Distilling in Australia

0481 239 177

Distilling in Australia

0481 239 177

A Warm Welcome to the Australian Tax Office and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

#1- The Five Year Plan

Where we intend to head over the next five years in our journey as a micro distiller

#2- Why is unlicensed distilling Illegal in Australia?

Learn how the ATO collects revenue and controls the distribution of spirits in Australia

#3 Naming my Micro Distillery

Naming my Micro Distillery and the legal steps required to ensure proper registration and protection

#4- Underbond, LAL, Drawback??? WTF!!!

Getting to know and understand the words and phrases the ATO uses in the Application Form for an Excise Licence to Manufacture Distilled Alcohol.

#5 Application Manufacture Excisable Products- Overview

An overview of the application form from the ATO for a Licence to Manufacture Excisable Products- Alcohol

#6 Setting up my Refractometer

Wife gave me a Portable Refractometer for my birthday, arrived yesterday so took it out to test its accuracy.

#7 Can I legally Distil from home

This is the $64 Million question. No point going through the ATO application process if it's not possible.

#8- Qld State Liquor Licences

Exploring Queensland Liquor Licensing Laws and Licences

# 9- ATO Application Completed and lodged

It's been a bit of a long journey but my application is now with the Tax office. Lets see what their response is......

#10 -ATO's First Response

ATO gets back to me on my application and asks for better information

#11- Distilling Licence Approved

My application to Manufacture an Excisable Product- Alcohol has been approved!!!

#12 Hearts Distillery "Grand Tour"

Covering the issues of Licencing, insurance, still acquisition and of couss the comprehensive tour of Heart's Distillery .

#13- 63 Amps @ 240 Volts

My assumption was wrong, which saved me a whole lot of money....

#14 Insurance, bloody Insurance

Insurance was the final hurdle that I needed to cross before I pressed the big green button

#15 When A + B does not equal C

Issues arising when you are cutting your high abv to a level where you wish to release for Home Consumption and the phenomime known as Contraction.

#16 Still Update, Excise Rebates and Private Groups

Just received an email from the ATO with the details of the changes to the Excise rebate scheme.

#17 Qld Liquor Licensing revisited-Coming Soon

Next Video is in Production

#18- Importing-Woops, lesson Learned

Say something interesting about your business here.

#19- Collecting the Still, Fermenter and Transfer Pump

Well the day has finally arrived and I'm off to collect my equipment from the Port of Brisbane.

#20- Cost of equipment

How much I have spent so far on Capital Equipment

#21- Batch F1- First fermentation in new fermenter

Sacrificial Batch F1 to be run through the still several times to work out the best working parameters of the still

#22- F1- (Part 2)

And then there was a BANG!!!!

Coming Soon

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