Amy Haneline

IndyStar

It’s been a long time coming for Thomas Wysocki and Heather Finfrock.

The husband and wife team hatched their plan for a distillery in 2010. The science-themed distillery and tasting room, Broken Beaker, finally opens today at 643 Massachusetts Ave.

Wysocki is a chemist. Finfrock is an engineer. Their love of modern sciences is visible throughout the space.

Cocktails are served in test-tube style glasses to patrons sitting on laboratory-like bar stools. The spirits have names like Pendulum Vodka and Isotope Liqueur. Coasters share scientific fun facts from physics, biology and chemistry.

And its motto: “Everything is a big, giant experiment,” Wysocki said.

That’s even the case when it comes to expanding their product line.

“If the public has any ideas for a fruit or grain that they liked to see in a vodka, brandy or even liqueur, we’re up for it,” he said. “So bring your experiment.”

While customers can stop in for a drink and small bite to eat — appetizers, paninis and soups — they also plan to sell bottles of their hand-crafted spirits.

This is possible because Wysocki received one of the state’s new artisan distiller’s permit. The license allows small distilleries to produce up to 10,000 gallons of spirits to sell by the drink or bottle from the location where the liquor was made.

There are about a dozen other artisan distilleries in the state including Hotel Tango Whiskey in Fletcher Place and Cardinal Spirits in Bloomington.

Broken Beaker Distillery's grand opening is today at 4 p.m. The tasting room will open at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m on Saturday and will serve brunch and morning cocktails from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The bar will also have four craft beers on tap and a rotating wine list. Patrons must be 21 or older.

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