Post Shift Podcast #133 - Andrew Friedman, Industry Spirits
Are you a bartender who wants to own a bar, a brand and be a community minded business leader all at the same time? Let's chat to Andrew Friedman from Industry Spirits about his journey from bar owner to brand builder and beyond.
MORE ABOUT ANDREW FRIEDMAN
Andrew opened Liberty in 2006, a craft cocktail and spirits bar in Seattle. After 12 years of successful operation, the Liberty team having won numerous Best Bar awards both locally and nationally, Andrew sold Liberty to his staff and then started Scout Spirits, a liquor and wine distribution company, focusing on craft spirits and specialty-brand wines. He then started Industry Spirits, this bartender-owned well-spirits company.
Additionally, Andrew is one of the founders and President Emeritus of the Washington State Bartender’s Guild, and a founding member and Vice President Emeritus of the Washington Distiller’s Guild and former VP of Education for the United States Bartenders’ Guild.
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Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality’—covering topics from front-of-house service, to back-end business operations, and every inch between.
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