After you build your first op, you should get the skill to be able to upgrade it to a Small Distiller. When you hand it in, you should get the Booze Bottling skill along with it, because the Small Distillers only produce booze barrels.
Brandy
 | Makeshift Brandy Still (T3) | Upgrading from Makeshift Still | Small Brandy Distiller (T3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Produces | 80 Bottled Brandy every 42 days (6 turns) | 6 Brandy Barrel every 56 days (8 turns) or 4 Brandy Barrel every 70 days (10 turns) | |
| Uses up | 40 Sugar 20 Brick Wine 80 Bottles | 6 Barrels 30 Fruit or 4 Barrels 60 Apples | |
| Requirements | Skill: Bootleg Brandy | Skill: Small Brandy Stills Skill: Booze Bottling | |
| Build cost | -$4500 20 Barrels 15 Pipes 15 Bricks 15 Lumber | -$3500 20 Barrels 16 Steel Barrels 12 Pipes 12 Bricks | -$7000 40 Barrels 16 Steel Barrels 12 Pipes 12 Bricks |
| Build time | 56 days (8 turns) | 35 days (5 turns) | 70 days (10 turns) |
| Expansions | 3 | 3 | |
| Upgrades/ Downgrades | Backroom Brick Wine Operation Small Brandy Distiller Grappa Production | Backroom Brick Wine Operation Champagne Manufacture Grappa Production |
Rum
 | Makeshift Rum Still (T3) | Upgrading from Makeshift Still | Small Rum Distiller (T3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Produces | 90 Bottled Rum every 49 days (7 turns) | 5 Rum Barrel every 49 days (7 turns) or 5 Rum Barrel every 49 days (7 turns) | |
| Uses up | 30 Sugar 30 Neutral Alcohol 90 Bottles | 5 Barrels 50 Sugar or 5 Barrels 40 Corn Syrup | |
| Requirements | Skill: Bootleg Rum | Skill: Small Rum Stills Skill: Booze Bottling | |
| Build cost | -$4000 16 Steel Barrels 12 Sheet Metal 12 Bricks 12 Lumber | -$300 (!) 8 Steel Barrels 24 Pipes 12 Bricks 6 Sheet Metal | -$5000 16 Steel Barrels 24 Pipes 24 Bricks 12 Sheet Metal |
| Build time | 56 days (8 turns) | 35 days (5 turns) | 70 days (10 turns) |
| Expansions | 3 | 3 | |
| Upgrades/ Downgrades | Backroom Cider Operation Small Rum Distiller | Backroom Cider Operation Spiced Rum Manufacture |
Spiced Rum
 | Spiced Rum Manufacture (T4) | |
|---|---|---|
| Produces | 60 Spiced Rum every 63 days (9 turns) | |
| Uses up | 20 Bottle Labels 5 Oak Barrels 20 Spices 60 Small Bottles 2 Rum Barrels | |
| Requirements | Skill: Spiced Rum Manufacture | |
| Build cost | -$5000 50 Small Barrels 20 Pipes 20 Lumber 20 Bricks | |
| Build time | 56 days (8 turns) | |
| Expansions | 3 | |
| Upgrades/ Downgrades | Backroom Cider Operation |
Sell your spiced rum in a Dance Hall or to hotels.