"After taking a gander at the gigantic stills just outside Spirit Works tasting room, sidle up to the bar or plop onto a cozy couch to taste the Four Grain Straight Bourbon, Barrel Gin, and other spirits from husband-and-wife team Timo and Ashby Marshall. A rotating menu of three cocktails — December’s include a riff on a hot buttered rum, a rye vodka-cranberry-lime-tonic creation, and a rye whiskey and sloe gin cocktail reminiscent of a spiced Manhattan — can be paired with boozy samples. To ward off hunger, head to the Barlow to find sustenance." - Christina Mueller