Are you limiting your sales because of production capacity or to attract multiple customers or is it that you only want to make 500 per week. I ask because I can make up to 490 per day max 245 per day min.
Large quantities of Hooch can be made by very low level Glitches from a very early skill level. I admire your entrepreneurship but can't honestly see it being succesfull
Making cocktails would be far more profitable. Making hooch is a quick and dirty business, easy for low level Glitches to do, as IrenicRhonda said. But you need a variety of ingredients, time, and energy to make cocktails. I think people would be far more likely to buy those for parties and other events.
Thinking more and more about an economy without vendors I'm leaning heavily toward selling by subscription. If you need 300 parsnips per week I can provide that at a price we agree to. I get my money you get your products at a known price that you can rely on its win win. This hooch business sounds like it would work as a subscription based business for someone who was interested in making cocktails for profit. The problem is that until this kind of economy emerges this probably won't work.
Messy, I'd like to hear more about your 24 distilleries. I've been trying to understand how the still works. I feed 1 bushel of grain to get 18 hootch. Can you share with us what you've discovered is the most efficient way to distill? Thanks in advance.