The micro-distilling craze gets even more micro with limited-edition booze infused with geek concentrate. Good stuff—if you can find it.
1// Unaged Corn Whiskey
Perfect for: Purists, drinkers on the go, Kentuckian émigrés to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Geek Factor: This New York distiller sells jacket-pocketable 200-ml bottles, relying on magnetic induction to heat its five hobby-size stills. Price: $20
2// Agua Azul Cristal #2
Perfect for: Steampunk margarita connoisseurs. Geek Factor: Whole agave piñas proved nearly invulnerable to crushing for fermentation, resisting the violence of machetes, chain saws, a hammer mill, and a tree chipper. What worked: an industrial dog-food grinder. Price: $60
3// Doubled & Twisted Light Whiskey
Perfect for: Beer drinkers who are sure the proof is out there—99 proof, that is. Geek factor: Other whiskeys are distilled from a beerlike slurry. This one begins as actual beer, in the form of a tasty IPA. Totally hopped up. Price: $58
4// SFvodka China Beach
Perfect for: Chemists, the hangover-sensitive. Geek Factor: Instead of the usual charcoal filter, this maker—headed by a distiller with a background in medical diagnostics—uses a counterflow molecular sieve to take out lighter molecules like hangover-inducing acetone. Price: $35
