We Spent How Much On Glass Bottles?!? Starting A Distillery Ep #1!
Вставка
- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Check Out Skull Bliss and Use Code 50Bourbon to get $50 off sitewide:
shop.skullblis...
We are starting a Distillery (Technically an NDP which is a non distilling producer)! This is the beginning of the journey that we were actually filming. Come to find out this is significantly harder than people would expect. But let's see exactly what it takes to bottle your own whiskey.
Join us for Behind the Scenes, Barrel Picks, and Weekly Updates on Patreon:
/ bourbonjunkies
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @bourbonjunkies
25% off Liquid IV (Recovery and Hydration... Perfect for Tuesdays):
glnk.io/koyv/b...
Cheapest Sample Bottles:
glassbottleout...?p=rkuqLAgKv
Need Copyright Free Audio:
www.epidemicso...
Bourbon Junkies Merch:
www.bourbonjunk...
Follow us on instagram:
/ bourbonjunkies
Join us on Facebook:
/ 2040101716104283
Email us:
Bourbonjunk@gmail.com
#skullbliss
As someone that worked in the trucking industry on a dock through college 25+ years ago…that is not normal. So great to see behind the scenes video as you take us all along your journey.
Well as someone who works in the shipping side of our business, this is pretty standard now. I’ve spent hours unloading spilled crates of small parts. Nobody cares anymore
@@rickmanasek8468 that’s a shame. I took pride in all my trailers I unloaded and loaded. Rock solid and the drivers expected it from us dock guys.
@@lancerobbins24 sir I hear you. I managed outgoing and incoming freight for five years for my families business. And it is a nightmare. Prices have gone up and quality of everything way down. Pick up times are crazy bad yay Elog, and then the amount of horribly packed freight. Not a month ago after everyone was gone I unloaded a truck and it was long hinges, they had two pallets underneath them, nothing attaching them so they just acted independently.. the hinges are like 96 inches long lol, standard pallets bro… who does that
Common practice is if seller paid shipping they are responsible. If you paid shipping, your responsible. You gota file claim against the trucking co. They are pretty good about paying. Just document the damage. Never refuse shipment on something you paid to ship. They will take it back to their warehouse, and charge you a fee to store it, lol.
Z as a 4444$$$=¾¾3¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾^3,
C,
Gi I will send
i hope there are a ton more of these videos, behind the scenes stuff is great! super pumped for you dudes and cant wait to snag some bottles. cheers junkies.
How will I know when to snag a bottle?!
Please keep the behind the scenes videos. It's great to see what goes on the beginning of a new distiller.
Love it. Use to work for a company that sold glass. Still get all my sample bottles from them. I’d say based on that experience that your situation is not normal as far as the pallets go… but having stuff not strapped well and bouncing around in a trailer is unfortunately pretty normal. I’m not going to disparage every truck driver out there but personally I’ve experienced a lot of apathy.
I would have gone with "THIGGG NEGTUR"...but will def buy a some Virtue Whiskey.
HELL YEAH BOURBON JUNKIES. SUPER PROUD OF Y'ALL!!!!
I just want to say that those labels are absolutely fire
I think you said the main thing. Roll with it. Just part of the ups and downs of a young business. Something to tell the grandkids in the future. We are all rooting for you. Cheers.
This is awesome congrats will definitely be looking forward to acquiring some of your products
As a Michigander living in Hong Kong who loves whiskey, I hope to be able to pop in and visit you guys when I'm back in the States next... but I won't hold my breath. :)
So excited for launch! Looking forward to a pour
excited to see your journey with this new venture. yes - this is nomral with the shipping/receiving process on the commercial side of things.
Definitely feel some sympathy for you. I have traveled 2500 miles to do a job before and opened my truck to find what looks like a tornado ripped through my product. LTL is the worst because they will throw somebody else's product on top of yours with zero fucks given. I know it's expensive but my company started buying the whole trailer even if we couldn't fill the whole thing. The pups are nice for LTL loads if you decided to buy the whole trailer.
Can't wait until these become tangible, I pour a dram and send you my review of your product! Awesome job of growing your brand guys! 👏
This makes me tingly in places I can’t say on social media. Hope I can get whatever you guys come up with in Massachusetts. LFGooooooo!!!!!!
Make sure they also provide new boxes for any of the damaged ones…that’s what will be protecting and presenting your product.
Best of luck.
This is awesome. Looking forward to coming along this journey with y’all.
I got my VS shirt and glass last week, thanks Dan! Support from Houston!
This is amazing. Rooting for you guys!
Happy for you guys and for us bourbon lovers to see you doing this. Can't wait until we can order a bottle or two.
Looking forward to seeing the final result 👍🏽
Im proud yall are working on this. Yall should be proud too. Im very excited to see how this project evolves but congrats guys!
Love the video documentation! The channel is awesome. When y’all release Virtue I’ll be standing in line (virtually, from Oklahoma) to buy it!
This video is exactly what I needed today. Can’t friggin wait for a virtue bottle. Cheers guys hope everyone is feeling better!!!!
Can’t wait to see that bottle in the shelves and look back 3-4 years ago to you two knuckleheads shooting reviews with very little production value. So Proud of you two. Living the American dream.
Hang in there guys
We've had to return a shipment of bottles right before bottling because so many were broken. It's not just the broken ones that is the problem, it's also that some shards of glass may end up in the non-broken bottles. Last thing you want is a customer drinking a shard of glass that you didn't know was there!
Same we had to claim all boxes with broken glass in them because of this.
I used to work for Saia...normal practice. And nice on the driver to put straps on after it fell over and trying to look like it wasn't his fault 😂
Right...
Good luck - happy new year
I worked in logistics for a glass company. A lot of 3pl break down the pallets and rewrap and then the glass starts breaking. It was always very frustrating. I get it bros.
I'm so excited about this. I'm happy for you guys.
At first I didn’t like the name and then I thought about how cool the backstory is. Best of luck! The mess with the shipment is a real learning experience. Ask questions-a lot of them especially the ones that start with “if”. And if the company doesn’t want to answer them, they ain’t for you.
Excited to see the progress. Congratulations
Cheers, boys! Get these things on the shelves in Virginia, tall order I know, and I will be a customer. I love the concept.
Wow, Dan. That looked like a nightmare. Thanks for the ride along though. I wish you two the best going forward!
Love that Sagamore hoodie!
Hang in there, gents! Documenting all of this will make for some great memories down the road.
After moving to a farm we had a few things delivered by freight, thank God for neighbor with pallet fork on his tractor. Guess what the next thing I had delivered….. pallet forks for my tractor. Delivery to a parking lot and transferring to a trailer is a pain. Went that route once.
This video is awesome. Super interesting and informative. Hope to see many more.
Dang this is exciting! Been here supporting since 2020 so cool to see all the growth!
Wishing you the best on this new adventure! I was hoping for "Bottle Flip Bourbon" but Virtue has some great meaning and purpose.
I hope one of the products is "Bottle Flip Bourbon" it could have the label on upside down to make it stand out. Plus could also be tongue in cheek about NDP bourbon companies.
What a nightmare. Most of my family are truck drivers, with the majority being Owner/Operators. You have to tie that stuff down before departure and make sure the dock guys stack and wrap it correctly. This is definitely not a "normal" experience. Probably becoming a common one though unfortunately. The pandemic has ushered in a shortage of everything, including "give a shit." Thanks for the video Dan. I look forward to adding a bottle of Virtue Spirits to my top shelf. Any idea where this will be sourced from yet?
That's coming in a future episode for sure
Can’t wait to try your whiskey.
Looking forward to see where this will go.
Love the Virtue content! More please!
I work in LTL. Sometimes things happen, but no that is not normal. I’m really curious why they sent that to you on a 48’ trailer when I’m assuming you ordered based on your home address. They should have brought it on a smaller rig. I’ve done deliveries like that but only when it’s to somewhere to tight for even the smaller trucks. I’ve actually gone to houses like yours and dragged the pallets right inside people’s garages. Hope things go smoother for you in the future.
Excited to see this come to fruition. Best of luck.
Love it! Can’t wait!
Congratulations on your bourbon launch. May the journey be smooth as Dan’s bald head.
Can't wait to see what you come out with. You guys are right on the money.
That was cool to see for sure. This is all bad ass! Good for you guys.
Good luck brother.🖐🍾
That's a pretty good name IMO. At least better than the Tegridy whisky that I thought of
Great to see the behind the scenes. That was a terrible packing job the first time, lol. Not normal. That will get you fired. Keep up the good work!
Expect zero shipments to be both per contract and with no damage. The pandemic changed everything. Shipping is a nightmare and everything takes way too long to get. Good luck!
Love the Joey2spikes prints back there!!!!
Congratulations bros! Can’t wait to try some. Also, the labels look fantastic!
as someone that started a small business myself about 1.5 years ago, once you step into the commercial realm of shipping nothing really shocks me and shipping issues happen just not all the time lol
Spirits junkie woulda been a helluva name
Can’t wait to support a craft brand run by some respected enthusiasts. Keep pushing fellas
I ordered lvp flooring and was told it was gonna be 1 pallet but was actually 2. Turned out to be good thing as those pallets were HEAVY
Virtue Spirits is likely to run into some issues against Virtue Cider, no? I'd be surprised to not end up with a C&D from them, also a Michigan brand backed by ABI as an investor....
Let us know where we can get some bottles when they are available. I would love to try it. I’m a fellow Mitten Resident!!! 😂
cool!
Can't wait to buy some of your products. I am also sick of bullshit in this industry and others for that matter.
Best of luck guys. Are you thinking of extending a line into an Independent Bottler? Not a regular thing in the states compared to the European market but the ones I have tried in the US (Lost Lantern for example) have been awesome and have put out some great bottles. I figure you guys would be able to build some great relationships with distilleries. Either way, all the best and cannot wait to try some virtue whisky
Logistics is such a pain in the ass. Gotta love careless glass packing during a glass shortage.
Great video
I’ve been in the LTL freight world for 20 years- I would never have allowed a shipment to look like that! That’s pathetic, but, it’s also Saia…
Shit guys, huge fucking news! How can we support, how can we buy, how can we spread the word?!?!
Well hopefully have some more stuff coming soon!
Well hopefully I can get my hands a bottle or two.
I am a VP for a top 10 trucking company in the US. This is NOT normal or acceptable, lol.
LETS GOOO!!
Whoever that delivery driver was did y’all dirty. Glad the company providing glass was willing to reimburse you guys
They didn't strap them to the wall (which you can see in the video). Shocking they didn't stay up lol.
@@BourbonJunkies doesn't help that the pallets were loaded incorrectly. you're not supposed to have a gap straight down the middle of the trailer. the pallets are supposed to be staggered, hugging the walls. 1st two go in hugging the right (or left) wall, next two hug the opposite wall. that method continues thru the rest of the loading process.
Congratulations bro. One day u may sell ur bourbon in India.
Good luck guys. Wish you the very best on your new journey. It will be Great. Hard work...perseverance....it'll All be worth it. Just ask Elon Musk.
That delivery driver sounded like he was in hardcore “imma cover this up so someone else gets blamed” mode lol but never being driver he might’ve been saying everything correctly, idk. Crazy that there’s a damn glass shortage. I work in pharmacy and sooooo much medicine, supplies, equipment, shortages on everything.
Congrats on the new venture! This is going to make all those "blanton's is a $40 whiskey in a $20 bottle" comments hit home a little harder...
As someone that works in shipping and receiving that is not normal but also not that uncommon.
Man that looks like a ton of work! How lucrative will that be if you keep price reasonable?
Never easy, always worth the trouble!
Tegridy
Nominating Dara for brand ambassador.
Wooooooooooo
Anyone have any advice on how to train my pallet to pick up the nuances in bourbon?
Voluptuous distillery sounds a little better 🤔 😉 😏 😜 😅
Bro that’s not how we things lol trucking for 12 years that only means one thing that driver is a crazy driver 😂
Who the hell ships bottles like that?
Well…welcome to self employment fellas. Keep grinding.
Welcome to shipping on a non consumer end. It can be very different one truck to another. O work in a warehouse job and have to deal with dangerous chemicals and oils on occasion. It can be a mess. Since the start of the pandemic it has gotten a whole lot worse.
Don’t waste time counting all the broken bottles. If there’s a broken bottle in a box, than you must assume there are micro cracks in the other bottles in the same box and they are unsafe to use. So really you should just count how many boxes have a broken bottle and then multiply that by how many bottles are in a box.
It's an Iron Cage: we live in a world of MCM'
Who the hell loaded that truck!? I’ve worked in warehouses for years and this is the worst job I’ve ever see.
It is 100% receiving. I do this on the daily. Sorry man.
Enjoy your pending CnD from Virtue Cider who also happens to be in MI.
Pink lipstick...
No, that's not a normal occurrence. That first packing job was a disgrace. Poor stretch wrapping, poor load management. I will be interested in knowing how many bottles you lost. I would also love to know how 3 pallets magically became 6, although it strikes me that there is no way that 3000 750 ml bottles could be put on 3 pallets without bending space-time.
Broken Glass Bourbon
SAIA are the worst! I’ve almost been run off the road by that specific company at least twice. Their drivers give no shits about what is going on around them on the road.
Being in retail management for 22 years and now owning my own Liquor Store, I can attest that this should be expected. No one cares as much about your stuff as you do…
The bottle lables look like pokemon cards...