In the restaurant biz there’s an adage about diners first tasting with their eyes. So, when I saw the bottle of Feisty Spirits Rye Whiskey, well, let’s say my hunger diminished some.

They’d distinctly gone for a much less traditional look and color scheme—a tall, intimidating bottle with a white label emblazoned with bright blue lettering—which, perhaps explains their motto, “Non-conformist Whiskey for Feisty Souls.”

Feisty opened in 2012 in Fort Collins, Colorado, using a small Canadian copper still. They have, it seems,  a total of at least 25 spirits, ranging from blue corn…