THIS INFORMATION IS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO START THEIR DISTILLERY USING OUR FACILITIES.
Looking to start a spirits brand, but avoid the capital and time expense of starting a distillery? Check out our contract distilling page instead.
Starting a distillery is an expensive and risky proposition. The capital costs involved are scary enough, without factoring in having to pay overhead at your facility while you wait for your license to come through from CRA – up to 18 months in some cases – and not being able to make anything – even test batches – until your licenses come through.
We can help. We’ve incubated several distillery startups through those dicey early days, and watch with pride as they grow, expand, and move out on their own.
We’ve encountered two main needs:
We cater to both.
“Last Straw was a fantastic distillery to work with. During our startup phase they were flexible with what we needed and wanted to achieve and offered guidance on the production methods and how to navigate the very confusing alcohol industry effectively. Anyone who is looking to produce while in the startup phase will do well to reach out to Last Straw and work with them, an excellent business to work with!”
– Josh Cormier, Founder
Pepprell Distilling
The CRA requires you to have a properly zoned facility to which the license is attached before they will process your application. They take up to 18 months to process applications. It’s also illegal to distill spirits without a license. This could mean you’re paying rent and overhead costs for a facility you can’t use… like we did. We can help you avoid that.
Our customizable services include:
Once your CRA license comes through, things get a bit more complicated on the sales side, however we have developed a system where you can operate your fully-licensed distillery at our location, and secure your distillery retail store authorization from the Ontario government allowing you to sell.
Our services include:
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40 Pippin Road, Unit 9
Concord, Ontario
tel: 416-564-5971
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