Spread the cost of a distillery still from £5,000 to £150,000 with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance, compare rates from 40+ lenders.
Yes, distillery stills are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £5,000 to £150,000, and most deals are written over 24–84 months with a deposit of around 15–25%. Decisions typically take 24–72 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£5k – £150k
Approval Speed
24–72 hours
3–5 days for > £50k
Rates From
7.0% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £45,000: a 10% deposit of £4,500, then 48 monthly payments of £949 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £50,052, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| iStill Mini recipe development still | From around £2,800 (converted from a published €3,250 base price) | Recipe Development Still |
| iStill 100 automated production still (100L) | From around £26,000 (converted from a published €30,000 base price) | Automated Production Still |
| Kaspar Schulz copper pot still (250–1000L, price not independently verified) | £60,000 – £150,000 | Traditional Copper Pot Still |
| Small copper alembic still (specification class) | £5,000 – £15,000 | Small Alembic Still |
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Check EligibilityA distillery still is a moveable item of plant and normally qualifies for the Annual Investment Allowance, letting you set the full cost against taxable profits in the year of purchase up to the prevailing AIA limit, which your accountant can confirm. Where a still is plumbed into fixed process pipework, tanks and a bonded warehouse fit-out, the installation work can be treated differently from the still itself for capital allowances purposes, so it's worth getting your accountant to confirm the split before finalising the finance. Hire purchase preserves the allowance for the buyer from day one; finance lease and operating lease payments are instead deducted as a revenue expense as they're paid.
Distillery stills are bought by craft gin, whisky and other spirits producers, ranging from a small-batch gin business starting on a modest still to an established distillery scaling up to a larger production still as sales grow. Because setting up as a distiller involves HMRC excise approval, bonded storage and significant working capital tied up in maturing stock or bottling runs, most producers finance the still itself to avoid adding equipment cost on top of those other cash demands. Upgrading is typically driven by outgrowing batch capacity, moving from a small alembic or recipe-development still to a larger automated production still, rather than the equipment wearing out, and an established brand such as Kaspar Schulz or iStill supports a workable resale market for asset-backed finance.
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