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Whether you're a romantic or a cynic, you can't deny that Chicago is a great city for love. There's something for everyone to keep themselves busy on Valentine's Day--from grabbing a Chicago-style hot dog with a group of friends, to going to a museum with your Mom, or heading out for a romantic dinner with your spouse. We're all across the spectrum at KOVAL, so we created a diverse list of Valentine's Day ideas for every type of date. 

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Chicago is known as the cradle of modern architecture. Some of the most innovative architects in the world made Chicago the showplace for their designs. Iconic figures such as Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Louis Sullivan are only some of the great visionaries who created the visual landscape of downtown Chicago. Since the meaning behind the name KOVAL is someone who ‘for

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Last Friday, the distillery was filled with sound; the sound of Louisiana men making plans for their distillery, mulling and clucking over blueprints, the churning and rumbling of the mash tank, tapping fingers against keyboards, and then a one-year-old waking from his mid-morning nap... 

Amidst the sounds of a busy Friday, Lynn Bauer, from Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery came for a tour before her plane ride home. 

After Robert led her through the distillery, she hung around for a while to chat and sample more of our spirits. Lynn left Portland-bound with a few of our bottles and was kind enough to leave behind a bottle of their Apple Brandy.

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