Felix Briner is a talented and innovative food technologist with a wealth of experience in beverage development and production, particularly fermented and distilled products.
In his most recent role as a distiller at Comiskey Distillery, Felix undertook extensive R&D projects and developed recipes and optimised processes for gins, vodkas, whiskeys, rums and liqueurs. Felix is also highly skilled in procurement, production upscale, marketing, stock management, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, costings and profit analysis.
Before this, Felix worked for five years as a research technician with the Centre of Nutrition and Food Science, The University of Queensland while studying his Bachelor of Science (Food Technology). He gained significant experience preparing and facilitating sensory experiments and instrumental analysis on a broad range of food and beverage types.
Having a balance of industry and research experience allows Felix to provide high quality and innovative new product development work for our FaBA industry partners.
Key capabilities
Beverage development
Fermentation
Distillation
Production upscaling and troubleshooting
Process engineering
Quality assurance
Food and beverage regulatory compliance
Cost optimisation
Shelf-life optimisation
Food and beverage sensory evaluation