Echo Spirits Distilling

I was out looking for a place to buy liquor in Columbus after 11pm, and this spot popped up in my search. Intrigued, I decided to check it out, and I'm so glad I did! Walking through the door, I discovered a true hidden gem. This place not only offers its own brand of liquor but also serves some of the best cocktails I've ever tasted--crafted with precision and creativity.The ambiance is cozy and welcoming, making it the perfect spot to escape the cold on a bitter winter night. They play a mellow mix of music that sets the mood just right, and the staff goes above and beyond with their friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable service.I asked the bartender what the best whiskey would be for making an Old Fashion, and he recommended the rye - which he gave me a sample of. It was so smooth that I couldn't resist purchasing a bottle to go.Whether you're looking for a great drink or a relaxing vibe, this place has it all. I'll definitely be recommending it to all my friends!

Loved this bar!!! It was busy, but we lucked out because a couple sitting at the bar was leaving just as we walked up to order. We were promptly greeted and given waters. The drinks were all really creative and we loved the No Scrumping because we always tell our 2 dogs to stop scrumping and stop being scrumps. I ordered it and it was fresh and delightful. My husband ordered the Too Many Cooks and it came with a little waffle snack on top. We tasted each others drinks and loved them both. I would have stayed for a 2nd (and 3rd) cocktail here on any other night, but we had to leave to go meet up with friends. Our bartender was so fun and recognized my I Think You Should Leave crewneck and we sang the bones are their money song, so it was just such a fun time. I will 100% come back here if we are in Columbus again.

The tagline could be "come for the vibe, stay for the ramen". Customer service was really lacking but I'll chalk that up to it being a busy Friday evening. We didn't like one of our drinks on first sip and told the bartender immediately. He just shrugged, didn't offer a replacement and charged for it. Again, maybe because they were busy they wanted people to leave immediately.

Amazing as usual. Such a chill unique bar with friendly people. Love to hang out and have a good time with good music and wonderful drinks.

Echo is just weird to me.Their staff is amazing. Their location, off the path, yet on it. "Hidden" yet never not busy.Their alcohol offerings that they make, have big swings, and mostly hits (for me - c'mon, it's subjective, you may love/hate rum, it doesn't make all rum bad).Their mixed concoctions run the gamut of "amazingly delicious" to "horribly atrocious." BUT - I feel like they're narrowing that down, if today was any indication. Nothing was "bad." Every drink was AMAZING (for the tiki theme, no less). IF this is a sign of them moving forward, with a well-balanced, delicious showcase of flavors, then they'll have found the sweet spot (for me)....but it seems they're crazy popular without me thinking they could be better, so you're just going to have to come and decide for yourself!

Creative cocktail list, we can always find a new drink we haven't tried and a lot of them are super unique. On this visit I had an alcoholic chai tea and it was delicious. My husband tried the mint julep which was nice and refreshing. The cocktails are made with care so have patience when ordering.

Kind of a vibe of bohemian meets Scandinavia. It completely works and creates a relaxing atmosphere. Food truck Wed-Sat. Ecco Spirits is one of my favorite distilleries. Pretty much anything you find here is going to be good. We were ready to hang out for an hour until a massive family with three small kiddos came in and announced more were coming.... We hightailed it quickly.

Echo has a great location with plenty of parking. It's a cute, very trendy looking building from the outside. My husband and I stopped in here for the tour with barrel thieving and stayed for a flight afterwards. We love supporting local distilleries and had not yet tried Echo and wanted to finally remedy that. Inside Echo is just as cute as the outside. It's kind of retro and has a very chill vibe. We paid $25 each for the tour and unfortunately, it was probably the biggest waste of money that I've ever put towards a tour. The tour was standing in their one production room- which is fine, it's a small, craft distillery and there not much to actually walk around and see. But, unfortunately, our guide had only done a tour one other time and either could not answer a question or got every answer wrong. You could tell that he was nervous and I truly felt bad for him. So then onto the barrel thieving pour. You get to pick ONE pour between two barrels into a mini glen. You ended up thieving into a bigger cup so that whiskey didn't get spilled everywhere and then the guide poured the one you wanted into your mini glen. I maybe got a quarter ounce. I couldn't even believe how small the pour was. And then the tour and pour was over. The experience was scheduled to last an hour and we were done before 30 minutes. Which is fine, but I don't even know what I paid for. We got to take home the mini glens so I guess I paid for that and a taste of whiskey. It was truly disappointing. I cannot recommend to not do this enough. The only reason that I didn't give a lower score is because the place is neat and their product is pretty decent. The bartenders weren't overly friendly tho. I might give this place another chance, but it definitely was a bummer.

My two friends and I had a Girl's Night at Echo Spirits for the distillery tour and tasting. We arrived and each picked a fancy cocktail off their menu to have in hand during the tour. Robbie was an awesome tour guide and brought us through the inception of the business through the process of making and hand-bottling the liquor. The best part was the tasting after the tour of the facilities. I'd never heard of Vetiver before and it is very similar to gin, my fave. Robbie was very knowledgeable and answered all our curious questions. For under $10 per person, this was a great activity. We tried a few more cocktails from their epic menu and left with bags in hand of bottles we had taste tested. Fun night!

I loved it here. The Vibe feels upscale, the drinks are ridiculously complex (and very booze-forward but in a GOOD way!), and the bartenders clearly know their stuff. I'm excited to come back. Oh, and if you fall in love with a spirit, you can pick up bottles of the Echo Spirits here! (But they have a pretty impressively full bar outside of their own in-house options.)PROS:-Really, really lovely vibe here. It feels intimate, fancy, and relaxed. And they have a distillery kitty (that you MIGHT get a peak of!)-Lots of seating options. It's a smaller-esque space, so the majority of the seating is bar top seating, but they also have low-top chairs, couches, and high-top chairs and tables. -Cocktails are super unique. It's clear that bartenders who have had years upon years of experience craft this menu. You can request your usual favorites, but the flavor profiles here are so complex. It feels like the fine dining of cocktails. -They have cocktail classes here too. They were so insanely detail packed. I've never gone to a "casual" class that had so much detail and behind-the-scenes knowledge in any of the food/drink/dessert classes I've gone to. It went well beyond the "Step 1, 2, 3" and into "Here's why you'd consider doing Step 1 for any cocktail you'd make at home and here's how you'd make it even better". I would pay for another class in a heartbeat - and will be doing so once they swap out the drinks they're teaching for it. -Two unisex individual restrooms. One is noticeably smaller (for accessibility) purposes than the other, so keep an eye out if you need more space. -Very LGBTQA+ friendly. It isn't a giant range of flags or anything, but there's a lot of diversity in here along with some of the notes on the walls. It feels really welcoming here. -Dedicated parking lot. I haaaate fighting for parking. They have their own dedicated lot here. If that's somehow full, street parking is available and free right next to it. -Walkable to Endeavor. While Echo is super cool on its own, if you wanted to easily try a few places, they have a cute punch card between here, Endeavor, and Natalie's with a map that lays out the walk between the three. You can get a giftcard for completing the fun "journey" as a fun weekend outing. CONS:-I LOVE their unique cocktails here. Sometimes I almost feel like their garnishes are "letting you down" compared to the super complex, unique flavors of the cocktails themselves. Everything is gorgeous and picture-perfect, but you probably won't see many photos of these cocktails going viral. Their flavors are on-par with some of the "WOW" cocktails I've had at different places.