Spirit Lab Distilling — Local services in Charlottesville

Wife and I dropped in today after wanting to check out for a while. Ivar was terrific and personable from the moment we entered till the time we left. Generous with our tastings, as to make sure we didn’t want to try anything else again. All of spirits were fantastic and diverse. Also, the colabs were interesting and really make it feel part of the community. We really enjoyed everything, but made sure to take home the rice whiskey colab with the North American Sake Brewery and the coffee whiskey made with distilled barley wine from Champion. Very unique and well-crafted, and I’m glad we...

The anti White Claw. If you want to chug your booze and get drunk fast this is not the place for you. If you would prefer to savor interesting flavors and unique combinations of herbs like are present in their gin then this is the place for you. Very small batches of high quality spirits. The owner is the distiller and loves to talk about his craft. I suggest you sign up for their mailing list as it seems some of the offerings are sold out the same day they are released. They do have shipping available at least...

Ivar, we love you!!! What a great, immersive tasting experience with someone who obviously really cares about making good alcohol, the liquors, which are varied, are wonderful. We also got into some awesome, in depth, and sometimes subversive conversation around society, humanity, and politics, that was so edifying just to connect on that level to another human being whenever you feel like you're the only one. Thank you for being real, and mazeltov to the new baby. Blessings to...