![]() ![]() But if I can’t sell the second, I’m just a flash in the pan. Yeah, I could spend all my time and marketing efforts trying to sell the first bottle to a million people. So you’re trying to make sure you don’t grow too fast? We’re trying to grow modestly, but we have sold out of product a few times. Tell me about the biggest challenge you've faced so far. We make amazing rums, and that is fulfilling in itself. It’s a big honor when someone wants to hear about your craft and enjoys drinking your products. People are interested in what I do for a living. So operating your own distillery seems like a cool job. Our typical activities include making mash, cleaning (the most important job), bottling, making liquor, tours, and a million other activities required of a small business. We start by turning the machines on to heat up, run them, then clean and fill for the next day. Not because it has to, but because that’s how we make great liquor. Caroline does sales, marketing, social media, and accounting for the company.Īn 18 hour day. ![]() I run the distilling, bottling, and tours. #Mud river products retail fullYes, both Caroline and I are full time now. Is the distillery your full time job now? Carolina Rum is our smooth, slightly sweet rum and Queen Charlotte’s Reserve is barrel aged at least 8 months in unused American white oak barrels that are charred on the inside. With almost 2 years of distilling under our belt, we released Queen Charlotte’s Reserve, an American white oak barrel aged rum, in October 2013. We began legally distilling in February 2012 and released our first product, Carolina Rum-a silver rum, in September of 2012. After getting the federal and state permits and a lot of hard work, Muddy River was the first rum distillery in NC. #Mud river products retail how toI read up and learned how to distill and designed and built Muddy River’s 3 reflux column stills. ![]() Construction was a little slow and so I gave distilling a shot. In early 2011 I read an in-flight magazine article about craft distilling. I became a General Contractor and traveled throughout the southeast working on projects and grew tired of living out of a suitcase. I learned the meaning of hard work growing up on a horse farm in Wake Forest, NC. How did you get your start in the spirit business? What made you decide to open a distillery? So Robbie, tell me a little about yourself. He was gracious enough to do so and they are below. I asked him to answer a few questions for the blog. I enjoyed our conversation enough that I thought you might enjoy it too. He’s the proprietor, the distiller and the tour guide. When I got home, I realized that I really liked talking to Robbie. Back in November, I stopped for a tour at Muddy River Distillery just outside Charlotte, NC. ![]()
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