BoozeWerks provides end-to-end distillery consulting, design, and engineering services to help new and established distilleries grow profitably. Our experienced distillery consultants and process engineers develop innovative, cost-efficient, and sustainable solutions tailored to your goals – from business planning and facility layout to equipment selection, sourcing, and regulatory compliance.
We evaluate your entire spirits production process, including process-flow design, water treatment and wastewater requirements, and ingredient selection and sourcing to improve quality, consistency, and yields. Whether you’re launching a craft distillery from scratch or expanding an existing, award-winning operation, BoozeWerks creates custom distillery solutions that optimize performance and position your brand for long-term success.
Launching a successful distillery takes more than a great mash bill and a pretty bottle. BoozeWerks helps you plan and build it right from day one – refining your business plan, designing efficient production and tasting-room layouts, and supporting your architecture/engineering team with distillery-specific requirements. We also simplify equipment specs, sourcing, and lead times so you get the right stills, tanks, and support systems for your budget and growth plans. In short: we turn “someday” distillery ideas into fully planned, fundable, buildable operations.
Our team is available to help & consult with you on your existing business plan for your new distillery. We can assist with general guidance on numbers and business practices to fine-tune your plan to be ready to put in front of investors and small-business loan officers.
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If you do not have the time to run down numbers and generate that plan, let us build it for you!
You have the perfect location in mind, but you don’t know what’s the best way to set it up? The BoozeWerks team are experts at making sure your space will fit your needs when it comes to equipment production workflows. Need to make sure the Barrel Room is big enough? That you have enough fermenters to keep the still running? Have that “speak-easy” space for the customers to visit? We’ll take care of it.
Plus, if you already have an Architecture/Engineering team on board your project, our distillery consultants can assist them in knowing what standard industry practices & design requirements they should be using in helping you develop the final design, as well as leave room for growth.
What’s my budget? Pot vs Column Still? Copper or Stainless? Barreled for 3 years or 6? Rye or Corn? Bottles, Labels, Corks/Tops?
When deciding on what equipment you need and where you need to order it from, there are sometimes an overwhelming number of choices. When you need to have a good handle on exactly what it is you’ll require and when it needs to be there to make the dream come true, that’s where the BoozeWerks Team can get you squared away. We can shop the various manufacturers to find the right equipment, at the right price, in the right timeframe to hit the project’s budget goals.
Running a successful alcohol operation isn’t just about what’s in the tank – it’s about how the whole system works together. BoozeWerks helps you design smart production workflows, from raw-material delivery and piping strategies to refrigeration, distribution paths, and day-to-day efficiency on the floor. We also guide you through TTB regulations and local alcohol laws so your licensed areas stay compliant from the start. And once you’re ready to sell, our marketing team helps you choose the right channels and tactics to actually get noticed in your market, not just post into the void.
How well do you know the TTB Regulations, or your local jurisdiction’s alcohol rules? Your ‘Bonded Facility’ area vs your ‘Tax-Paid’ section? Our distillery consultants here at BoozeWerks are well versed in how to approach the various rules & regulations that you need to know to run your distillery. Each location has its own rules specific to that town/county/state/country and we can help you navigate these pitfalls.
When it comes to workflow and how the facility is laid out, minor adjustments or specific design elements can make a big difference. One of the most important aspects of thinking through what the production process will be (besides just mashing, fermenting, distilling & aging) drives a number of design decisions as to where and why we place equipment and working spaces in the spots we put them. Delivery entrances & grain holding areas, bottling & distribution accessibility, hard versus flexible piping, and more are just some of the items that can affect workflow design.
I’ve got a web page, and an Instagram account – that’s all I need, right?
In the modern digital marketplace, you not only need to control the name-space for your brand, but you need to know how to utilize the various platforms to their fullest potential. What venues are of more value in your specific geographic location vs somewhere else? How do I let the world know that we exist once we open the doors? Our marketing experts can assist you in knowing what platforms are of value to your business, and which ones are worth ignoring.
Once your operation is running, BoozeWerks helps you operate safer, leaner, and smarter. We build and refine safety procedures – covering chemical storage, PPE, emergency readiness, and role-specific training – to protect your team and your product. We also analyze your production process to improve efficiency, cut losses, and squeeze more profit out of every batch. And when you’re ready to grow, we help you plan expansions, second locations, or full relocations without derailing day-to-day operations.
The BoozeWerks team will help you create & have the proper safety procedures in place to operate your facility in a controlled manner. Where & how are chemicals being stored? Are your employees wearing the appropriate protective gear? Do you have the proper equipment to handle an emergency? Which personnel are trained and approved to handle certain job duties vs others? Proper safety rules and procedures are of utmost importance and go a long ways in ensuring a quality working environment & final product.
We’re getting 81% efficiency and it’s taking us 4-hours to do our stripping run. Is that good or is that bad?
For facilities that are already up and running, we can assist in tracking down those little ‘bugs’ in your process that are hurting your bottom line. Saving a little loss of product here, shaving a some process time there – and suddenly you can boost your numbers by a few % – and that’s real money in your pocket. Our BoozeWerks team can analyze your current process and recommend where you could find the best cost savings that will affect your bottom line.
Your barrel room is bursting at the seams, your production capacity is maxed out, and you’ve got orders from your distributors sitting in your inbox. It sounds like it’s time for an expansion – but how do you go about that process? Do you expand in place? Do you look at a second facility? or Do you move everything into a new & larger location? Running a current business while trying to plan an expansion can be daunting, and our distillery consultants can ease some of that burden with whatever expansion project you have in mind and get you started on that path toward even greater revenues.
Got an idea, a problem, or a half-built plan on a bar napkin? Drop us a note and we’ll help you figure out the next right move. We’re quick to reply.
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