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Hey y'all, my distillery's website just went live for the first time. Y'all check it out and let me know what you think. I'm always looking for constructive criticism. There's a few bugs I already know about that we're fixing right now.

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DeepSouth wrote:Hey y'all, my distillery's website just went live for the first time. Y'all check it out and let me know what you think. I'm always looking for constructive criticism. There's a few bugs I already know about that we're fixing right now.

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1) The age verification box on page 1 says enter your age... when it's really my date of birth.

Actually aside from that I think it's great :-)
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Thanks Mikey, yeah that part needs some work. I don't think it's storing cookies properly because it doesn't remember that I've been to the site and keeps asking me to put in birthday
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Looks nice Rich. Sweet site, short and simple. Your building looks great too. Does MS allow for you to sell direct to consumer? Seems state laws are changing to help craft distillers. Keep on!

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Aitchh wrote:Looks nice Rich. Sweet site, short and simple. Your building looks great too. Does MS allow for you to sell direct to consumer? Seems state laws are changing to help craft distillers. Keep on!

-Aitch
No, unfortunately we can't sell direct to the customer in Mississippi. We have the state ABC that is the middleman. I have to ship cases to them and then liquor stores by from the state, then end consumer buys from the liquor store. I also can only pour little straight 1/4 oz samples on tours in the tasting room. I can't make or sell cocktails. Working on getting a bill for this next session of the legislature to address those issues. We're not only at a disadvantage to distilleries in other states, but the state alcohol laws aren't equitable between distilleries, wineries, and breweries.

In the next few weeks I'll have a buy now tab on the website that will take you to a third party online liquor store in Washington DC that can ship straight to the consumer.
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DeepSouth wrote:
Aitchh wrote:Looks nice Rich. Sweet site, short and simple. Your building looks great too. Does MS allow for you to sell direct to consumer? Seems state laws are changing to help craft distillers. Keep on!

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No, unfortunately we can't sell direct to the customer in Mississippi. We have the state ABC that is the middleman. I have to ship cases to them and then liquor stores by from the state, then end consumer buys from the liquor store. I also can only pour little straight 1/4 oz samples on tours in the tasting room. I can't make or sell cocktails. Working on getting a bill for this next session of the legislature to address those issues. We're not only at a disadvantage to distilleries in other states, but the state alcohol laws aren't equitable between distilleries, wineries, and breweries.

In the next few weeks I'll have a buy now tab on the website that will take you to a third party online liquor store in Washington DC that can ship straight to the consumer.
If they could ship internationally that would be awesome...
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One item that jumped out at me on you About page was the sentence:
I’m not a descendant in a long lineage of former distillers, or someone who was a former bootlegger turned legal like you may read about (dubiously) in a biography of other distilleries.
Which, to be historically accurate, should read:
I’m not a descendant in a long lineage of former distillers, or someone who was a former bootlegger moonshiner turned legal like you may read about (dubiously) in a biography of other distilleries.
Moonshiners made moonshine and bootleggers hauled moonshine...
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Wish you luck with your distillery :thumbup:
Can we pick your brain :?: :lol:
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Sure Shadylane, I'm an open book. I'll be happy to share my experiences, good and bad.
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DeepSouth wrote:Sure Shadylane, I'm an open book. I'll be happy to share my experiences, good and bad.
Do you mash your Bourbon with added enzymes or do you spent the extra time to manage with the 17% malted barley in your grain bill?

I don't see a still. Is it a continuous still? Or potstills and thumpers?
Edit: Ok, found the thread about your still.
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You started to run the still in February and in Oktober you can sell Bourbon?
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My mash protocol works like this: I do 250 gallon batches with 500 lbs of grain. Start with 200 gallons of water and 2.5 gallons of backset. Add 333 lbs corn, Sebstar HTL, and heat until @185-190 F. Hold for 1 hour at 185-190. I immediately add 84 lbs of malt and 84 lbs of rye or wheat. Temp drops a few degrees. Add & gallons of backset and cook through looking jacket until about 145-150 F. Add SebAmyl GL and hold for one hour. Cool through cooling jacket until about 90-95 F. Pitch 250 grams DADY. Ferments run 4 or 5 days and start at about 1.065. I get about 8.5% in ferment and off a 250 gallon batch I yield about 20 gallons of pure alcohol on my strip. Usually strip about 80 gallons down to 25% total ABV, do that three times, then spirit run.
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My first bourbon in my 15 gallon barrels will be released potentially next fall or winter, and will be 1.5-2 years old
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I really enjoyed your site everything's is pretty easy to find, keep up the hard work as you can always find things to improve on
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Rich:

Site looks good. Recommend re-shooting that little video on your main page, below the fold, as it's too dark and the audio is bad. A couple lamps and a $3 lavellier mic from Amazom will fix you right up.
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rad14701 wrote:One item that jumped out at me on you About page was the sentence:
I’m not a descendant in a long lineage of former distillers, or someone who was a former bootlegger turned legal like you may read about (dubiously) in a biography of other distilleries.
Which, to be historically accurate, should read:
I’m not a descendant in a long lineage of former distillers, or someone who was a former bootlegger moonshiner turned legal like you may read about (dubiously) in a biography of other distilleries.
Moonshiners made moonshine and bootleggers hauled moonshine...
And if ya did both? :mrgreen: Nice site
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Cool site, a few things that I was left wondering about;

a) The price

&

b) Where I can buy it?
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I didn't no Mississippi was the first in prohibition .
Yup like tatter say , some done both. Some place that name was a catch all.

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varocketry wrote:Rich:

Site looks good. Recommend re-shooting that little video on your main page, below the fold, as it's too dark and the audio is bad. A couple lamps and a $3 lavellier mic from Amazom will fix you right up.
Thanks for the tips on the video. I didn't shoot it, one of the local newspapers did for their website and let me have a copy.
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xyz123 wrote:Cool site, a few things that I was left wondering about;

a) The price

&

b) Where I can buy it?
Here in the next couple of weeks I'll have a link to an online third party liquor store where customers can buy my stuff. I do have a page on the site with a list of all the liquor stores around here that stock my products. My stuff generally retails in Mississippi for about $23-25 depending on the individual liquor store
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Congratulations...Very nice business, equipment, and site.
You've used my three P's...Patience, Preparation, and Pride.
Very good luck to ya'll.

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DeepSouth wrote:
Aitchh wrote:Looks nice Rich. Sweet site, short and simple. Your building looks great too. Does MS allow for you to sell direct to consumer? Seems state laws are changing to help craft distillers. Keep on!

-Aitch
No, unfortunately we can't sell direct to the customer in Mississippi. We have the state ABC that is the middleman. I have to ship cases to them and then liquor stores by from the state, then end consumer buys from the liquor store. I also can only pour little straight 1/4 oz samples on tours in the tasting room. I can't make or sell cocktails. Working on getting a bill for this next session of the legislature to address those issues. We're not only at a disadvantage to distilleries in other states, but the state alcohol laws aren't equitable between distilleries, wineries, and breweries.

In the next few weeks I'll have a buy now tab on the website that will take you to a third party online liquor store in Washington DC that can ship straight to the consumer.
Good to see more Mississippi brothers on here, Your living the dream of us South Mississippi moonshiners free of mosquitoes and looking over your shoulder. God speed! One day I'm gonna get out of this swamp long enough to ride up.
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Tater wrote:
rad14701 wrote:One item that jumped out at me on you About page was the sentence:
I’m not a descendant in a long lineage of former distillers, or someone who was a former bootlegger turned legal like you may read about (dubiously) in a biography of other distilleries.
Which, to be historically accurate, should read:
I’m not a descendant in a long lineage of former distillers, or someone who was a former bootlegger moonshiner turned legal like you may read about (dubiously) in a biography of other distilleries.
Moonshiners made moonshine and bootleggers hauled moonshine...
And if ya did both? :mrgreen: Nice site
Those bootleggers are a necessity though, as it keeps folks away from the secrets of the still. Only a fool moonshines AND bootlegs. You might as well get caught with cocaine if you get caught distilling booze in Mississippi. I can remember when they asked potential Jurrors on Jury duty if they have ever been caught making or selling moonshine, and that's no joke.

Most Mississippi familys that had a still ran a type of family operation. Grandad may have been the master shiner but uncle or cousin would be the bootlegger. Grandpappy never sold shit, he just did his thing and licked his fingers.

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Nice simple site man, congrats!
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Bourbon production rules:

1. It must be made in the United States. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't have to be made in Kentucky, although 95 percent of the world's supply is.
2. Aging must take place in a new, charred, oak barrel. Bourbon must be aged for at least two years. Two years is considered a straight bourbon.
3. The mash must be at least 51 percent corn.
4. The whiskey cannot enter the barrel at higher than 125 proof. It cannot enter the bottle at a proof less than 80.
5. Nothing can be added but water and only to lessen the proof when necessary.
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varocketry wrote:Bourbon production rules:

1. It must be made in the United States. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't have to be made in Kentucky, although 95 percent of the world's supply is.
2. Aging must take place in a new, charred, oak barrel. Bourbon must be aged for at least two years. Two years is considered a straight bourbon.This is the only incorrect part. Bourbon does not have a minimum time on oak. Although rather extreme, 1 second constitutes bourbon. The only stipulation around time is that it must be at least 2 years to be called a straight bourbon. You should see the amount of 6 month bourbons on the market.
3. The mash must be at least 51 percent corn.
4. The whiskey cannot enter the barrel at higher than 125 proof. It cannot enter the bottle at a proof less than 80.
5. Nothing can be added but water and only to lessen the proof when necessary.
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everything seems to work. however, i notice you have a back arrow on a lot of the pics
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Congratulations on a great start. I loved the part where you busted some other refiners buying and rebottling as their own, about time it was made public.
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