Why Southern Distilling?
The company’s base is a purpose-built facility that contains a state of the art laboratory, bulk powder and liquid blending areas and a bottling plant that specialises in 50ml miniatures. Our staff all hold recognised food handling qualifications and have approved DG handlers on site at all times.
The Quality Assurance section checks and approves all raw materials, processes and products and issues QA Compliance Certificates for every product. We have technical expertise and practical knowledge that ensures our customers receive the best product at prices that are very profitable to them. Our technical staff hold tertiary qualifications and continue practical industry run forum and workshops to keep study current with innovation in the beverage field. To top it all off, we have a strong team culture that ensures every customer receives personal attention and support is always available.
Qualifications and Warranty
Our premises are licensed under Customs as a Manufacturing Premises allowing spirit production and blending free of excise tax. We are also Ministry of Primary Industries registered, Environmental Protection Agency Approved and Audited by NZG Asure Qual programme. All our raw materials are produced on site or sourced from approved manufacturers worldwide and meet EC, USFDA, or BP standards. Each product is manufactured to ANZFSA regulations and a Quality Assurance certificate is issued.
This helps give you more piece of mind.
Years of experience
Over the past decade our projects and products have included production of malt whisky exported to France, technical assistance with the Broken Shed and Stolen brands and a major supplier for the Warrior brand of Rum. We have ongoing R&D projects for production of special vodkas from root crops including kumara and parsnip, waste fruit and grain.
Southern Distilling and Hauraki Beverage have supplied customers internationally, which include Australia, Asia, USA and the UK. We also have strong ties to supplying the Pacific Islands. We have supplied ingredients for spirits, beers, sports drinks and RTD’s.
Research & Development
If you plan to produce spirits, wines, beers, soft drinks or specialty foods contact us for advice, planning and one mix solutions. We can help you come up with the next innovation. Our R&D team have been engaged in the following projects over the past five years:
– Mineral, flavoured and sparkling water
– Toppings, syrups and coffee blends
– Slushi and ice block mixes
– Spirits from root crops, fruit and grain
– Enhanced beer blends producing craft beers from standard lager stock
– Supplied classic spirit concentrates for whiskey, rum, bourbon, vodka and tequila as just mix and bottle solutions
And then there is the technical support and solutions provided to our customers including Excise tax and DG advice. We are a complete source and supply service to help you with your products.
Meet Our Team
Clients we’ve worked with
Over the years we’ve worked with lots of companies helping them with beverage solutions
Get in touch
If you’ve got questions around contract distilling, bulk liquor supplies, flavours or concentrates send us an enquiry and we will see if we can help you.