Products Distilled spirits Founded 2008 Number of employees 4 | Website koval-distillery.com Headquarters Chicago Type of business Private | |
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Industry Manufacturing of Distilled Spirits Founder Robert and Sonat Birnecker Owner Robert and Sonat Birnecker Profiles | ||
Koval distillery
Koval Distillery is a craft distillery located in Chicago, Illinois (established in 2008). It is the first distillery within Chicago's city limits since Prohibition. Koval's founders, Robert and Sonat Birnecker, left academic careers to found the distillery, aiming to bring the distilling traditions and techniques of Robert’s Austrian grandfather to America. Certified both organic and kosher, Koval creates award-winning whiskeys, brandies, and liqueurs, from scratch in their distillery in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago's Northside.
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Spirits
Whiskeys
Distilled from 100% of a single grain, Koval bottles each of these five grains as a white whiskey (unaged), and ages each whiskey in two types of new American oak barrels - heavy char and light char. The unaged whiskey is sold under the "Koval" brand name, while the aged whiskey is sold under the brand name Lion's Pride.