Yesterday Julie and I headed up to Evanston to visit FEW Spirits. FEW operates Evanston’s first and only distillery in a building in the alley off Chicago Avenue. The tour consists of a historic look at Evanston’s role in the Temperance movement, a causal tour of the distilling process and a generous tasting session. For $10 is was a great way to see a working craft distillery.

FEW Spirits takes it’s name from Frances Elizabeth Willard, who was the president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union for nearly two decades.

FEW Spirits has some of the coolest looking bottles of any alcohol I’ve ever seen. Each type of spirit has a different label that represents an aspect of Chicago’s World’s Fair of 1893. The Bourbon bottle is best looking among the lot.