Aphotic burns bright

Custom distilling for a restaurant doesn't get any better than this. And, mezcal in San Francisco.

Walking into Aphotic is like walking into a nightclub collab between David Lynch and Andy Goldsworthy. The restaurant is fixated on seafood and has an amazing fish butchery and curing program which brings some of Josh Nieland’s inspiration to the US. But hidden next door is a tiny distillery. Bar Director Trevin Hutchins uses a small vacuum still to cre…