Kentucky Official Visitor's Guide - 2017 Kentucky Official Visitor's Guide
Top-Shelf Bourbon Tours
2016-12-14 03:13:23
In a state with 5 million barrels of bourbon aging to perfection at dozens of distilleries — under the watchful eyes of a handful of Master Distillers — you might expect there to be exemplary bourbon tours here. You’d be right.
Barton 1792
Bardstown
A distillery with an industrial feel, Bardstown’s oldest fully operating distillery gives visitors a chance to walk through the world’s largest palletized barrel aging warehouse on its 1792 Estate Tour. Go behind the scenes, see the World’s Largest Whisky Barrel and enjoy a complimentary tasting.
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Frankfort
The most award-winning distillery in Kentucky offers several one-hour, irresistibly themed tours: Trace Tour, the insider’s Hard Hat Tour, National Historic Landmark Tour (focusing on the years between 1933-1953), Bourbon Barrel Tour and Ghost Tour.
www.buffalotracedistillery.com
Jim Beam American Stillhouse
Clermont
Slip Behind the Beam for this private insider’s tour with 7th generation Master Distiller Fred Noe, featuring a bourbon-inspired lunch, barrel thieving, a guided tasting, commemorative bottle and storytime with the great-grandson of Jim Beam.
Maker’s Mark
Loretto
Want to see what most miss on their distillery tour? Book Beyond the Mark, an exclusive two-hour bourbon experience. Comfy clothing and closed-toe shoes are required as you veer way off the standard tour, climbing stairs and walking into the inner workings of the oldest operating distillery on its original site. This tour includes a set of wax-dipped rocks glasses.
Buffalo Trace, Frankfort.
The Evan Williams Bourbon Experience
Louisville
Journey back to where and when it all began — 1783 on Whiskey Row very near the same spot as the original distillery created by the legendary Evan Williams, Kentucky’s first commercial distiller. The Speakeasy and Mad Men-themed tasting room make this immersive experience unforgettable.
Wild Turkey
Lawrenceburg
A 90-minute VIP tour includes the distillery, sensory lab, cistern room, dump room, packaging and warehouse, and concludes at the award-winning visitor center, an architectural marvel offering sweeping views of rolling countryside and the Kentucky River. Tour includes a branded rocks glass to take home.
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Above, left to right: Maker's Mark, Loretto; Jim Beam, Clermont.
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