Foeder Crafters of America
Crafters of Functional Showpieces
Founded in 2013, Foeder Crafters of America is an artisan builder of large-scale oak beverage tanks – also known as “Foeders”. FCA’s barrels are used by some of the most innovative beverage producers in the country, who employ these functional showpieces as aging or finishing vessels for their most unique specialty spirits.
3 Solera Barrel Collaborations
Chattanooga Whiskey began working with Foeder Crafters in 2017, when we commissioned our first custom Foeder – a 4,000 gallon 10ft tall, charred oak barrel – which is now used to finish our signature “Barrel 91” recipe. Engineered to hold approximately 100 barrels of aged whiskey, this design element symbolizes our Experimental Distillery’s first 2 years (and 100 barrels) of production.
Our next Foeder was commissioned in 2022, in honor of our company’s 10th anniversary as a producer. This charred oak tank – nearly 650 gallons in size – holds the company’s original sourced recipe, which also helped change century-old prohibition laws. Designed to pay homage to this historical recipe, this tank is stained with black walnut powder and its stainless bands are “force aged”, which lends itself an antique appearance.
Chattanooga Whiskey’s “Infinity” Solera Barrel is the most recent addition to our solera room, and arguably, it is also the most impressive. This 1645 gallon charred oak barrel was designed after a long collaboration between FCA and Chattanooga Whiskey, and was intended to symbolize Chattanooga Whiskey’s “future”. Wrapped in a lattice of stainless steel banding, the solera simultaneously displays an infinity symbol, an hourglass, and a DNA helix, all at once. To complement these design elements, this barrel is filled with an evolving blend of innovative recipes – distilled at our Experimental and Riverfront Production distilleries.
Together, these 3 Solera Barrels – which represent the company’s Past, Present, & Future – are highlighted in our Founder’s Anniversary Blend.
Learn more about our current Founder’s anniversary blend.