Finance for copper stills, tanks & distillery equipment
High-quality distilling equipment requires significant capital. We arrange specialist asset finance for copper stills, mash tuns, and fermentation vessels, allowing you to spread the cost and preserve your working capital for maturation and marketing.
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How distillery equipment finance works
Independent broker with an extensive panel of 150+ UK lenders. No upfront fees.
Hire Purchase for Long-term Assets
Copper stills have a lifespan of decades. Hire Purchase allows you to pay an initial deposit and fixed monthly instalments, building equity in the asset until you own it outright. Ideal for the core machinery of your distillery.
Funding Bespoke & Imported Equipment
Many stills are custom-built to order by specialist coppersmiths in the UK or overseas. We work with lenders experienced in structuring finance with staged payments during the manufacturing process, managing supplier risk.
Finance Lease for Flexibility
If you prefer to minimise upfront cash outlay, a Finance Lease spreads the VAT across the monthly rentals rather than requiring it all upfront. At the end of the term, you can usually continue renting the equipment for a nominal annual fee.
Comprehensive Project Funding
A still needs steam, cooling, and pipework. We can source finance packages that cover the entire installation, wrapping the cost of boilers, condensers, and integration into a single manageable agreement.
Distilling equipment we finance
Specialist finance options to match your requirements.
Who you could speak to
- STEP 1
A conversation with a broker
You talk to a real Sorbus broker about the business, the purpose and what is affordable. No application at this stage.
- STEP 2
Credit placement
If you choose to go further, we prepare the case and decide which lenders on our panel of 150+ are worth approaching.
- STEP 3
Lender assessment
The lender, not Sorbus, underwrites and makes the credit decision. Approval is never guaranteed.
- STEP 4
Documentation
If a lender offers terms and you accept, we help coordinate agreements and payout paperwork with you.
Every step after the first is optional. You can stop after the conversation. Sorbus is a broker, not a lender.
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