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Kentucky Distilleries – Complete List
The complete list of all licensed Kentucky Distilleries
| Well known brands associated with the legal distillery name are in orange. Distilleries in red may not exist. Updated January 2022 | ||||
| Distillery Name | Parent Co | Comments | Address | |
| 27 Bar + Kitchen and Pensive Distilling Co. | Coast 2 Coast Cattle & Land Company, LLC | They are a restaurant and distillery. Tours start January 2022. $8. | 720 Monmouth St, Newport, KY | |
| Age International Inc | Age International Inc | Blanton’s, Ancient Age. Owned by Sazerac, but brands may be owned by Takara Shuzo, Ltd of Japan. No visitors. | Leestown Rd, Frankfort, KY, 40601‑0000 | |
| Alltech’s Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. | Alltech’s Beverage Division LLC | Town Branch Distillery & Alltech Brewery (Makers of Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale) | 401 Cross St, Downtown, Lexington, KY, 40508‑2806 | |
| Augusta Distillery | Augusta Sweet Water Holdings LLC | Under construction. Will be ready for first visitors in 2022. Buckner’s brand. | 207 Seminary Ave, Augusta, KY | |
| Baker‑Bird Winery / B. Bird Distillery | River Horse Inc | Winery with Distillery. Bourbon barrel aged wine and bourbon. Various tours and bourbon presentation. Sat & Sun only. | 4465 Augusta Chatam Road, Augusta, KY, 41002‑000 | |
| Balance Distilling Co. | Balance Distilling Co, LLC | No information available | 3558 Will Bohannon Rd, Smiths Grove, KY | |
| Barrel House Distilling Company | Woodshed Beverage Llc | Distillery, bar (The Elkhorn Tavern), small food menu, tours, tastings. | 1200 Manchester St, Bldg 9, Lexington, KY, 40508‑0000 | |
| Barrell Craft Spirits Distillery | Barrell Craft Spirits LLC | No visitor center, tours nor tastings. | 3311 Gilmore Ind Blvd Ste 3, Louisville, KY, 40213‑0000 | |
| Barton 1792 Distillery | Sazerac Distillers LLC | Gift shop, tours, tastings | 300 Barton Rd, Bardstown, KY, 40004‑0000 | |
| Bluegrass Distillers | Bluegrass Distillers LLC | Tours, tastings, very small bar. Fill your own bottle from the barrel. (may be on hold) | 501 W Sixth St Ste 165, Lexington, KY, 40508‑0000‑0000 | |
| Boone County Distilling Company | Boone County Distilling Company LLC | Gift shop, tours, tastings, cocktail bar. | 10601 Toebben Dr, Independence, KY, 41051‑0000 | |
| Boundary Oak Distillery | Boundary Oak Distillery LLC | Self guided tours, tasting | 2000 Boundary Oak Dr, Radcliff, KY, 40160‑8193 | |
| Bourbon 30 Spirits LLC | Bourbon 30 Spirits LLC | Gift shop and barrel tastings only | 130 S Water St, Georgetown, KY, 40324‑1361 | |
| Brough Brothers Distillery | Victory Global LLC | Make 1 bourbon and have tours on Saturdays | 1460 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY 40201 | |
| Brown‑Forman Corp | Brown‑Forman Distillery Inc | Brown Forman Corporate office | 850 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY, 40210‑0000 | |
| Brown‑Forman Distillery, Inc. | Brown‑Forman Distillery Inc | Brown-Forman Distillery (Formerly Early Times Distillery) (Location stated as Shively KY) Main production distillery for Old Forester, Woodford & others. No tours. | 2921 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY, 40216‑5245 | |
| Buffalo Trace Distillery | Buffalo Trace Distillery Inc | Gift shop, free tours, tastings. | 113 Great Buffalo Trce, Frankfort, KY, 40601‑2091 | |
| Casey Jones Distillery | Stillworks LLC | Tours, tastings. Moonshine and Bourbon. | 2815 Witty Ln, Hopkinsville, KY, 42240‑0000 | |
| Castle & Key | Peristyle LLC | Tours, tastings, gift shop, bar, light food. | 4445 Mccracken Pike, Frankfort, KY, 40601‑8233 | |
| Chrisman Mill Vineyards | Chrisman Mill Vineyards Inc | Winery. Hummingbird Ridge Distillery est 2018 produces rum and brandy. On site restaurant with limited hours. No distillery license as of January 2022 | 2385 Chrisman Mill Rd, Nicholasville, KY, 40356‑0000 | |
| Coal Pick Distillery | C&K Distillery LLC | Parent company C&K is in Indiana. Wheated bourbon now available. Contact address on website is: 555 Bourbon Street Paradise, Kentucky 42337. No mention of tours. | 1825 Log Creek Lane, Drakesboro, KY, 42337‑0000 | |
| Copper & Kings American Brandy Company | Copper & Kings American Brandy Company | No bourbon. Many spirits. Brandy, gin, absinthe, etc. Tours, tastings. | 1121 E Washington St, Louisville, KY, 40206‑0000 | |
| Crooked Tail Distilling Co LLC | Crooked Tail Distilling Co LLC | Probably closed. Little information available. Bar. May have made moonshine and have spirits aging. | 106 E Washington St, Princeton, KY, 42445‑2250 | |
| Diageo Americas Supply Inc | Diageo Americas Supply Inc | The Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience at Stitzel-Weller. Tours. | 3860 Fitzgerald Rd, Louisville, KY, 40216‑0000 | |
| Diageo Americas Supply Inc | Diageo Americas Supply Inc | Bulleit Distilling Company. Produces Bulleit Bourbon as well as other Diageo bourbons and whiskey. opened march 2017. Prior to this Bulleit Rye was made at MGP and Bulleit Bourbon was made at Four Roses. Tours. Cocktail bar. Gift shop. | 3900 Benson Pike, Shelbyville, KY, 40065‑0000 | |
| Diageo Lebanon Distillery | Diageo Americas Supply Inc | New Diageo distillery in 2021. No tours. | 100 Bourbon Dr., Lebanon, KY | |
| Dueling Barrels Brewing Company | Alltech’s Beverage Division LLC | Moonshine and Brewery. Tours. | 745 Hambley Blvd, Pikeville, KY, 41501‑0000 | |
| Dueling Grounds Distillery LLC | Dueling Grounds Distillery LLC | Bourbon and some other clear and flavored spirits; live music, bar, tours. | 208 Harding Rd, Franklin, KY, 42134‑2303 | |
| Flat Run Distillery, LLC | Flat Run Distillery, LLC | No information available. | 1497 Millersburg Rd, Paris, KY 40361 | |
| Four Roses Distillery | Four Roses Distillery Llc | Tours, tastings, gift shop, new visitor center (Dec 2021) | 1224 Bonds Mill Rd #327, Lawrenceburg, KY, 40342‑9734 | |
| Four Roses Distillery Llc | Four Roses Distillery Llc | Warehouse and Bottling Facility. Tours. | 624 Lotus Rd Highway 1604, Coxs Creek, KY, 40013‑0000 | |
| Fulton County Distillery | Jamieson’s Distillery Inc | May be called RH Resolute Distillery, Inc. It doesn’t exist yet. The corporate office is in Paducah. No website or information as of January 2022 | 3855 Kentucky Hwy 125, Hickman, KY, 42050‑0000 | |
| GBRE, LLC (presumed to be Southern Soul Spirits) | GBRE, LLC | Parent co in Atlanta. No idea what this is. Address maps to Southern Soul Spirits. | 450 Souther Soul Way, Lancaster, KY 40444 | |
| Glenns Creek Distilling LLC | Glenns Creek Distilling LLC | Tours, tastings. In the old Old Crow distillery. | 3501 Mccracken Pike, Frankfort, KY, 40601‑9231 | |
| Grease Monkey Distillery | Distilled Spirits Epicenter, LLC | At Moonshine University. No tours or tastings. | 801 S 8th St, Ste B, Louisville, KY, 40203‑2024 | |
| Green River Distilling Company, LLC | Green River Distilling Company, LLC | Formerly OZ Tyler. Tours, tastings, cocktail bar. | 10 Distillery Rd, Owensboro, KY | |
| Hartfield & Co Distillery | Buchanan Griggs Inc | Some unique tours including distiller for a day. Cocktail bar. | 108 E 4th St, Paris, KY, 40361‑1938 | |
| Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc | Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc | Old Bernheim Distillery – no tours or visitor center. D.S.P. – KY1. Largest single site bourbon distillery | 1701 W Breckenridge St, Louisville, KY, 40210‑1210 | |
| Heaven Hill Inc | Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc | No tours. Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience next door, barreling and bottling facility, warehouses. | 1064 Loretto Rd, Bardstown, KY, 40004‑0000 | |
| Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience | Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc | Not a distillery (anymore). Recently renovated. Visitor center. Tours. Gift shop. Tastings. Interactive exhibits. Next door to bottling facility and warehouses. | 1311 Gilkey Run Rd, Bardstown, KY 40004 | |
| Jackson Purchase Distillery | Jackson Purchase Distillery, LLC | Probably under construction. Website only says “A new way to rouse new make”. Craig Beam listed as master distiller. | 3855 Kentucky Hwy 125, Hickman, KY | |
| James Pepper Distilling Co | James Pepper Distilling Co LLC | Distillery, tours and tastings; small cocktail bar; gift shop | 1228 Manchester St, Lexington, KY, 40508‑0000 | |
| Jeptha Creed Distillery | Rut ‘N Strut Distillery LLC | Distillery, bar , small food menu,. Tours. Tastings. | 500 Gordon Ln, Shelbyville, KY, 40065‑8269 | |
| Jim Beam American Outpost | Jim Beam Brands Co | Tours, tastings, gift shop, visitor center, recently renovated. On-site restaurant. | 568 Happy Hollow Road, Clermont, KY,40110‑0000 | |
| Jim Beam Brands Co | Jim Beam Brands Co | Jim Beam Old Grand Dad Plant 3200 Georgetown Rd, Frankfort KY. No tours or tastings. | Georgetown Rd, Frankfort, KY, 40601‑0000 | |
| Jim Beam Brands Co | Jim Beam Brands Co | Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse. Small distillery, tastings, education, gift shop, bottle your own bourbon. CLOSED | 404 S 4th St, Louisville, KY, 40202‑0000 | |
| Jim Beam Brands Co | Jim Beam Brands Co | Jim Beam Booker Noe Plant . No tours. The Jim Beam American Stillhouse is 12 miles away | 1600 Lebanon Junction Rd, Boston, KY, 40107‑8550 | |
| Kentucky Artisan Distillery | Copperhead Distillery Company | Contract distillery. Home of Jefferson’s Bourbon. Tours, tastings, gift shop. | 6230 Old Lagrange Rd, Crestwood, KY, 40014‑9550 | |
| Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Ltd | Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, LTD. | Willett. Tours, tastings, gift shop, cocktail bar/restaurant | 1869 Loretto Rd, Bardstown, KY, 40004‑2200 | |
| Kentucky Mist Distillery | Kentucky Mist Distillery Lexington LLC | CLOSED. Moonshine and Vodka. May be just a store. Main location is in Whitesburg. Myrtle Beach locations too. | 120 Summit at Fritz Farm, Suite 155, Lexington, KY 40517 | |
| Kentucky Mist Moonshine | Kentucky Mist Moonshine Inc | Moonshine and Vodka. Probably have tastings. Don’t mention tours. May be closed. | 128 E Main St, Whitesburg, KY, 41858‑0000 | |
| Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company LLC | Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company LLC | Tours, Tastings. | 120 N 10th St, Louisville, KY, 40202‑2610 | |
| Kentucky Spirit Bottling Co LLC | Kentucky Spirit Bottling Co LLC | Old Carter Whiskey Co headquarters. No Tours. No Tastings. | 105 W. Market St., Louisville, KY 40202 | |
| Limestone Branch Distillery | Limestone Branch Distillery LLC | Tours, tastings, gift shop, small cocktail bar. Yellowstone, Minor Case | 1280 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Lebanon, KY, 40033‑1095 | |
| Lodestone Beverages | Loadstone LLC | No information as of January 2022. | 551 Tapp Rd Ste 3, Harrodsburg, KY | |
| Log Still Distilling | Log Still Distilling, LLC | Tastings. Entertainment venue. Bed & Breakfast. | 225 Dee Head Rd, New Haven, KY | |
| Louisville Spirits Group | Louisville Distilling Company LLC | Angel’s Envy Distillery (Bacardi). Tours, tastings, fill your own. | 500 E Main St, Louisville, KY, 40202‑0000 | |
| Lux Row Distillers | Lux Row Distillers LLC | Rebel Yell, Ezra Brooks, David Nicholson, Blood Oath. Tours, tastings, gift shop, bar. | 3050 E John Rowan Blvd, Bardstown, KY, 40004‑0000 | |
| Main St. Bourbon, LLC | Main St. Bourbon, LLC | No information available | 800 W Main St, Louisville, Ky 40202 | |
| Maker’s Mark Distillery Inc | Maker’s Mark Distillery Inc | Tastings, tours, gift shop. Restaurant/Bar on site. (no food available as of January 2022) | 3350 Burks Spring Rd, Loretto, KY, 40037‑0000 | |
| MB Roland Distillery | MB Roland Distillery Inc | Tastings, tours, gift shop. | 137 Barkers Mill Rd, Pembroke, KY, 42266‑9437 | |
| Metcalfe Landscaping & Garden Center | Metcalfe Landscaping & Garden Center | It’s a garden center, but they have a Class B distiller license and sampling license. No mention of distilling on their website. | 410 Princeton Rd, Madisonville, KY 42431 | |
| Michters Distillery | Michters Distillery LLC | Distillery. No tours or visitor center. | 2351 New Millennium Dr, Lots 3 & 4, Block 3281, Louisville, KY, 40216‑5161 | |
| Michters Distillery LLC | Michters Distillery LLC | Fort Nelson Distillery. Tastings, tours, cocktail bar, gift shop. | 801 W Main St, Louisville, KY, 40202‑0000 | |
| Neeley Family Distillery | Neeley Family Distilling LLC | They have tours and tastings, gift shop and bar. Moonshine, absinthe, and bourbon. | 4360 Ky Highway 1130, Sparta, KY, 41083‑9454 | |
| New Riff Distilling | New Riff Distilling LLC | Warehouse and Bottling Facility. Limited tours and tastings from the barrel. | 1050 Lowell St, Newport, KY, 41071‑0000 | |
| New Riff Distilling | New Riff Distilling LLC | Distillery, cocktail bar, tours, tastings, gift shop | 24 Distillery Way, Newport, KY, 41071‑0000‑0000 | |
| O.Z. Tyler Distillery (Now Green River Distlling) | TerrePURE Kentucky Distillers Inc | Distillery, tours, cocktail bar and tastings (Now Green River Distilling) | 10 Distillery Rd, Owensboro, KY, 42301‑0000 | |
| Old Blue Ribbon Farm | Meadowbrook Estates LLC | Wedding venue. Distillery closed in the 1960s but they do produce at least one bourbon now. No tours mentioned | 2283 Ballardsville Rd, Eminence, KY, 40019‑0000 | |
| Old Forester Distilling Co | Brown‑Forman Distillery Inc | Small distillery – main Old Forester production is at the Shively facility. Tours, tastings, gift shop, cocktail bar. Mini-cooperage. Small warehouse. | 119 W Main St, Louisville, KY, 40202‑0000 | |
| Old Louisville Whiskey Co. LLC | Beth Karaoud | Produce hand bottled small batch and single barrel whiskeys. Tours available. | 4427 Poplar Level Rd, Louisville, KY | |
| Old Pogue | The Old Pogue Distillery LLC | Tours, tastings, gift shop. Very steep driveway. | 715 Germantown Rd, Maysville, KY, 41056‑9777 | |
| Paducah Distilled Spirits | Paducah Distilled Spirits LLC | May be CLOSED. The Moonshine Company. Moonshine. Tours, tastings, gift shop. No longer has distiller license | 407 Jefferson St, Paducah, KY, 42001‑4336 | |
| Pauley Hollow Distillery LLC | Pauley Hollow Distillery LLC | Moonshine and Bourbon. No tours, tastings or gift shop listed. They appear to have the Moonshine Shack Tasting Room at The Shoppes at 225 according to their FB page | 91 Kate Camp Br, Forest Hills, KY, 41527‑8405 | |
| PCS Distilling Company | R Keith Hazelbaker Ventures Inc | Prohibition Craft Spirits. (aka NuLu) Spirits – Gin, Vodka, Rum, Reposado, bourbon, rye. Tours, tastings, bar. | 436 Baxter Ave, Louisville, KY, 40204 | |
| Rabbit Hole Distilling | Rabbit Hole Spirits LLC | Tours, tastings | 711 East Jefferson St, Louisville, KY, 40206‑0000 | |
| Route 52 Moonshine, LLC | Route 52 Moonshine, LLC | Kentucky Mountain Moonshine. Clear and flavored moonshine. Now have tours & tasting Sat 12-5 and by appointment. (Call to check address before you go) | 465 Beattyville Rd, Irvine, KY, 40336‑0000 (Not verified, may not be correct) | |
| Saddlestone Distillery | Saddlestone Distillery LLC | Equus Run Vinyards. Winery with tours and tastings. A distillery will have brandy and agave spirits at some point. | 1280 Moores Mill Rd, Distillery Building, Midway, KY, 40347‑0000 | |
| Second Sight Spirits | Second Sight Spirits, LLC | Ultra-small batch Bourbon and other spirits, mainly rum. Tours and tastings. | 301 B Elm St, Ludlow, KY, 41016‑0000 | |
| Silent Brigade Distillery | Silent Brigade Distillery Inc | Distillery, bar, live music. Tours and tastings listed but no specifics given. Moonshine and a straight bourbon. | 426 Broadway St, Paducah, KY, 42001‑0734 | |
| Six Mile Creek Distillery (Heaven’s Door) | Patriot Brands LLC | Distillery, gift shop, lodging. Tours and lodging info not currently listed. Bourbon, rye, gin, vodka. Became Heaven’s Door Distillery (Bob Dylan) | 12606 Castle Hwy, Pleasureville, KY, 40057‑0000 | |
| Smith Holler Distillery | Smith Holler, LLC | May still be in progress. Little information available. | 305 Lynn St, Cloverport, KY 40111 | |
| The Bard Distillery | The Bard Distillery LLC | Tastings, tours and gift store. | 5080 State Route 175 S, Graham, KY, 42344-0000 | |
| The Bardstown Bourbon Company, LLC | The Bardstown Bourbon Company, LLC | Distillery, restaurant, shop, bar, tours, experiences and tastings. | 1500 Parkway Dr, Bardstown, KY, 40004‑0000‑0000 | |
| The Evan Williams Bourbon Experience | Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc | Small artisanal distillery, tours, tastings, cocktail bar, gift shop. | 528 W Main St, Louisville, KY, 40202‑2920 | |
| The Glenmore Distillery | Sazerac Distillers LLC | Bottling and warehouses for Sazarac. No distilling. No tours. | 2001 E 4th St, Owensboro, KY, 42303‑0000 | |
| The Still at Blue Rock Distillery | Ambrabev, LLC | Was AMBRAbev distillery. Make BOTECO Vodka and Espirito Cachaca. Restaurant, bar, gift shop. No tours, but viewing area from restaurant/bar. | 522 Techwood Dr, Danville, KY, 40422‑0000 | |
| Tyler Wood White Whiskey | Tyler Wood Distilling Co., LLC | Flagship is white whiskey. Bourbon in progress. No tours or tastings mentioned. | 103 White Whiskey Rd, Lewisburg, KY, 42256‑0000 | |
| Washtucky Holdings LLC | Washtucky Holdings LLC | No information | 955 Chenault Rd. Frankfort, KY 40601 | |
| Wadelyn Ranch Distilling | Wadelyn Ranch Distilling LLC | CLOSED – Distillery, bourbon, clydesdales. No tours or tastings. No valid license. | 383 Clydesdale Rd, Waynesburg, KY, 40489‑7900 | |
| Whiskey Thief Distilling Company | Whiskey Thief Distilling Company Inc | Three Boys Farm Distillery. Bourbon, Rye, Flavored whiskeys. Tastings & Tours. | 283 Crab Orchard Rd, Frankfort, KY, 40601‑9185 | |
| Whiskeycraft | Preservation Distillery LLC | Tours and tastings. Makes Very Olde St. Nick, Cowboy Little Barrel, Wattie Boone & Sons. | 426 Sutherland Rd, Bardstown, KY, 40004 | |
| White Dog Trading and Storage, LLC | White Dog Trading and Storage, LLC | They provide new fill barrels, aged spirits and storage to people with brands or wanting to start one. No tours or tastings mentioned. | 167 Mckinney Ave, Midway, KY 40347 | |
| Wild Turkey Distillery | Campari America LLC | Tours, tastings, bar, gift shop. | 1417 Versailles Rd.Lawrenceburg, KY, 40342‑9624 | |
| Wildcat Willy’s Distillery | Willy’s Distillery LLC | Craft farm to bottle distillery and farm to table restaurant. Moonshine and bourbon. No tours mentioned. | 31 E Broadway St., Winchester, KY 40391 | |
| Wilderness Trail Distillery | Wilderness Trace Distillery LLC | Tours, tastings, gift shop. On site microbiology lab and largest number of stored yeast strains in the world. | 4095 Lebanon Rd, Danville, KY, 40422 | |
| William Tarr Distillery | RD#1 Bourbon, LLC | Tasting room, bar, gift shop. | 1170 Manchester Pl Ste 190, Lexington, KY 40508 | |
| Woodford Reserve Distillers Company | Brown‑Forman Distillery Inc | Tours, tastings, cafe (currently closed), gift shop. | 7855 McCracken Pike, Versailles, KY, 40383‑0000 | |