Its Thursday!!! I am actually not drinking today because last night I did the distillery tour at Koval Distillery and my brain still kinda hurts.
I actually did the tour back in 2013 but since I was in them midst of that shit awful break up at the time I ended up not really posting about it. I took another one and this time I can share!
Koval was one of the first distilleries to open up in Chicago(2008) since the 1800’s. They are family owned, small company who just opened their second and bigger space in the last few years. They locally(or try to) source their grains and are certified organic. The tour is super informative and interesting and, of course, you get to taste some alcohol!!
We got to try the White Rye, Four Grain and Bourbon that are all single age barrelled in the building.
We also got to try some of the liqueurs, specifically coffee & caraway.
The coffee was fantastic and super smooth, I very much hate dislike caraway seeds so I was not happy about tasting the other but I did try the Ginger and it was so delicious.
Some more pics from the tour…
It was a fun Wednesday night adventure and highly recommended, if like me, you are a whiskey fan!
So fun! I'm a big whiskey fan as well. I'm kind of over the tours only because at most places I've been to they make you do the tour to get the tasting, and they all pretty much work the same lol. But I did find them very informative in the beginning! Mmm… coffee liqueur sounds delish. I think I'd like the ginger liqueur too!