by Great Conversations, & What’s New at FIVE x 5
We’re back from Miami Beach, still buzzing from two days at ADI’s Annual Craft Spirits Conference, and we wanted to say one thing first: thank you. If you stopped by booth, pulled up a chair for a demo, or just came by to say hi and catch up, we’re grateful. Conversations like the ones we had this year are exactly why we show up.
A Show Where the Whole Industry COMES TOGETHER
There’s something different about ADI. Distillers, equipment makers, consultants, and vendors all in one hall, comparing notes on the same problems. We loved catching up with the other vendors and industry partners on the floor this year, and it’s always a good reminder that craft spirits is still a small, tight-knit world, full of camaraderie and folks willing to help one another. Watching the industry come together in one place never gets old.
What We Were Talking About
DISTILL x 5. Distillery management software built specifically for the spirits industry. It covers you grain to bottle, with workflows and compliance requirements baked in from the start.
Lot Tracking. Lot Tracking gives every batch a single identity from receiving to bottling, so your cost per batch is exact and its full history is always there, automatically.
Federal Excise Reports. Your excise return used to take an afternoon. Now it takes minutes.
Insights. Insights turns the data you’re already entering in Dx5 into live answers for what’s happening, why it happened, and what’s coming next, without a single export or spreadsheet.
Our new barrel tool. We gave an early look at our new barrel management tool, currently being piloted with a select group of customers. This tool tracks a barrel’s full life — where it is, who owns it, what’s been done to it, and what it’s worth — from receipt to sale, whether you’re aging your own stock or storing it for someone else.
One of our favorite parts of the show floor: seeing people’s faces light up when we walk them through a workflow that normally takes hours — done in just a few clicks.
We also appreciated speaking with folks about their migrations. Those are honest conversations, and we’re glad to have them with you and genuinely excited to keep supporting our Whiskey Systems customers on DISTILL x 5. We’re working hard to continue bringing full functional parity to the system.
We EVEN Made Time for Miami
We hope everyone found a little time to get out to the beach and enjoy the delicious food in between sessions! Miami Beach made a great backdrop for a show that’s as much about connection as it is about business.
What’s Next
If we didn’t get to finish a conversation on the floor, or you want to see Lot Tracking, Federal Excise Reports, or anything else in action, we’d love to pick it back up. Reach out anytime, and we’ll get something on the calendar.
Sales: Schedule time with sales
Support: support@fx5.com
Migrations: Schedule time with Ragan
Thanks again for making ADI 2026 a great one. We’ll see you at the next show.
