Crafting the Next Generation
of Beverage Brands
Drayhorse helps create, can, and co-pack the highest quality beverages
with excellence, hardworking integrity, and passion.
We are beverage entrepreneurs who saw a better way to deliver new beverage brands.
Whether it’s beer, liquor, wine or NA, we can guide you with our 60+ years beverage industry knowledge and experience
DRAYHORSE ADVANTAGES
We know there are many co-packers and canning facilities to choose from and we know time is
of the essence, whether you are just launching a new brand or scaling one already in market.
Below are some of our key advantages or specialties to help make the decision easy for you.
RTDs or Canned Cocktails
With our three licenses across beer, wine, and liquor plus our decades of experience launching and scaling Bev Alc brands, Drayhorse is the ideal choice for your spiked beverages
Pennsylvania RTD Co-Packing
Based in Philadelphia, our license allows us to sell directly to restaurants, bars, and consumers. With the passing of Senate Bill 688, allowing RTDs to be sold in grocery and convenience stores in Pennsylvania, this also enables us to sell directly to them as well, effectively adding 12,000 more direct outlets for RTDs produced with Drayhorse.
For more information on this new law, contact faye@drayhorse.co
Tequila-Based Cocktails
Beyond being experts in general for RTDs, we have in-depth expertise in Co-Responsibility agreements and exclusive connections to tequila sources that make saying “tequila” fácil.
New & Expanding Brand Service
As beverage entrepreneurs ourselves, we know the pains of launching, growing, and scaling across various markets. By offering pilot programs, lower MOQs, and having flexibility to deliver for high-growth brands, we make the ideal partners for the next generation of beverage brands.
Our position along the I-95 corridor and proximity to both the mid-west and mid-atlantic make us an ideal choice for west coast or international brands looking for east coast co-packers.
OUR PROVEN PROCESS
Using Our Drayhorse Client Portal
1 ASSESSMENT
We will review your formula to ensure our production capabilities can deliver the ultimate product to represent your brand. If you don’t have a formula yet, don’t worry, we have partners how can deliver great tasting formulas with efficiency without sacrificing quality
2 QUOTING
Working alongside you, we will create a quote that suits your needs. We will walk you through understanding all necessary line items and be available in the portal, via email, or via phone to answer any questions.
3 ONBOARDING
Once your quote is signed, we will file your formula with the TTB, register for your COLA, and if needed, do all the legwork required to gain a co-responsibility agreement for using tequila in your product. Access to your own client portal makes it easy to track all documents and stay up to date with the process.
4 SCHEDULING
Once we receive the deposit, we will schedule your production run. We’ll work with you to ensure your ingredients, packaging, and other needs arrive in time. If you need help sourcing these items, we can also help facilitate with our Procurement Offering.
5 PRODUCTION
The day has arrived! We invite you to come to the facility and see your product come off the lines. We’ll provide recommendations and help with accommodations if you are not located in the area
6 FINISHED PRODUCT
After production we can wrap your pallets, place into variety packs using our Poly-Pak machine.
Need Warehousing? We can help with that too!
Our Team
With a collective 60+ years of experience in the beverage industry, our team brings together legal, operations, branding, and more to help you not only can and co-pack but also advise you on how to best launch and scale your beverage brand.
Daric Schlesselman, Operations
Nathan Whitehouse, Founder & CEO
Faye Postma, Growth
Historic Philadelphia
Drayhorse Canning Facility is in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. Its Indigenous inhabitants traveled by canoe and fished by the riverside, making netting out of local plant fiber for millenia on end. Later, Port Richmond became a working class industrial neighborhood.
In the 1850s, Finley & Schlichter created a factory, Aramingo Mills–later The Schlichter Jute Cordage Company–for the manufacture of nautical rope from jute and hemp fiber. Laborers and tradesmen worked tirelessly to create rope and packaging twine in this hub of industrial and commercial traffic.
In 1939, The Sterling Paper Company took up residence at the factory site, transitioning from making canvas for sails and rope to blank sheets of paper on which the dreams of the twentieth century could be written.
The site of 2155 Castor Avenue is experiencing a revitaliation. Newly blossoming artistic fervor, culinary ingenuity, guild-kept craft traditions, and 21st century digital commerce are moving into the site as a bustling and burgeoning microcity. Drayhorse Canning is proud and honored to be at the forefront of this unparalleled endeavor.
Contact Us
2150 E. Butler St
Philadephia, PA 19137
General Email
Inquiries@drayhorse.co
For Sales Assistance
Faye@drayhorse.co