Many a liquor can get you buzzed, but few are truly exceptional.

Evanston’s Few Spirits lives up to its name.

At the recently launched small-batch distillery, owner Paul Hletko crafts old-fashioned libations combining organic grains with traditional recipes.

Eleven botanicals (including hops grown in Hletko’s own backyard) merge to enhance clean, refreshing American gin; white whiskey is a smooth alternative to the dark stuff you’re used to. Each bottle has a vintage-throwback label.

Can’t make it to Evanston for a Saturday tour and tasting (though it’s worth the drive)? Watering hole Longman & Eagle barkeep Dino Balocchi was so impressed with the distillery’s creations that he added a Few cocktail to the menu. Below, his riff on the Last Word.

The Last Few Words
Serves one

Ingredients
1½ oz. Few American Gin
½ oz. Fernet Branca
½ oz. Yellow Chartreuse
¾ oz. fresh lime juice
½ oz. simple syrup

1. Chill a coupe glass.

2. Pour all ingredients into a build (pint glass or shaker build).

3. Add 3-4 cold draft ice cubes, shake, and strain into coupe.

4. Enjoy.

Few Spirits, 918 Chicago Avenue, at Main Street, Evanston (847-920-8628 or fewspirits.com). Longman & Eagle, 2657 North Kedzie Avenue, at Schubert Avenue (773-276-7110 or longmanandeagle.com).

Photo: Courtesy of Few Spirits