon as I saw it and cant wait for your distribution to pick up, despite the fact that I'm close regionally (Albuquerque) it's hard to convince the wife that I need to make a trip that far for a bottle or two of whiskey 😅
And yes, the distilling idea has been in my head (home quantity) for many years.
To get around the per person limit, you can have multiple labels of the same product. They do this in Siesta Key for their rum.
15:20 Bean bag into ham hock with a full spread finish. Well played.
Well now I have a legit reason to fly to the us of a and visit texas too get myself a bottle of your whiskey.
My folks are planning on moving to KY in the next 2 years and want a fair amount of property so they can have some horses. They told me I can move out there and use the barn as a distillery to make craft whiskies if I wanted. I know you don't know the laws for each individual state, but do you think something like that would be easier, harder, or about the same compared to what you're doing. I'm seriously considering it so it's cool to hear what you guys have gone through so far.
I know that distilling as a hobby is illegal in every state. But I found this helpful: www.distillate.org/laws/Kentucky
Daniel Whittington Thanks! I'll check it out.
Wow! Does your country ever suck for distillers! I'm from Slovenia, that's in Europe. You can legally distill up to 150L of 100% alcohol (40 gal) - that's about 370L (100 gal) @ 80 proof - per member of your household per year over here without reporting anything to anyone or paying any kind of tax. And basically every house that is not strictly in the city center has an old family copper pot still.
I hope you guys distribute to Dallas, if not I'm coming down there.
Can you guys try out a rum from key west? They they cask it in a whisky barrel. It’s amazing and has a Smokey whiskey taste.
I could probably grow and sell my own tobacco for less trouble than starting a distillery. Sucks all the passion out of wanting to distill
I love when Nova Scotia gets mentioned in things.
What an all around great video! Informative and entertaining.
So this is kinda long but... If you watch Supernatural then u should know that Jensen Ackles (maybe spelled right) just opened a brewery in Austin and I personally would love to see u guys get together and create. My question is that if u were to leave a fair amount in a barrel and then sell your “used” barrel to a brewery for them to age it in, is that legal? Do the barrels need to actually b emptied when givin to someone else’s business for aging?
This video is everything 👌🏽👏🏽
Hey, guys,
I guess I missed it, but what type of whisk(e)y will you be offering at first? From where will you be sourcing it?
This reminded me of something on PBS
Well said bois
I'm going to need to find a few Tribe members up here in New York in Dutches country. If I want one of your Whiskeys.
Love the Dune reference.
How exactly do I sign up for/join the whiskey tribe? All I can find in the site is a place to forward the newsletter.
If you're looking for the newsletter, it's in the sidebar of the home page: whiskeytribe.com/
there are a lot of comments for this video and idk if someone has already asked but, what are your thoughts on/will you be to selling your whiskey (via distributor/retailer) in control states such as Ohio, or will you pretty much keep it in Texas?
At first, our qty's will probably keep it limited to Texas. But we're open to other options if the demand is there!
It's a great source of income, once it's set-up and gains a following. But can imagine it being a money black-hole until iit's running at a profit. Brave of you guys. Best of luck to you, fellas.
Could you potentially do a kick starter campaign to get a lot of initial capital for your distillery and guarantee a bottle for all contributors? That would avoid the investor interest right?
I hate whiskey, but you guys better than a stand up comedy, your whiskey must be good with your mood and devotion
I wonder if you could try using mesquite barrels for one of your whiskeys? Or if that’s even possible?
Awesome stuff gentleman. I’m wondering, what if someone from the tribe wanted to build a retail space near your distillery?
Still in the process of watching, I did the "oh yeah hand rubbing" technique at 16:47 with Teacher's Highland Cream and it's pretty damn amazing.
anyway to get some into australia? its probably easy to do if you can piggy back on a craft beer export
Thanks for this video, I'm at the point where I am looking for a building.