Sold Unframed Only. Distillery, bar , small food menu,. Some of them are new kids on the block, and others have been around since bourbon's inception. Opening hours: Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm; Sun: 1pm - 5pm. LEARN MORE Evan Williams 1783 Small Batch Evan Williams 1783 Small Batch honors the year that Evan Williams founded Kentucky's First Distillery. You can even dip your own bottle. No tours or tastings. Kentucky Bourbon Distillers Ltd is a company that operates in the Food & Beverages industry. Winery withDistillery. Angels Envy Distillery (Bacardi). History. All contents are the property of Bourbon Obsessed sm. No mention of tours. In fact, if you visit every. Last tour offered one hour before closing. Tours and lodging info not currently listed. - Email: Alltech Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. (Lyons Spirits). Buckner's brand. 3860 Fitzgerald Rd, Louisville, KY, 402160000. They also plan to release Minor Case Rye, distilled in Indiana. Tours start January 2022. As the highest rank within the KDA, our Heritage level membership is open to licensed distillers in Kentucky that age more than 50,000 barrels a year. CLOSED - Distillery, bourbon, clydesdales. Tours, tastings. Small warehouse. They also plan to release Ryskie Rye and Stave & Barrel Bourbon, both distilled in Indiana.Heaven Hill, Louisville, KY. 711 East Jefferson St, Louisville, KY, 402060000, Kentucky Mountain Moonshine. It started in 1953 when Bill Samuels, Sr. embarked on a mission to create a bourbon his friends and family would enjoy. 1121 E Washington St, Louisville, KY, 402060000, 106 E Washington St, Princeton, KY, 424452250. 2921 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY, 402165245, 113 Great Buffalo Trce, Frankfort, KY, 406012091, 2815 Witty Ln, Hopkinsville, KY, 422400000. Craft farm to bottle distillery and farm to table restaurant. Distillery, gift shop, lodging. There are currently 41 distilleries on the tour, making it a bit daunting to figure out which one to visit first. Small warehouse. Angels EnvyDistillery (Bacardi). Established in 1880, we bring together distillers, businesses, educators and governmental entities to advocate for our industry and ensure that Kentucky always . No mention of tours. Jim Beam is a huge company. Distillery, bar , small food menu,. No Tours. Contact address on website is: 555 Bourbon Street Paradise, Kentucky 42337. We've compiled a list of some of the best sipping bourbons and bourbon brands. I spent quite a bit of time working on it at the beginning of January 2022, and it actually takes quite a bit of detective work to sort things out. Big Machine Distillery 1800 Abernathy Rd Lynnville, TN 38472 Big Machine Store 122 3rd Avenue South Nashville, TN 37201 Big Machine Distillery & Tavern 2824 Bransford Ave Nashville, TN 37204 Telephone: 931-527-0027 Email: info@tennsouthdistillery.com Website: tennsouthdistillery.com Company Distilling There are things you share with the world. Bulleit Distilling Company. Prohibition Craft Spirits. Old Bernheim Distillery - no tours or visitor center. Then there are ones that have a license one year, dont have it the next, but then do again a year after that. Jim Beam Old Grand Dad Plant 3200 Georgetown Rd, Frankfort KY. No tours or tastings. Tyler Distillery (Now Green River Distlling(), Distillery, tours, cocktail bar and tastings (Now Green River Distilling), 10 Distillery Rd, Owensboro, KY, 423010000, Wedding venue. The distillery tours are only 30 minutes long, so theyre a little shorter than a lot of the other places. As of 2014, distillers' wholesale market revenue for bourbon sold within the U.S. was about $2.7 billion, and bourbon made up about two-thirds of the $1.6 billion of U.S. exports of distilled spirits. Interactive exhibits. Woodford Reserve has a historic, upscale feel to it. I wanted to give you some highlights so you could prioritize your visit. Website: Glenns Creek Distilling. They also made rye whiskey for Heaven Hill prior to 2010. Signing up is fast, simple and FREE! C&K Distillery LLC. 528 W Main St, Louisville, KY, 402022920. Beloved for their Bourbon in Kentucky and for their rye in Wisconsin but little known outside those states, they are the makers of the following, some of which use the designation "Clear Spring Distilling Co." and "County Line Distillers":1792 Ridgemont Reserve75 South (bottled by Sazerac for Safeway)Albertson's Bourbon & Blended WhiskeyAtlantic Distillers BourbonBar Code Blended Whiskey (formerly owned by LeVecke)Barton Blended WhiskeyBentley's (Oak Park Distilling)Big House Bourbon (Underdog Spirits)Black RidgeBourbon WhiskeyBuck HornCarstairs White Seal Blended WhiskeyC.B. Confirm that youre over 21 years of age. 12606 Castle Hwy, Pleasureville, KY, 400570000, 5080 State Route 175 S, Graham, KY, 42344-0000. May have made moonshine and have spirits aging. Beam has been around for seven generations.Apparently, Jim Beam was born in the Americal Stillhouse, where they now have a bunch of hands on tours, which are fun. Bourbon, rye, gin, vodka. Alltech's Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. Town Branch Distillery & Alltech Brewery (Makers of Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale), 401 Cross St, Downtown, Lexington, KY, 405082806. Updated by Joshua Chiedu, February 28, 2022: Kentucky is unarguably more of bourbon whiskey than it is of fried chicken as generations have carried on this liquor-making business that first began in this region in the late 18th . The really big barrel shaped building is fun. Bottling and warehouses for Sazarac. 283 Crab Orchard Rd, Frankfort, KY, 406019185. 10601 Toebben Dr, Independence, KY, 410510000, 2000 Boundary Oak Dr, Radcliff, KY, 401608193, 130 S Water St, Georgetown, KY, 403241361, Make 1 bourbon and have tours on Saturdays, 850 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY, 402100000. Will be ready for first visitors in 2022. Tours start January 2022. All rights reserved. Rebel Yell, Ezra Brooks, David Nicholson, Blood Oath. Distillery, bar (The Elkhorn Tavern), small food menu, tours, tastings. Tours and tastings listed but no specifics given. These are not to be missed. HOURS: *Monday-Friday Tours: 9am-4pm departing every hour Gift Shop: 9am-5:30pm *Saturday Tours: 9am-4pm departing every hour Gift Shop:9am-5:30pm *Sunday Tours: Noon-3pm departing every hour Gift Shop: 12pm-5pm *All tours and tastings are FREE! Keeping it updated has been, to say the least, challenging. This is because this distillery is the home of several brands. Made for more than 200 years using a secret family recipe. May be called RH Resolute Distillery, Inc. Four Roses Bourbon Distillery Tour Lawrenceburg , KY Visit Website Glenns Creek Distilling Frankfort , KY Visit Website Green River Distilling Co. Owensboro , KY Visit Website Heaven Hill Distillery Tours Bardstown , KY Visit Website Hartfield & Co. Distillery Paris , KY Visit Website Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience Bardstown , KY Visit Website WHEN: Tours are held Thursdays through Saturdays, 9, 10 and 11 a.m.; 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Includes a tasting of bourbon and rye. Parent co in Atlanta. They provide new fill barrels, aged spirits and storage to people with brands or wanting to start one. Its always a bummer to show up and then get turned away. Youll find costs to be about $10 give or take a few dollars. This distillery and bottler distills some of its own whiskey and also bottles sourced whiskeys. They have a second distillery in Nashville, Tennessee. 5 Coxs Creek Warehouse & Bottling Facility, 624 Lotus Road, Coxs Creek ( approximately one hour from the distillery by car ), +1 502 543-2264. In 2020, Kentucky bourbon distilleries filled 2.1 million barrels of bourbon, the highest annual production ever. No tours. Of course, you will get to try some bourbon. We've even got our own homegrown soft drink, Ale-8-Onea ginger-and-citrus concoction that Kentuckians have treasured since 1926. No tours. Warehouse and Bottling Facility. 2351 New Millennium Dr, Lots 3 & 4, Block 3281, Louisville, KY, 402165161. 10601 Toebben Dr, Independence, KY, 410510000, 2000 Boundary Oak Dr, Radcliff, KY, 401608193, 130 S Water St, Georgetown, KY, 403241361, 850 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY, 402100000. No Tours. Moonshine and Vodka. Photo is only for illustrative purposes. Barton 1792 Distillery was established in 1879 and continues today as the oldest fully-operational Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky. Woodford is the oldest and smallest distillery on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. This distillery opened in 2013 and makes vodka and rum and is aging a wheated bourbon. 2921 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY, 402165245, 113 Great Buffalo Trce, Frankfort, KY, 406012091, 2815 Witty Ln, Hopkinsville, KY, 422400000. Here is a list of all the licensed Kentucky Distilleries as of January 2, 2022. Gift shop. CLOSED, Jim Beam Booker Noe Plant . Gift shop, tours, tastings, cocktail bar. Sundays: 11:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. See our privacy policy here. The remaining faade sits quietly a couple of miles down the road from massive new barrel houses built for Woodford Reserve. Tours, tastings, cafe (currently closed), gift shop. Sunday: 12 p.m. 4 p.m. Their diverse brand portfolio includes Bourbon, rye, Kentucky's only straight wheat whiskey and nearly all of the (non micro) American corn whiskey brands. The Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience at Stitzel-Weller. If you would like to add your distillery, product or services to our site, please visit our, George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill, The B-Line Northern Kentucky's Bourbon Tour, American Freedom Distillery (Horse Soldier Bourbon), Anvil & Forge Brewing and Distilling Company. No tours or tastings. Bourbon in progress. Danville has two historic distilleries where they have been making bourbon for centuries. This distillery plans to make corn whiskey, bourbon and rye. Although bourbon may be made anywhere in the United States, it is strongly associated with the American South and with Kentucky in particular. Brown-Forman Distillery (Formerly Early Times Distillery) (Location stated as Shively KY) Main production distillery for Old Forester, Woodford & others. Sunday 12:30 p.m. 3 p.m. EST, Gift Shop Hours The regular Woodford Reserve labels (Distiller's Select and Double Oaked) are blends of bourbon made at Woodford and the Brown Forman Distillery, while the annually released Woodford Reserve Master's Collection is made entirely at the Woodford Reserve. Bar. Distillery, tours and tastings; small cocktail bar; gift shop, 1228 Manchester St, Lexington, KY, 405080000. He did a great job in bringing back his old family bourbon recipe when he started the Bulleit Distilling Company. $8. Make 1 bourbon and have tours on Saturdays. So just how many distilleries are in Kentucky? Evan Williams Bourbon Evan Williams Black is a smooth, easy to drink Bourbon named after Evan Williams, who in 1783 opened Kentucky's first commercial distillery along the banks of the Ohio River. Limited tours and tastings from the barrel. But they make some great bourbon, so its worth the mozy over there. Regarding Bulleit in particular, the brand was reborn in 1987 by Thomas E. Bulleit, Jr. He experimented and experimented before finding the perfect recipe. These are places where the generations have passed down the distilling art, so even the less high quality distilleries are going to produce something that you will enjoy. Woodford Reserve Distillery 1,973 Distilleries Breweries Open now By Losiewski Distillery, bar (The Elkhorn Tavern), small food menu, tours, tastings. (If you can believe that!!) We provide a comprehensive list of Farm Distillery, Craft Distillery and Established Distilleries Tours in our easy-to-use Distillery Directory. Enjoy like a true Kentuckian: Responsibly. Little information available. Bourbon, Rye, Flavored whiskeys. Stitzel-Weller Distillery 780 Distilleries By SueO969 Our tour was super informative - and the guide did a great job explaining the history behind the bourbons. Not a distillery (anymore). (no food available as of January 2022), 3350 Burks Spring Rd, Loretto, KY, 400370000, 137 Barkers Mill Rd, Pembroke, KY, 422669437, 2351 New Millennium Dr, Lots 3 & 4, Block 3281, Louisville, KY, 402165161. No tours. On site microbiology lab and largest number of stored yeast strains in the world. No tours, tastings or gift shop listed. The Jim Beam American Stillhouse is 12 miles away, 1600 Lebanon Junction Rd, Boston, KY, 401078550. Craft farm to bottle distillery and farm to table restaurant. You just cant go wrong with these facilities. Distillery Trail is the place to start your distillery tour experience. Kentucky Bourbon is the largest export category of all U.S. spirits, shipping more than 28 million proof gallons to 126 countries in 2010. If you have never been to Louisville you might want to stop here for a few days and take in all the sites. Visitor center. No Tastings. Cocktail bar. No longer has distiller license, 407 Jefferson St, Paducah, KY, 420014336, Moonshine and Bourbon. Are you? 711 East Jefferson St, Louisville, KY, 402060000, Kentucky Mountain Moonshine. DistilleryTrail.com provides insights for the Spirits and Distillery Business. Sunday: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 4360 Ky Highway 1130, Sparta, KY, 410839454. Tours, tastings, gift shop. Hummingbird Ridge Distillery est 2018 produces rum and brandy. The Moonshine Company. No distilling. Oh, and dont forget to make a reservation. Probably have tastings. 568 Happy Hollow Road, Clermont, KY,401100000. 4360 Ky Highway 1130, Sparta, KY, 410839454. But then there are others that have a license and an address, but nothing seems to exist there. No tours, but viewing area from restaurant/bar. Kentucky Bourbon is perfectly aged. To get here, it is a gorgeous drive through horse farms and rolling, bluegrass Kentucky hills. tours on the hour Tours M-Sa 9AM-3PM on the hour; Su noon-3PM on the hour. They were continuing a family tradition that goes back to Trey . Largest single site bourbon distillery, 1701 W Breckenridge St, Louisville, KY, 402101210. The corporate office is in Paducah. Source: Needpix. Moonshine, absinthe, and bourbon. Sunday: 1 p.m. 5 p.m. Bourbon1492 BourbonAristocratBlue State Bourbon (for 2012 election)Cabin StillChampionChapin & GoreColonel's PrideDaniel StewartDierberg'sDistiller's PrideEcho SpringElijah CraigEvan WilliamsFighting CockHeaven HillHenry McKennaJim PorterJTS BrownJW DantKentucky BeauKentucky DeluxeKentucky GoldKentucky SupremeLarcenyMark TwinMartin Mills (export only)Mattingly & MooreMellow BourbonNewportOld 1889Old FitzgeraldOld Whiskey River (Alive Spirits)Parker's Heritage CollectionPennypacker (export only for Borco)Private CellarQuality HouseRed State Bourbon (for the 2012 election)Sam ClayTom SimsTW SamuelsWilliam HeavenhillYellow Rose of TexasVirginRyePikesville RyeRittenhouse RyeStephen Foster RyeWheat WhiskeyBernheim Wheat WhiskeyCorn WhiskeyDixie DewGeorgia MoonJW CornMellow CornBlended WhiskeyAristocrat SupremeCountry GentlemanDistiller's PrideGukenheimerHaller's ReserveJW DantKentucky BeauKentucky DeluxeKentucky GoldKentucky SupremeMattingly & MooreMcHenryNewportOld MillOld Mill StreamPaul JonesPhiladelphiaPrivate CellarQuality HouseRoyalSir WalterTW SamuelsWilsonNew MakeTryboxJim Beam(Beam Suntory), Clermont & Boston, KY. Jim Beam is the biggest name in Bourbon. I assume others have just planned to build a distillery and didnt do it or didnt complete it, and others just went out of business. Of course, Im not trying to be all inclusive here. Check out our Interactive Map of all licensed Kentucky Distilleries! Bourbon in progress. Their Shively, Kentucky plant makes Old Forester Bourbon, Coopers' Craft Bourbon and Early Times Bourbon and Kentucky Whiskey. You can search by name, state, spirit, amenity or simply click on the map to discover distilleries you never knew existed! Most of these working bourbon distilleries offer working tours and special visitor experiences that include tastings and gift shops. Distillery, bar, live music. A tour of Kentucky's world-renowned bourbon distilleries. Equus Run Vinyards. Kentucky's Bourbon Trail now consists of 18 whiskey distilleries. Wilderness Trail Distillery, Danville, KY. Distillery, bar, live music. They can learn all about distilling as well. Cocktail bar. Last tour offered one hour before closing. They have several tours you can do, including the Hard Hat tour. All content and photography shall not be reproduced without written permission from the Kentucky Distillers Association. ( By definition, bourbon is a whiskey made from a mash containing at least 51 percent corn. 1825 Log Creek Lane, Drakesboro, KY, 423370000. Chuckanut Bay Distillery. No valid license. - KY1. Make sure to make a reservation online for your tour. Unframed 18 x 24 inch digital print displaying Kentucky Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey Distilleries featured on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and the Tennessee Whiskey Trail printed professionally on 80lb Satin Poster Paper. (Call to check address before you go), 465 Beattyville Rd, Irvine, KY, 403360000 (Not verified, may not be correct). So that may account for part of what I am seeing. This distillery makes a wide variety of whiskeys using different grains, including Triple Smoke, a malt whiskey; Wry Moon Unaged Rye Whiskey; a quinoa whiskey; Rasputin, a hopped whiskey, Graniac 9 Grain Bourbon, Blackberry Farm Tennessee Bourbon and they have plans for many other whiskeys including an oatmeal stout and a chocolate mocha porter. Please email us at Info@DistilleryTrail.com. - KY1. No tours mentioned, 2283 Ballardsville Rd, Eminence, KY, 400190000. DSP Numbers in Kentucky Pre-Prohibition Distilleries This list is made using the information from Mida's Criteria Financial Index Directory of Wholesale Distillers, Importers and Wine Growers, 1909. Conde Nast Traveler's list of places to see in 2023 includes Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky home to distilleries . 2014 - 2023 VinePair Inc. Made In NYC, Bartenders: Now's Your Chance To Experience Barbados, The Major Kentucky Distilleries and the Bourbon Brands They Produce, Mapped | VinePair, https://vinepair.com/articles/kentucky-bourbon-distilleries-map/, wbs_cat Spirit, wbs_type Bourbon, wbs_brand 1792 Bourbon, wbs_brand Angel\'s Envy, wbs_brand Bardstown Bourbon Company, wbs_brand Basil Hayden, wbs_brand Blade and Bow, wbs_brand Blanton\'s, wbs_brand Booker\'s, wbs_brand Buffalo Trace, wbs_brand Bulleit, wbs_brand Colonel E.H. Taylor, wbs_brand Cooper\'s Craft, wbs_brand Eagle Rare, wbs_brand Elijah Craig, wbs_brand Elmer T. Lee, wbs_brand Evan Williams, wbs_brand Four Roses, wbs_brand George T. Stagg, wbs_brand Heaven Hill, wbs_brand Jefferson\'s Reserve, wbs_brand Jim Beam, wbs_brand Johnny Drum, wbs_brand Kentucky Vintage, wbs_brand Knob Creek, wbs_brand Larceny, wbs_brand Maker\'s Mark, wbs_brand Michter\'s, wbs_brand New Riff Distilling, wbs_brand Noah\'s Mill, wbs_brand Old Bardstown, wbs_brand Old Fitzgerald, wbs_brand Old Forester, wbs_brand Old Grand-Dad, wbs_brand Pappy Van Winkle, wbs_brand Parker\'s Heritage Collection, wbs_brand Pure Kentucky, wbs_brand Rabbit Hole, wbs_brand Rock Hill, wbs_brand Rowan\'s Creek, wbs_brand Russell\'s Reserve, wbs_brand Town Branch, wbs_brand W.L. No mention of distilling on their website. 48 Hours in the Bourbon Capital of the World It's no surprise that Bardstown has been named one of the most beautiful small towns in America more than once. Coalition Whiskey. Explore the rich history and taste aged Kentucky bourbon. So bring the kids! Veer off course and visit these six non-trail distilleries, which make some of the best bourbons in all of Kentucky. Monday-Saturday: 9:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. EST It doesnt exist yet. Recently renovated. This map was created by a user. Bourbon Obsessed - Your resource for Kentucky Distilleries, Bourbon & More, GBRE, LLC (presumed to be Southern Soul Spirits). Restaurant, bar, gift shop. Lets take a look at this list of bourbon distilleries in Kentucky. WHERE: 715 Germantown Road, Maysville. 5.3% - Whiskey & Bourbon Distilleries in the US Annualized Market Size . Of course they have a gift shop as well. There are some Heaven Hill locations right in Louisville, but the Heritage Center is a little south. Woodford Reserve/Labrot & Graham(Brown Forman), Versailles, KY. Brown Forman's second Kentucky distillery makes Bourbons marketed under the Woodford Reserve brand. Founding Fathers Distillery. Coal Pick Distillery. 500 Gordon Ln, Shelbyville, KY, 400658269. The company is headquartered in Bardstown, Kentucky. Tours, tastings, fill your own. No tours. Tours, tastings, gift shop, bar. Elijah Craig plays a big role in the history and story of bourbon. This company is planning to release OCD #5 bourbon which appears to be distilled in-house. The DistilleryTrail newsletter to gets you the latest distilled spirits news, trends, jobs and events in your inbox. That production streams out of the states more than 70 licensed distilleries, a figure that has more than tripled in the last decade. Tours, tastings. Monday Saturday: 1 p.m. 9 p.m. EST Tours. In 2021 Kentucky distillers broke the regional record for the most barrels of bourbon filled in a year when they filled almost 2.5 million the third year in a row the total topped two million . American Stillhouse Tours (Clermont, Ky.) So, there are plenty on the list of Kentucky Distilleries that you probably havent heard of. Barton 1792 Distillery(Sazerac Co.), Bardstown, KY. Constellation Brands sold this Bardstown gem to Sazerac (owners of Buffalo Trace). Tours, tastings, gift shop, cocktail bar. That is Hillrocks definition. In 2012, the Pogue family opened a new distillery in Maysville where they make Limestone Landing Rye and Five Fathers Rye. Fort Nelson Distillery. Various tours and bourbon presentation. Not a distillery (anymore). New licensees appear, and then others just disappear. Here are the hours of operation: This distillery plans to make bourbon and rye.Limestone Branch Distillery, Lebanon, KY.