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KOVAL Distillery
Ravenswood
Robert and Sonat Birnecker founded KOVAL in 2008 as the first distillery to operate in Chicago since the mid-1800s, working exclusively with organic grain from a single Midwestern family farm. The Ravenswood distillery bottles single-barrel whiskeys, gins, and botanical liqueurs and runs tours and tastings on site.
Best for — Organic grain-to-bottle whiskey and gin
Chicago, USA
ORBIS tier: Hidden Gem
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