not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources koval distillery news newspapers books scholar jstor free images august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message koval inc. type private industry manufacturing of distilled spirits founded 2008 founder robert and sonat birnecker headquarters chicago illinois u.s. products distilled spirits owner robert and sonat birnecker number of employees 4 website koval distillery.com koval distillery is a craft distillery located in chicago illinois established in 2008 . 1 it is the first distillery within chicago s city limits since prohibition . 2 3 koval s founders robert and sonat birnecker left academic careers to found the distillery aiming to bring the distilling traditions and techniques of robert s austrian grandfather to america . certified both organic and kosher koval creates award winning whiskeys brandies and liqueurs from scratch in their distillery in the andersonville neighborhood of chicago s northside . two of koval s organic liqueurs asian pear and walnut contents 1 spirits 1.1 whiskeys 1.2 liqueurs 2 references 3 external links spirits edit rye vodka pear brandy apple brandy sunchoke spirit bierbrand distilled in cooperation with metropolitan brewing whiskeys edit distilled from 100 % of a single grain koval bottles each of these five grains as a white whiskey unaged and ages each whiskey in two types of new american oak barrels heavy char and light char . the unaged whiskey is sold under the koval brand name while the aged whiskey is sold under the brand name lion s pride . rye wheat oat millet spelt liqueurs edit rose hip ginger chrysanthemum honey jasmine coffee orange blossom caraway walnut asian pear paw paw references edit reaves jessica november 28 2009 . in a big beer city makers of spirits on parallel paths . new york ny the new york times . retrieved 9 january 2010 . koval distillery official site . interview koval distillery the a.v. club 29 apr. 2009 . external links edit koval distillery official site lion s pride organic whiskey official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title koval distillery & oldid 743337960 categories manufacturing companies based in chicagodistilleries in the united stateshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from august 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from june 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 05 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view