Series of distilleries offering guided tours, tastings, and insights into the craftsmanship and heritage of bourbon production.
General Information
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail (sometimes informally shortened to "the Bourbon Trail") is the name of a program sponsored by the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) to promote the Bourbon whiskey industry in Kentucky.
The KDA launched the Kentucky Bourbon Trail program in 1999. At the time, it included seven of the eight distilleries in the region. In August 2012, the Town Branch Distillery was added to the trail, bringing the number of distilleries back to seven. The Heaven Hill Evan Williams distillery in Louisville was added in May 2013, expanding the primary tour program to include eight destinations. In 2014, The Bulleit Experience at Stitzel-Weller Distillery joined the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, raising the number to nine destinations. In June 2018, Old Forester opened an urban distillery in downtown Louisville and became a member of the Bourbon Trail. O.Z. Tyler Distillery in Owensboro joined the same month. In July 2018, the KDA announced that Lux Row Distillers would be added to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
In October 2012, the KDA announced that it would expand the Kentucky Bourbon Trail program to include a new "Craft Tour" of seven artisan distilleries.
The KDA opened an official welcome center for the Bourbon Trail in August 2018 at the Frazier History Museum in downtown Louisville.
As of 2019, the destinations on the main Bourbon Trail are:
- Angel's Envy Distillery in Louisville
- Bardstown Bourbon Company in Bardstown
- Bulleit Distilling Co. in Shelbyville
- Bulleit Frontier Experience at the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience in Louisville
- Four Roses Distillery in Lawrenceburg
- Heaven Hill Visitor Center in Bardstown
- Jim Beam American Stillhouse in Clermont
- Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse in Louisville
- Lux Row Distillers in Bardstown
- Maker's Mark Distillery in Loretto
- Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery in Louisville
- Old Forester Distilling Co. in Louisville
- O.Z. Tyler Distillery in Owensboro
- Rabbit Hole Distillery in Louisville
- Town Branch Distillery in Lexington
- Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg
- Woodford Reserve Distillery near Versailles
The members of the Bourbon Trail "Craft Tour" are:
- Barrel House Distilling Co. in Lexington
- Bluegrass Distillers in Lexington
- Boone County Distilling Co. in Boone County
- Boundary Oak in Radcliff
- Casey Jones in Hopkinsville
- Dueling Grounds Distillery in Franklin
- Hartfield & Co. in Paris
- James E. Pepper in Lexington
- Jeptha Creed Distillery in Shelbyville
- Kentucky Artisan Distillery in Crestwood
- Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company in Louisville
- Limestone Branch Distillery in Lebanon
- MB Roland Distillery, Pembroke (Christian County)
- Neeley Family Distillery in Sparta
- New Riff Distillery in Newport
- Old Pogue Distillery in Maysville
- Preservation Distillery in Bardstown
- Second Sight Spirits in Ludlow
- Wilderness Trail Distillery in Danville
- Willett Distillery in Bardstown
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Kentucky Bourbon Trail" which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
