Koval Distillery

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| name = KOVAL, Inc.

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| type = Private

| foundation = 2008

| founder = Robert and Sonat Birnecker

| location_city = Chicago, Illinois

| location_country = U.S.

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| industry = Manufacturing of Distilled Spirits

| products = Distilled spirits

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| owner = Robert and Sonat Birnecker

| num_employees = >20

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| homepage = [http://www.koval-distillery.com/ koval-distillery.com]

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Koval Distillery is a craft distillery located in Chicago, Illinois (established in 2008).{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/dining/29cncdrinks.html?_r=2|title=In a Big Beer City, Makers of Spirits on Parallel Paths|last=Reaves|first=Jessica |date=November 28, 2009|work=The New York Times|accessdate=9 January 2010|location=New York, NY}} It is the first distillery within Chicago's city limits since Prohibition.[http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/koval-distillery,27328 Interview: Koval Distillery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003191308/http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/koval-distillery%2C27328/ |date=2010-10-03 }}, The A.V. Club, 29 Apr. 2009. 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 whiskeys, brandies, and liqueurs in their distillery in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago's Northside. The distillery is kosher.{{Cite web|first= Gamliel |last=Kronemer |authorlink= |title=The Spirit(s) Of The Midwest - Koval, Chicago's grain-to-bottle kosher craft distiller. |publisher=The New York Jewish Week|date=March 28, 2019 |url=https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/the-spirits-of-the-midwest/ |accessdate=}} Koval (Yiddish for blacksmith) was founded by Robert and Sonat Birnecker.