93 Point / Excellent – Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2019
Few Rye is a whiskey from Chicago made of 70% rye, 20% (local) corn and 10% barley. For their Rye, FEW uses a very special yeast strain isolated from Loire in France, where it is usually used for wine production. The result is a fruity, rich and luxurious spirits with a characteristic, spicy kick from the rye. It is tapped at 46.5% – a pretty perfect level if you ask us where the whiskey is easy-drinking without losing power or depth.
Color: deep amber.
Fragrance: Really nice scent of baked apples, pear, vanilla, cardamom and pepper.
Taste notes: The taste is deep, both spicy and lightly sweet, with notes of orange peel, toasted oak, vanilla and rosemary.
Serving suggestions: Can be enjoyed clean or in a sovereign manhattan!
Few Spirits is a “Grain-to-Glass” distillery in Chicago, Illinois. The designation is the proud of – to be hands on throughout the process is not everyday life in modern whiskey landscape. Few was started in 2011 by Paul Hlemko. His grandparents owned a brewery in the Czech Republic, which was “seized” by the Nazis during World War II, and to honor their memory he also went into the alcohol industry. However, it should not be quite the same, because Paul always seeks to new horizons, so he started instead a distillery in Evanston – and despite the fact that this city was the center of the fight against alcohol under the prohibition. In fact, the city was pulled up to 1972! Few Spirits became the first legal alcohol production in the city ever.
The small distillery houses three pot stills, and both Bourbon, Rye, Single Malt and a variety of gins – all with quality and the good craft in mind.
