Creator-owned spirits

Your own spirits brand — your name on a real bottle.

Not a sponsorship. Not merch. You own the brand and keep 20% of every bottle sold.

Add your email and social handle — we'll send back a concept with your name on it, within a day.
Book a 15-min call No pitch — just a quick walkthrough of how it'd work for you.
Concept The Back 9 — a creator-owned bourbon concept bottle
Any spirit, your brand BourbonRyeTequila VodkaGinRumCocktails
How it works

You do the part you're great at.
We do the part you'd never want to.

You

Bring the brand.

  • Your audience and their trust
  • The category, price, and product name
  • Your taste — you approve the label and the look
  • The drop: you tell your people it's live
Handled.

Runs everything else.

  • Sourcing the liquid across a distillery network
  • Label design and federal (COLA) approval
  • Drop page, age verification, and payments
  • Bottling, packaging, and shipping
  • All licensing and compliance

Under 10 weeks from label sign-off to your first payout.

Zero upfront cost. Zero inventory. One drop at a time, cancel anytime — and you own the brand.

See what yours could look like →

Our Spirits

What you could make.

Every category is $0 upfront to you — you pick, we source, bottle, and ship. Real liquid, not a kit.

Bourbon

Aged 8–12+ yrsKentuckyIndiana

Gin

London DryNew WorldElysian

Vodka

CornWheat7× Distilled

Tequila

Ages
AñejoExtra AñejoUltra Añejo
Finishes
AmericanHungarianFrench Oak

Rum

Caribbean originsAged

Ready-to-Pour Cocktails

Cinnamon WhiskeyEspresso MartiniCosmoMargaritaNegroni

Don't see it? We can source almost any spirit. Start your concept →

The drop page

A storefront, built and handled for you.

Every drop gets its own page — age-gated, on-brand, ready to sell. You share one link; we handle the rest.

Example Handled drop page for The Back 9

Example drop page.

The timeline

From sign-off to payout, under 10 weeks.

  1. Sign-off

    You approve the spirit & label

    The moment you sign off, the clock starts.

  2. Weeks 1–4

    We build it

    We secure approvals, build your drop page, and plan production.

  3. Drop day

    Your drop goes live

    You pick the date and the drop window, then promote it to your audience.

  4. +2 weeks

    Fulfilled & paid

    We handle fulfilment and shipping — you're paid two weeks after the drop closes.

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Our credentials

Real distilleries. Real operators. Real licenses.

The team
Experienced operators
Track record of building regulated businesses at scale
The liquid
A multi-distillery network
Real supplier relationships across the industry
The licenses
Federal & state licensed
TTB wholesaler permit plus the state licensing each drop needs — we handle, you don't.
Featuring spirits from leading producers & distilleries Log Still DistilleryOld Louisville DistilleryWild TurkeyMGP of Indiana Bardstown BourbonBarton 1792Wilderness TrailGreen RiverTequila TrujilloTricorBraun
Creators

It's already working.

Proof Kojin Tashiro behind the bar with his drops

Kojin Tashiro

Proof that trust beats reach
8 / 8
drops sold out
~2,000
followers
<60s
average sellout

Eight for eight, zero paid ads. It was never how many follow you — it's how much they trust you.

Live Matzah Ball Vodka by Country Club Adjacent

Country Club Adjacent

@countryclubadjacent — a 1M+ creator
1M+
audience
Live
Matzah Ball Vodka

A real brand, a real bottle. Don't take our word for it —

See the live drop →
Your cut

Real numbers. Because a real thing has them.

We fund and carry everything — the liquid, the compliance, the risk. Your 20% is pure upside, with nothing at stake.

  • You keep 20% of the retail price on every bottle — not net revenue.
  • Nothing out of pocket, no inventory to buy or store.
  • Under an hour of your time to set up.
What you keep
1 drop3 drops / yr
Retail price$89.99$89.99
Bottles5001,500
Your cut20%20%
You keep~$9,000~$27,000
Built to repeat.
Illustrative. You approve the price and run size before anything is made.
Start here

See your bottle. Or just talk it through.

Two ways in — pick whichever's easier. Both get you a real answer from a real person.

Add your email and social handle — we'll design a concept and send it your way within a day.
Book a 15-min call A quick walkthrough of how it'd work for you. No pitch, no pressure.

Either way — same team, and you'll hear back within a day.

Represent a creator? Start on their behalf →

Questions

The catch, in plain terms.

Do I really pay nothing upfront?

Yes. No upfront cost and no inventory to buy. We fund the liquid, the label, the compliance, and the production. You earn your 20% as bottles sell — you never front a dollar.

Who owns the brand?

You do. It's your name, your label, your brand — not ours. We build and run it; you own it.

Will the product actually be good?

Yes. It's real, aged spirit from established distilleries — the same kind of producers behind bottles already on the shelf, not a novelty pour. You pick the category and sign off on the liquid before anything is made.

Who designs the label and packaging?

We do. Our team designs the label and packaging around your brand, and you approve every detail before anything is printed. You don't need to be a designer — that part's handled.

Is it legal? Can you actually ship to my audience?

We are a licensed distilled spirits supplier. Every bottle will receive a Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) issued by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), and will be sold through a licensed merchant of record. Our licensed retailer partners ship to most US states.

What if a customer has a problem with their order?

We handle it. Payments, shipping, and any order issues all run through us — you're not doing customer service. Your job stops at telling your audience it's live.

When will my customers get their bottles?

Bottling and shipping begin as soon as the drop closes, and orders arrive within 2–3 weeks. Buyers get tracking, and any delivery issues come to us, not you.

Why 20% — what does Handled keep?

We fund and carry the entire operation: sourcing, federal label approval, the drop page, payments, bottling, packaging, shipping, and all licensing and compliance. You carry none of that cost or risk. Your 20% of retail is pure upside on top of the audience you already built.

When do I get paid?

After each drop closes, we handle fulfillment and pay out your 20% about two weeks later. One clean payment per drop — no chasing, no waiting on trickle-in sales.

How much of my time does this take?

Setup is under an hour — you pick the category, price, and name, and approve the label. After that, the one thing that's on you is what you're already great at: telling your audience it's live.

Can I run more than one drop — and can I stop anytime?

Both. Most creators run several drops a year, and each one stands on its own. There's no lock-in — you go one drop at a time and stop whenever you want.

Who's this for?

Creators whose audience trusts them — reach matters less than that. Your followers should be 21+ and mostly in the US, since we ship domestically. Beyond that, if your people would proudly pour something with your name on it, it's a fit.

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