You cannot create anything, especially a distillery if you try and do it all by yourself - Thomas Wysocki

I’m Sky King, host of Curiocity, an Indianapolis based podcast. Our aim is to understand and deconstruct this curious city’s culture creators. Today we have Thomas Wysocki from Broken Beaker Distillery on the show. Thomas provides the step-by-step-guide to distilling. (Which is very different from the process about brewing that we learned from our buddy David Waldman) We learn about the process it takes to create Vodka, Rum and  Whiskey and there are a ton of similarities that you might not expect between the three. We learn about what it is like to go through changing legal environment and working through the complex legal issues that alcohol and beverage companies deal with all the time.

Thomas is extremely honest and frank about his experience and has a lot of insight for would be entrepreneurs. I learned a lot about the realities of entrepreneurship. It is not easy. For Thomas especially, as he has a full-time job as a chemist while running and operating a distillery with his wife who also has a full-time job.

No one is an overnight success

Head to Broken Beaker Distillery on Mass Ave (643 Massachusetts Ave). They have great creative and delicious drinks, good food and a unique and fun atmosphere. Check out their website or follow them on twitter, facebook, and Instagram.

If you want to learn more about the the distilling process they give free tours of the distillery all the time.

Thank you all for listening. I hope this has been entertaining, fun and thought provoking. Feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] if you have any thoughts on potential guests, questions about the process or criticism (Ex. Wow Sky, you say "yea" a lot here.)

I am out. Do not forget to Seize the Day folks!