Whiskey
Illinois
Corn-free single barrel whiskey from a mash of oat, malted barley, rye, and wheat; organic, heart-cut only, from Chicago's Koval Distillery
Koval
Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Region:
Illinois
Country:
USA
Established:
2008
Website:
https://www.koval-distillery.com
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Description
Chicago's first distillery since the mid-1800s, founded in 2008 by husband-and-wife team Robert Birnecker and Sonat Birnecker Hart, who left academic careers to bring Robert's Austrian family's distilling traditions to the US; a grain-to-bottle, certified organic and kosher operation in the Ravenswood neighborhood known for its 'heart cut only' philosophy and unusual single-grain whiskeys like millet and oat.
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Whiskeys from this Distillery
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Whiskey Illinois
The first commercially available whiskey made from millet, distilled from a 100% organic millet mash at Koval's Ravenswood, Chicago distillery using only the "heart cut" of the run, aged three years in 30-gallon new charred American oak; unfiltered, gluten-free, and certified organic and kosher. Won Silver at the 2015 SIP Awards.
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Koval Single Barrel Oat Whiskey
40% ABVWhiskey IllinoisOne of the first commercially available 100% oat mash whiskeys, distilled at Koval's Chicago distillery using only the heart cut and aged up to 24 months in 30-gallon new charred American oak from Minnesota; won a Gold Medal from the American Distilling Institute and was named 2012 Best Local Spirit by the Chicago Reader.
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Koval Single Barrel Rye Whiskey
40% ABVRye Whiskey IllinoisA 100% organic rye whiskey aged in 30-gallon new charred oak barrels and bottled as an unblended single barrel, made grain-to-bottle at Koval's Chicago distillery.