
KOVAL Tasting Room sits inside Chicago's pioneering craft distillery, founded in 2008 by husband-and-wife team Robert and Sonat Birnecker. The tasting room blends a welcoming bar atmosphere with an immersive spirits experience, offering craft cocktails made with KOVAL's handcrafted spirits, whiskey and gin tasting flights, light bites, and international coffee drinks. The modern, airy space features a patio perfect for enjoying cocktails in favorable weather. Located at 4241 N. Ravenswood Avenue, it invites both walk-ins and groups, combining education with relaxed hospitality in the heart of the distillery's production facility.