Craft Distilleries Grow From Embryonic Stage

BTN Interview with Chris Burnette from Mad Buffalo Craft Distillery on the current state of Craft Spirits in USA market and where its going. BTN also discusses the strategy on distribution of craft spirits and its challenges.

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Chris Burnette from Mad Buffalo Craft Distillery Mad Buffalo Craft Distillery

-Do you see that the next boom will be in Craft Distilleries?

I think the next boom will come from Farm Distilleries that practice field to glass or ground to glass production, like we do. These are the distilleries that take the production to the ultimate level. They grow their own grain, so they control the quality of their product from start to finish. They hand make their product without using other distilleries’ output. Many distilleries start out buying their products from established producers and bottle it. Farm distilleries don’t do this. The marketplace is getting behind terrior, local sourced, slow food products. These styles of spirits are already gaining momentum and I believe that these producers will explode in the next couple of years.

-Let’s talk numbers, what is your percentage growth in last 24 months to justify the above question. Where are the pockets where you see the trend emerging? (explain which states sell more of your brand and which states sell less).

craft spirits It’s hard to put a “percentage growth” statistic together when you’ve only been producing for 8 months. I can say that our sales are growing at around 10% per month and we haven’t spent a much on marketing. We use social media and have held a couple of parties, but no systematic marketing expenditures. We’re also already in the black. We have no loans to pay back, own all of our equipment, and sell everything we produce. Read Full Interview On Craft Spirits Distribution