Consulting & Strategy
Master Distiller craft meets chartered financial expertise, advisory for distilleries, beverage brands and ambitious ventures.
Numbers and spirit, in one house
Benedikt Blomendahl is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA, CIMA 2025) and a CA(SA) candidate, who in 2024 became the youngest Master Distiller in the world. FJ Blomendahl brings 40+ years of building, buying and running beverage businesses across Europe and Africa.
That combination is rare: advisors who can read your balance sheet and your still. We consult primarily for distilleries and beverage ventures, and for other businesses that want entrepreneurial, hands-on strategic guidance.
Business Plans & Feasibility
Investor- and bank-ready plans for distilleries and beverage brands, market sizing, licensing & excise, capex and cashflow that stand up to scrutiny.
Costing & Pricing
Per-bottle economics, excise structuring, margin architecture from still to shelf, in ZAR, EUR or both.
Market Entry Strategy
South Africa, the EU, or cross-border into Africa, routes, partners, compliance and realistic timelines.
Ongoing Advisory
A financial and strategic co-pilot for your venture, from monthly management insight to board-level strategy.
Clear, hands-on, accountable
Discovery
We get to know your venture, your goals, your numbers and your constraints, honestly, before we recommend anything.
The plan
A clear, investor- and bank-ready roadmap: feasibility, costing, licensing, capex and cashflow, and the route to market.
Alongside you
We can stay on as your financial and strategic co-pilot, from monthly insight to board-level strategy, as much or as little as you need.
Licensing & excise
Navigating liquor licences, excise registration and compliance in South Africa and the EU.
Fundraising support
Investor decks, financial models and the numbers to back a raise or a bank facility.
Operations & costing
Production economics, procurement and margin architecture from still to shelf.
Turnaround & growth
Entrepreneurial, hands-on guidance for ventures that need to fix, focus or scale.