What moonshine distiller does

Moonshine Distiller, LLC is a privately held, founder-operated e-commerce retailer headquartered in Fraser, Colorado, that sells distilling equipment, ingredients, fermentation supplies, and educational content to home distillers and small-scale craft distilleries across the United States. The product portfolio spans entry-level hobbyist gear (8–13 galton stills, fermenting buckets, glass carboys, hydrometers) through to commercial-grade equipment (50–500 galton stainless steel boilers, 6–12 inch columns, mash/lauter tuns) available by special order with 2–3 month lead times, alongside consumables (yeasts, enzymes, grains, botanicals, oak aging products) and bundled ingredient/recipe kits for whiskey, gin, rum, and bourbon. The company complements its physical-goods catalog with a substantial content library — a blog dating to 2013, a YouTube instructional series (youtube.com/MoonshineDistiller), and a co-produced video series ("Heads, Hearts, and Tails") with the Craft Distilling Academy — used as top-of-funnel acquisition.

The business model is straightforward direct-to-consumer e-commerce on a WordPress storefront (moonshinedistiller.com), with pay-as-you-go unit pricing, publicly listed prices for most SKUs, and negotiated carrier discounts passed to customers. A small commercial-equipment segment is fulfilled by special order. The company has no outside investors, no disclosed headcount, and one named individual (Jeff Ruhle) acting in an operational/legal capacity; an affiliated entity, Idlewild Spirits, operates as a sister distillery next door. The technology stack, AI capabilities, and financials are not publicly disclosed, and the firm is governed under Colorado law as an LLC. No app, API, integrations, patents, awards, or regulatory actions appear in the source material, and no M&A, funding rounds, or leadership changes are recorded.

Name

moonshine distiller

Legal name

Moonshine Distiller, LLC

Website

https://moonshinedistiller.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Moonshine Distiller is a privately held, founder-operated Colorado e-commerce retailer selling home and small-scale craft distilling equipment, ingredients, fermentation supplies, and recipe kits to U.S. hobbyists and small commercial distilleries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Distilling Equipment & Supplies

NAICS

Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers (424820)

SIC

Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (5180)

akta.pro primary industry

Distilled Spirits Production & Distilling (AFAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spirits Distilling & Brands (CRADAIAC), Alcoholic Beverage Blending, Bottling & Private Label (Non-Distilling) (AFAFAAAH), Cocktail Mixes & Alcoholic Beverage Bases (non-alcoholic mixers, RTD spirit bases) (AFAFAGAH), Craft Distilleries & Microdistilleries (THAFALAH)

Keywords

• Home distilling equipment
• Moonshine stills
• Distilling ingredients
• Fermentation supplies
• Spirits recipe kits

Headquarters

HQ city

Fraser

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. E-commerce Product Sales: Primary revenue from direct sales of distilling equipment (stills, boilers, columns, condensers), fermentation equipment, ingredients (yeast, grains, enzymes, nutrients), aging/flavoring products (oak chips, botanicals, essences), and accessories through their e-commerce website. Products range from individual items to complete distilling kits. Commercial equipment is available by special order for larger-scale operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Moonshine Distiller operates an e-commerce platform that sells distilling equipment (copper and stainless steel stills, boilers, columns, condensers, controllers), fermentation vessels, ingredients (yeasts, enzymes, grains, nutrients, botanicals, essences), oak aging products, and recipe ingredient kits for home and small-scale commercial spirits production. The company also publishes free educational video content, recipes, and an instructional book to support customers from beginner to advanced levels.

Product overview

Moonshine Distiller operates an e-commerce platform selling distilling equipment, ingredients, fermentation supplies, and educational content for home and commercial distillers. The product portfolio includes copper and stainless steel distillation equipment (stills, boilers, columns, towers), fermentation vessels (conical fermenters, carboys, buckets), enzymes (ViscoSEB L, SEBstar HTL, SebAmyl GL), yeast products, grains, botanicals for gin-making, oak aging products, ingredient kits with recipes for various spirits (whiskey, gin, rum), and accessories. The company also provides free instructional video content and partners with the Craft Distilling Academy for educational materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Idlewild Spirits: Sister distillery located next door to Moonshine Distiller operations, mentioned on the website as a related entity.

Products and services

• Home Distilling Equipment (Stills, Boilers, Columns, Towers) Copper and stainless steel distillation hardware for home distillers, including modular bubble-plate towers, boilers, columns, condensers, and tri-clamp fittings that allow customers to assemble and expand custom still setups.
• Heating Element and Controller Kits Temperature and heating element controllers for boiler pots and fermentation tanks, including 120V/240V variable controllers and 15 Amp 120V fan/heating element rheostats for regulating distillation heat.
• Fermentation Vessels (Conical Fermenters, Carboys, Buckets) Stainless steel conical fermenters, glass carboys, and plastic mash buckets for fermentation prior to distillation, available in multiple sizes from 3 gallons up to 13 gallons.
• Distilling Yeasts Specialized distilling yeasts (such as Fermentis Safspirit C-70) for alcohol production across a range of spirit styles, priced from $1.09 to $59.99.
• Fermentation Nutrients and Enzymes Yeast nutrients (e.g., Diammonium Phosphate) and enzymes (ViscoSEB L, SEBstar HTL, SebAmyl GL) that support healthy fermentation and starch conversion, including specialty enzymes for oat milk and high-temperature applications.
• Distilling Grains and Malt Extracts Bulk grains (flaked oats, 2-row and 6-row pale malt, cracked corn, rye, peated malt, wheat) and dry malt extracts for whiskey, bourbon, Scotch-style and other grain-based spirit recipes.
• Sugars and Fermentation Bases Fermentable sugar sources such as organic raw blue agave syrup and pure dextrose corn sugar used as fermentation bases for spirits.
• Oak Aging and Flavoring Products Oak cubes (Hungarian oak, medium toast) and flavor essences for aging and flavoring distilled spirits, offered in multiple sizes and toast levels.
• Spirits Recipe Ingredient Kits Pre-measured ingredient kits paired with recipes for producing specific spirits at home, including bourbon, corn whiskey, rye whiskey, four-malt whiskey, London dry gin, rum, peated single-malt Scotch, and Appalachia-style moonshine.
• Commercial Distilling Equipment Professional-grade distilling equipment for craft distilleries, available by special order, including 50-500 gallon stainless steel boilers, steam-jacketed boilers, columns, mash/lauter tuns, fermenters, and storage tanks.
• Botanicals for Gin Production Botanical ingredients (juniper, coriander, and other gin botanicals) for crafting gin at home.
• Brewing and Distilling Tools and Accessories Measurement and processing tools for brewing and distilling, including portable refractometers (Brix and specific gravity), triple-scale hydrometers, and fine mesh nylon straining bags.
• Branded Barware and Lifestyle Accessories Copper Moscow Mule mugs and similar barware accessories marketed alongside distilling equipment.
• 'How to Distill' Instructional Book by Aaron Hyde Retail instructional book on distilling techniques by Aaron Hyde, sold through the website to home distillers seeking structured guidance.

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Craft Distilling AcademyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 December 2013Moonshine Distiller teamed up with the Craft Distilling Academy to produce 'Heads, Hearts, and Tails,' a three-part instructional web series. This ongoing effort provides high-quality instructional videos on distilling topics. The collaboration combines Moonshine Distiller's equipment expertise with the Academy's educational focus.
• Idlewild SpiritsminorOthersIdlewild Spirits is identified as a sister distillery located next door to Moonshine Distiller. They offer whiskey aging services in their barrel room. References suggest a connection but specific partnership terms are not detailed.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Direct peers

• Brewhaus America: Long-running online retailer of home distilling stills, boilers, columns, and ingredients — same hobbyist home-distilling customer and equipment-led SKU mix as Moonshine Distiller.
• Clawhammer Supply: Online specialty retailer of home distilling equipment, ingredients, and kits — directly comparable product catalog, target customer (home distillers), and DTC e-commerce model.
• Mile Hi Distilling: Online retailer specializing in home and small-scale commercial distilling equipment, yeast, and supplies — directly comparable e-commerce DTC model and SKU focus.
• Hillbilly Stills: Copper-still manufacturer and retailer selling directly to home distillers — comparable copper-still product line and hobbyist target customer, though more narrowly focused on stills.
• StillDragon: Manufacturer and retailer of modular stainless and copper distillation columns, boilers, and accessories for hobbyists and craft distillers — overlapping product family and customer base, with stronger commercial-tier presence.

Broad incumbents

• Northern Brewer: Large established homebrewing retailer with a growing home-distilling SKU set — comparable DTC model but operates across beer, wine, and spirits rather than distilling-only.
• MoreBeer: One of the largest US homebrew retailers with significant distilling equipment and ingredient selection — broad incumbent with overlapping catalog and DTC model but wider portfolio than Moonshine Distiller.
• Williams Brewing: Established homebrew and home-distilling supply retailer serving hobbyists across beer, wine, and spirits — comparable SKU overlap (yeast, equipment, ingredients) with broader beer/wine category coverage.

Regional players

• Adventures in Homebrewing: Michigan-based homebrew and home-distilling supply retailer with physical stores plus e-commerce — overlapping product categories and hobbyist customer base, anchored in a different geographic region than Moonshine Distiller's Colorado base.

Others

• Craft Distilling Academy: Educational partner of Moonshine Distiller (collaborated on the "Heads, Hearts, and Tails" video series); adjacent enabler that supplies training content to the same home and craft distilling audience rather than competing on equipment sales.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/MoonshineDistiller
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/moonshine-distiller

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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