Flavor consultant/researcher

[Tōtōchtin]

I was curious if anyone here was able to get a license/permit that would allow you to run a still for your research. Not having run a still yet I am not sure I will keep up with distilling before I give this project to my Godson. So I have yet to ask an attorney here in Mexico what it would require. I am just too old to deal with the law coming into the ranch. So I thought this might be a minimalist way out,just pay for a permit.
Being a researcher would remove you from any sales aspect.
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[Stonecutter]

I’d trust a local Attorney before I’d put any faith in what you’ll hear in this forum regarding local law enforcement.
A booze forum/hooch Parlor isn’t the best place for legal advice.

[Tōtōchtin]

To cover my ass I definitely would. I'm just curious if anyone has tried this method. Here in Mexico I would need an Notario (Type of Attorney) to have anything to do with all the types of gov. here.
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[Bushman]

The only licenses other than commercial licenses by members that I recall are for making fuel.

[subbrew]

There is a education/research license in the US but to get it you need to part of a university or college. I know a guy who is a college professor that got one for his department, let the college pay for all his equipment and time to learn to distill. He now owns a distillery besides being a professor. Not sure if Mexico has the equivalent.

[Tōtōchtin]

I believe there must be a category of business of taste testers, taste researcher, distillation researcher, that would be for a private enterprise, such as a consultant for the beverage industry. That way I could make and store my experiments. This could take quite a few runs to have enough samples to verify your going in the right direction. Google translator is a little weak, as I'm with reading the law in Spanish,but I'll give it a try.
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[Stonecutter]

You could tour a distillery or two. Establish some rapport and start asking questions.