distiliq.com

What It Is

DistilIQ is a production-tracking SaaS built for craft distilleries that are already in production, covering the lifecycle from Mash → Barrel → Finish → Bottle → Ship → TTB. It emphasizes that it is not a generic ERP system, but rather a product modeled around how distilleries actually work on the production floor and in the office. It is especially aimed at distilleries with roughly 50 to 5,000 barrels that file U.S. TTB reports monthly.

Core Features and Collaboration

The product centers on mashbill and source tracking, allowing teams to record their own distillation batches as well as externally sourced spirits from MGP, Barton, Wild Turkey, and other suppliers. Container management covers filling, transfers, finishing, and sampling for barrels, tanks, and totes, with every movement recorded by volume. Finishing and tasting notes are tied to actual containers, while bottling events are based on calculated in-barrel volume; remaining volume and losses are derived automatically, reducing the audit risk caused by manually editing fields. It also supports dual-status management for labels and medallions, plus sales and shipping records by case or bottle. At the team level, the website describes three usage scenarios—production floor, office, and tax reporting—and provides an audit trail showing “who changed what,” though it does not disclose fine-grained role permissions.

Pricing, Integrations, and Security

DistilIQ is sold as a hosted SaaS per distillery. Pricing varies by operational scale rather than by seat, and all team members can access the system; exact pricing requires a quote based on barrel count and workflow. The terms indicate support for monthly or annual prepaid billing. No free plan is disclosed, while the website offers a demo and sandbox walk-through. Third-party integrations are only mentioned in the terms as examples, including QuickBooks Online and the Anthropic Claude API, so the actual available integration scope is unclear. Its data terms are relatively clear: customers retain ownership of their data, DistilIQ does not sell customer data, and it does not use customer data to train general-purpose machine learning models. However, we did not see details on SOC 2, ISO 27001, encryption, or SLAs.

Pros, Cons, and Who It’s For

The main advantage is its highly focused vertical use case: it builds a data trail around barrels, volume, losses, bottling, and TTB audits, making it a better fit for distillery production than spreadsheets or generic inventory systems. The downsides are opaque pricing, limited information on enterprise-grade security and APIs, and a clear orientation toward U.S. TTB compliance. It is well suited to U.S. craft distilleries, owner-operated teams, and teams that need a single source of production data. It is less suitable for large distilleries looking to replace a full ERP system, retail- or tasting-room-only businesses, or teams still in the pre-DSP planning stage.

Access from China and Alternatives

The website does not provide information on access from China, payment methods, or localization, so its availability should be treated as unknown. Because the product is built around U.S. TTB reporting, Chinese distilleries that only need inventory, batch, production ledger, and sales/shipping management may be better served by evaluating local ERP, inventory management, or customizable low-code systems.