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Comment by Jim Fisk on July 11, 2014 at 8:09am

Hey Rick, you're welcome. This pic is now #1 on the leaderboard. Who-da thunk? Must be pretty quiet on the AP front when a still takes first slot. Siphon sales are a bit slow this time of year as well. I have noticed a correlation.

Comment by Jim Fisk on July 11, 2014 at 8:00am

That's great news Rick. We have mini's cropping up all around here as well and they seem to be doing the business. Most have their own tavern and are crowded by all accounts. My kids love going with their friends. A growing new trend. You will do well depending of course on local laws. Most here are cropping up in SW VA due to more lenient laws no doubt. Jack Daniels is still located in a dry town in central TN and can't sell a drop in their own town.

Comment by Rob Nash on July 11, 2014 at 6:38am

i like to have a beer while working on my ap garden.. but whew, dont get me started on the rum..

thats a bad ass project... love your work Rick.

my guess is you will become the local favorite, start making real money, and keep ap as a personal garden.

best wishes

Comment by Rick Stillwagon on July 10, 2014 at 6:30pm

I have been licensed since last June, and we got our first product on the shelves in April.  We now have three products out and are about to release our fourth, a spiced rum.  I am now finally coming back around to the greenhouse and waste recovery that ties in with all of this.  It has been a long journey.

Comment by Jon Parr on July 10, 2014 at 5:41pm

mmm. So thirsty now. That is beautiful, the center piece of the house I hope. 

Comment by Jim Fisk on July 10, 2014 at 9:22am

Wow Rick, I live in "still country" now in NE TN and that is a bute! I do repairs on large commercial laundry equipment and have done so at the local jail in Carter Co. Tn and they have a beauty right in the lobby that of course was confiscated. Wonderful sense of humor and tradition here that we really love. That sealed the deal for me to see that still front and center as you walk in. On a side note I don't even have to turn in my leatherman when entering and working with the inmates. In New England I would have been locked up for the same. I was nearly locked up once up there for not listing one pair of Visegrip. We made the right move.

Have you made any progress on this?

Comment by Rick Stillwagon on May 7, 2013 at 6:15am

Yep.  Making ethanol as a beverage is far more profitable than making it as a fuel. I am going through the federal and state licensing now.  Once that is done and we are producing, I am hoping to get back to my work in AP, alternative energy, and a few other things.  Pesky detail that money is. It seems to be required to get anything done.

Comment by George on May 6, 2013 at 8:03pm

Going into the liquor business?

Comment by Rick Stillwagon on May 6, 2013 at 5:47pm

Nope. It is only incidentally connected to the system....

Comment by M D Fowler on May 6, 2013 at 4:59pm

will the copper hurt the fish?

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