That's exactly what Frank-Lin Distillers Products in Fairfield, CA does.[1] Ethanol arrives in tank cars from refineries in the Midwest, and is delivered to their railroad siding. Water come from the water main. The ethanol goes through some additional distillation and filtering. The water goes through a de-ionizing plant. Water, ethanol, and flavoring are mixed and bottled, to produce over a thousand different brands of booze, using many different types of bottles. The bottle factory is conveniently located across the street. Only a hundred different recipes are used. Few people notice.
Many brands of booze are purely marketing operations, with the production outsourced. Frank-Lin used to make Skyy Vodka. Skyy, the company, just provided the hype. That line was bought by Campari, which has their own in-house production facilities. Frank-Lin still makes Beyond Vodka.
Frank-Lin has a cost advantage. In the US, booze production is separated into distillers, distributors, and retailers for tax purposes. Frank-Lin is a distributor. The distiller is a refinery-scale operation back in the Midwest which makes industrial and beverage alcohol. So Frank-Lin handles the distribution of all those brands directly, bypassing a level of warehousing. Most of the low-end booze, and some of the high-end booze on the West Coast comes from Frank-Lin's plant.
Many brands of booze are purely marketing operations, with the production outsourced. Frank-Lin used to make Skyy Vodka. Skyy, the company, just provided the hype. That line was bought by Campari, which has their own in-house production facilities. Frank-Lin still makes Beyond Vodka.
Frank-Lin has a cost advantage. In the US, booze production is separated into distillers, distributors, and retailers for tax purposes. Frank-Lin is a distributor. The distiller is a refinery-scale operation back in the Midwest which makes industrial and beverage alcohol. So Frank-Lin handles the distribution of all those brands directly, bypassing a level of warehousing. Most of the low-end booze, and some of the high-end booze on the West Coast comes from Frank-Lin's plant.
[1] http://www.frank-lin.com/