Sold outDec 2024In short · FEW Spirits (Illinois, USA), 4 years.
“Life-affirming aromas of varnish and wood polish merged into aromatic cough lozenges stored in a freshly buffed antique brass box.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS RW1.12 is a single cask of FEW Spirits, in Illinois, USA, 4 years old, bottled at 61.6%, released in the Dec 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered RW1.x is from FEW Spirits.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
FEW's rye comes from Evanston, Illinois, the dry town where Frances Willard's temperance crusade began and where Paul Hletko opened the first distillery in 2011, naming it, with some mischief, after her initials. Distilled grain to glass from a rye-heavy mash, it is peppery, fruity and assertive, with a craft distiller's swagger. Heaven Hill's since 2022.