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Join the clubAn award-winning Chicago Bourbon cut to proof with cold-brew morning joe.
Paul Hletko’s grandfather lost his Czechoslovak brewery to the Nazi’s in World War II and never got it back. Paul was doing home brewing and wanted to go into business for himself and took his family history and experience to heart, founding FEW Spirits in 2011. Ever the rebel, he opened his “grain to glass” 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 glad he did. Over the last eight years, FEW Spirits has grown to three Whiskies, three Gins, and a handful of employees whose motto is “By the Few, for the Few.”
Hang on to your shot glasses, my friend. If you are already a fan, FEW Cold Cut Bourbon is the multi-award-winning, signature FEW Bourbon with it three-grain mash and 46.5% ABV all just how you might remember them. The difference is HOW they get from cask-strength to that 46.5%. The perfectly aged Bourbon is cut to proof… with cold-brew coffee. Really. They get it from a local specialty coffee-maker in Chicago called Passion House. Through a lot of experimentation they found that cold-brew coffee was less bitter — and therefore a better compliment to the natural flavor profile of the FEW Bourbon. But this is NOT a “coffee drink.” It’s remarkably balanced and the coffee note is more of a compliment and lingering finish on this noteworthy dram.
Smartass corner:
FEW Spirits has a nice ring to it, but it’s also a poke in the eye to governmental kill-joys. You see, F. E. W. are the initials of Francis Elizabeth Willard who was a local leader of the prohibition movement back in the day.
Appearance / Color
Rich Mahogany
Nose / Aroma / Smell
The palate is classic Bourbon with vanilla, toffee, citrus zest, apple, and a hint of menthol with an added note of coffee ice cream.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
The palate is rich with cinnamon and cloves, caramel sauce, warm maize, and smoked paprika.
Finish
Very long and lightly sweet with coffee notes stretching into the future.
The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in FEW Cold Cut Bourbon Whiskey and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
Speaking of breeding winner horses, two of Pinhook’s co-founders have horseracing in their DNA. Jamie Hill and Mike McMahon continue the tradition of their families as third-generation horsemen, owning a bloodstock agency and a thoroughbred racing company. Applying that knowledge to Whiskey just made sense.
Pinhooking means purchasing and rearing a foal based on its pedigree and either selling it or turning it into a champ racing horse. The same idea is behind Pinhook Bourbon: they source young Whiskey to mature and blend it into a blue-ribbon sipping Bourbon.
Speaking of breeding winner horses, two of Pinhook’s co-founders have horseracing in their DNA. Jamie Hill and Mike McMahon continue the tradition of their families as third-generation horsemen, owning a bloodstock agency and a thoroughbred racing company. Applying that knowledge to Whiskey just made sense.
Pinhooking means purchasing and rearing a foal based on its pedigree and either selling it or turning it into a champ racing horse. The same idea is behind Pinhook Bourbon: they source young Whiskey to mature and blend it into a blue-ribbon sipping Bourbon.