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Birch Point Distillery

Birch Point Distillery is an alcohol beverages company that produces spirit from natural milk.
2025
Westby, Wisconsin, United States

https://birchpointdistillery.com

MilkSpirits and Whiskies
  • Milk
  • Spirits and Whiskies
Innovation
Investment Funding
About
Products
Future Plan
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Innovation

Industry Problem

Cheese and dairy production creates whey and surplus milk streams that can be difficult and costly to use or dispose of.

R&D Focus

Fermentation and distillation of milk sugars and whey into spirits.

Innovative Solution

Birch Point ferments lactose-rich whey or milk by-products and distills the resulting alcohol into spirits.

Solution Effectiveness

A Dairy Business Innovation Alliance project listed total project costs of $673,915 and a $100,000 grant to build the milk-spirit distillery.

Investment Funding

Last Funding Stage

Grant

Total Funding Amount

100.K

Last Funding Amount

100.K

Last Funding Date

11-06-2024

Lead Investors

Center for Dairy Research (CDR)

Revenue

Less than $1M

About

Birch Point Distillery produces spirit from natural milk.

Products

Product

Milk Spirits: distilled alcoholic beverages made from sheep, goat or cow dairy streams.

Star Product

Milk-derived spirits, because they convert a dairy by-product into a higher-value beverage.

Demo Product or Complete Product?

Commercial distillery development. The DBIA project anticipated opening in June 2025.

Future Plan

Investment Funding

Received a $100,000 Dairy Business Innovation Alliance grant for a project with reported total cost of $673,915.

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