Planning and Launching Your Successful Distilling Business
The Distillers Institute has the only dedicated distillery set up courses for Australian and New Zealand distilleries. Our courses have been specifically deigned to help you plan, start and grow your distilling business.
The courses guide you through the steps needed to successfully open your distilling business and take your product to market. They are delivered online and supported through a network of distilling professionals.
The courses will help you de-risk the choice to start a distilling business. They guide you through the costs involved; equipment needed; set up and compliance requirements; marketing and distribution; as well as connecting you with the distilling industry. At the end, you will be ready to gain your licence from the ATO in Australia or Customs NZ in New Zealand.
The courses have been created by industry experts with over 50 years combined experience in the industry, in Australia and New Zealand.
Start by Planning your future distillery
Our courses are the perfect roadmap to navigate opening your own distillery in the next 12 months, confidently covering all the elements to you need to think about before you embark.
You can choose to do one or both courses.
Start with Planning Your Successful Distilling Business.
Our Planning course covers everything you need to know to plan your distillery. From thinking through ideas, planning finances and costs, marketing, help with the ATO forms (in Australia) or Customs NZ forms (in New Zealand) and working out all the things needed to plan or purchase along the way.
Launching your Successful Distilling Business, the next step in the journey, is ideal for new distilleries that have plans to grow from the outset, or existing distilleries that want to expand, put on staff, to systematise or step into a bigger or integrated business.
The courses are practical, easy-to-use and apply to your model, and provide tips, tricks, templates and a solid guide to reaching your goal.
Included in your membership:
- The course content to help you plan, set up and execute your distilling business
- Expert information and insights on setting up your distilling business
- Business planning templates and tools
- Business models and costing templates
- Suppliers list
- Access to the distilling student network
- Private Facebook group for sharing ideas and insights
- Monthly Masterclass webinars with distillers and suppliers
- A support network of fellow students
If instead you want to start a craft brewery in Australia, check out The Brewers Institute - our sister-business we launched in mid 2024.
Meet some of our Distiller Students via the Distillers Gallery
650+ Members undertaking our courses!
Finding the right course starts with the right journey.
Our Planning course is for those starting their journey to be a distillery owner and our Launching course for distillery owners hoping to take it to the next level.
Course 1 - Planning Your Successful Distilling Business Course Map
Course 2 - Launching Your Successful Distilling Business Course Map
In Australia?
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6 Industry Secrets You Must Know Before You Consider Starting Your Distilling Business… Even With Zero Experience!
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The Secrets of Preparing for your Successful New Zealand Distillery and what the journey ahead holds.
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With over 50 years combined experience on the distilling industry in Australia, New Zealand and the UK the Directors of The Distillers Institute offer you insight into their varied skills and experience.
TDI Directors Marcel, Anne, Troy and Ian.
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Natasha Riddoch
Just B Distillery. Tasmania (June 2020)
“Excellent news, today I got confirmation of my licence being approved by the ATO, utilising the learnings and templates from this course definitely supported achievement of this in a seamless way. Lot of hard work still to be done but one less hurdle. Thanks so much, this course has really helped.”
Jonathan Harris
Dead Finish Distillery | Vic, Australia (April 2020)
"There’s something in this course for everyone wanting to get started or who have already started the journey in distilling. This course definitely gets me both excited and amazed but provides some clear direction and motivations of where your aspirations can fit into distilling."
Celina Hook
Hillarys Distillery | WA, Australia (April 2023)
"We are a husband and wife duo from Perth WA. Thank you TDI for all your advice, guidance and course content! As well as posts from members in this group. We took everything onboard, gathered as much info as we can and helped us believe (what seemed impossible at the start) it is possible.
We still a lot of work ahead of us but just wanted to share where we are at and hope to motivate others to go for it!!!"
Rob Watt
Founder I Route 9 Distillery, SA (March 2023)
"In December 2020, I decided I wanted to become a distiller and start a distillery. We received the final approval and commissioned our gin still. I couldn't have gotten this far without The Distillers Institute and the team within, along with the fantastic people that I have met through the course and the introductions I have also been given. It is a wonderful industry to be a part of. I look forward to sharing a drink with you all soon."
