Hops & Spirits Bar Conversations
Hops & Spirits Bar Conversations
Hops & Spirits
Making whiskey from beer with Foundry Distilling
30 minutes Posted Feb 18, 2021 at 11:30 am.
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Greg Biagi, Distiller/Production Manager, and Ben Pollack, assistant distiller, of Foundry Distilling in Iowa join us for Flavorful February at the 1-minute mark.

  • ONE TOUGH QUESTION (Icebreaker): What’s your favorite candy?
  • Overview/history of Foundry Distilling and founder Scott Bush
  • The location is an unique building 
  • Taking an innovative approach at Foundry
  • How are you flipping the process with beer and whiskey?
  • How did collaborating with other distillers/brewers come about?
  • How did you both get into the business?
  • Did you both enjoy whiskey or bourbon from the start?
  • What is the brewer-distiller alliance and how did that came about?
  • Do you all make the recipe or do they send it to you?
  • I tried the Midnight Ritual and it was a wild ride
  • What breweries do you all work with this?
  • What type of beer styles are you all receiving?
  • How does the process work once you receive the beer?
  • Has anyone taken you up on getting the barrels to use again?
  • How do you know these recipes will work?
  • How does the make your own whiskey program work?
  • Why did you all decide to that program?
  • What other products do you produce?
  • Where can people pick up a bottle?
  • What’s next for Foundry and anything exciting coming out soon?