FEWBarrel-AgedGin(700mL)

<p>This Whisky-Gin hybrid is almost a Genever… but better. </p><p><em>Paul Hletko’s</em> grandfather lost his Czechoslovak brewery to the Nazi’s in World War II. Paul was doing home brewing and wanted to go into business for himself — taking his family history and experience to heart and founding <em>FEW Spirits</em> in <em>2011</em>. Ever the rebel, he opened his <em>“grain to glass”</em> craft business in Evanston, Illinois — the birthplace of the temperance movement — from a small building whose only entryway is through a back alley. And we are all <em>glad he did</em>. Over the last five years he has grown to three Whiskeys, three Gins, and seven employees whose motto is “By the Few, for the Few.”</p><p><em>FEW Gin</em> starts with a base grain Spirit that has the base character cooked out of it. It starts more like a raw grain Whiskey. Then they infuse their botanicals, and one of those is hops. I am NOT saying that FEW Gin tastes like either Whiskey or Beer. I AM saying that some of the underlaying character of the grain and hops is “felt” in the Gin, making it <em>really unique</em>. And FEW Barrel-Aged Gin is <em>aged in oak</em>… just like Whiskey. It almost warrants its own new sub-category in the wonderful world of Gin-iness. Something like Gin-ever-isky… or maybe not. We call it <em>stunningly delicious</em>.</p>