Red Boot Beverage
Des Moines, IA
Des Moines, Iowa co-packer established in 2018 with a 350,000 sq ft plant that cold fills, cans and bottles spirits, RTD cocktails, mocktails, wine, energy and functional drinks, teas, lemonades and flavored seltzers. Offers tunnel pasteurization, custom blending to the brand's formula, an in-house QC lab, variety packs and warehousing for products that are already developed.
Request an introductionWhat this plant can run
Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 4 processes stated in all.
Packaging
3formats stated
Minimum order
Not publishedAsk on the first call.
Certifications
A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.
What they state
- Plant locations
- Des Moines, IA
- Process
- Cold fillTunnel pasteurizationCanningBottling
- Packaging
- Aluminum cansGlass bottlesPlastic bottles
- Products
- Alcoholic beveragesFunctional drinksRTD tea and coffeeCarbonated drinks
- Minimum order
- Not published
- Food safety certification
- SQFSQF level not verified; SQF Fundamentals is not GFSI benchmarked.
- Other certifications
- Kosher
- Regulatory scope
- Not stated in their published information
- Equipment
- 300 can per minute canning line
- Cans 200 ml, 8.4 oz sleek, 12 oz sleek and standard, 16 oz and 19.2 oz
- Glass, PET and recycled plastic bottles 50 ml to 1.75 L, round, square and custom shapes; ROPP, tamper-evident and T-cork closures
- 50 ml mini bottling line
- Tunnel pasteurizer
- 4, 6, 8 and 12 pack multipacks, variety packs, shrink bundling
- QC lab testing alcohol, carbonation, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, pH and closure quality
- Climate-controlled warehouse with bulk alcohol receiving and storage
- Batch size or capacity
- 300 can per minute canning line; 50 ml mini bottling line; flexible minimums
- Services
- Formulation and R&DTurnkey (they buy materials)Tolling (you supply materials)Packaging sourcingIn-house labKitting and assemblyWarehousing
- Works with
- Startups and first runsEmerging brandsRegional and national brands
- Also states
- Custom blending to the brand's formulation instructions
- Wine, beer and spirits licenses listed (issuing agency not named)
- Mexico CRT (tequila) certification listed
- Produces carbonated and non-carbonated beverages (carbonation step not described)
- Cold fill only; no hot fill, cooking, brewing or fermenting
- Type of company
- Co-packerContract bottler
- Founded
- 2018
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the manufacturer's published information (9 pages checked).
Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.
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