FEW Spirits Straight Bourbon Whiskey

This fantastic FEW Bourbon is packed full of toffee, clove, vanilla and warming spice goodness! On the nose, cloves, vanilla and caramel form a rich and spicy aroma. In the mouth, sweet with notes of toffee and caramel with spicy notes of cardamom and cloves. The finish is long and lingering with warmer spice notes tingling until the very end.

• Distillery: FEW Spirits
• Type: Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  
• Region: Evanston, Illinois, USA
• Alcohol: 46.5%
  
• Volume: 700ml
  
• Goes with: Neat or over ice
  

FEW Spirits hails from Evanston in the United States of America, a city that suffered Prohibition for over one hundred years thanks to many of its advocates hailing from its dry streets. Thankfully Evanston is now home to this excellent craft distillery which takes its name ironically from the initials of Frances Elizabeth Willard, a key figure in the Temperance Movement.

This splendid craft beauty comes presented in a gorgeous bottle adorned with a label showing off some local heritage, depicting a scene from the Chicago World’s Fair of 1892. A vibrant spirit drink filled to the brim with character.

FEW Spirits is an American craft distillery based in Evanston, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. They pride themselves on producing everything from grain to glass; every aspect of the production of their spirits is done by them. They currently produce a range of award-winning gins and whiskies, all using ingredients sourced as local to the distillery as possible.

Evanston is also the home of prohibition, for it was here that Frances Elizabeth Willard championed the temperance movement with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. As a not-so-subtle nod to her achievements, Paul Hletko named his distillery FEW Spirits when it became the first distillery in Evanston since prohibition. Every FEW Spirits label carries with it some local heritage by depicting a different scene from the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893.

The distillery has two copper pot stills. Their first still is a custom built German hybrid still and is used to produce the whiskey, as well as to strip low wines for gin production. The second still is also custom built, but is optimised for gin production. Since Few places all of their gin botanicals directly in the pot, the use of a separate still for gin production ensures that the gin flavours don't mix with their whiskey.

Although a relatively young distillery, Few has rapidly gained acclaim. Social and Cocktail named Few American Gin the most exciting spirit product introduced in the UK in 2012, and the Beverage Testing Institute awarded the Few Barrel Gin the highest rating given a gin in 5 years. Few was even picked as one of the gins for the Ginvent calendar in 2012.

• Double Gold - 2019 The Best Bourbon
• Gold - 2014 The Beverage Tasting Institute - Bourbon Whiskey
• 95/100 Points - 2018 Ultimate Spirits Challenge
• 95/100 Points - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible
• Silver - 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Small Batch Bourbon up to 5YO
• 92/100 Points - 2020 Ultimate Spirits Challenge