As allowed for in the new Constitution and voted for by members, the Australian Distillers Association now has new membership levels.

We invite all members to check their membership level in their record card – ‘profile’, by logging into the member management system via the website. If you feel your membership level should be changed, please contact Michael to advise. Automated renewals will be sent out, and will be amended where required if the membership level needs to be adjusted.

For further details and information on the membership levels, please review the ‘membership categories’ page on the website.

If you are new to the industry, and you are a distiller or intending to be a distiller and are in the process of establishing your business and have sold less than 1,000 bottles, you are eligible to join as an Establishing Member. The fee is only $250 per year and gives you access to all of the resources including safety, training discounts, compliance and members portal. This level of membership does not allow you to vote in any meetings as you are not a commercial distiller.

The three main FULL membership levels are

Small producer: any producer who is an existing voting member of the Association or is in production and the production that enters the home market is below the Alcohol Manufacturers Remission, which is $350,000 at time of establishment.

Medium Producer: any producer who produces volume to exceed the automatic remission at any time in the current financial year or is projected to exceed the automatic remission at any time in the year.

Large producer: any commercial producer that exceeds 50,000 LALs of production in any 12-month period.

We also have two categories of membership to support and engage our valuable industry and trade suppliers. They are:

Industry and Trade: this category of membership is for related supply chain who are in an aligned industry and share our philosophies and values. (Non-Voting)

Commercial Partners: Industry partners that have demonstrated a commitment to the industry that is recognised as a strategic relationship. (Non-Voting)