Every working bourbon distillery in Kentucky, mapped.
All 53 stops on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail — official, craft, and independent — built from five Kentucky road trips and 51 distillery visits. Filter by region, click any marker, and start planning your trip.
- Distilleries
- 53
- Louisville Area
- 21
- Bardstown & Loretto
- 9
- Central Bluegrass
- 14
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Louisville Area21
Bardstown & Loretto9
Central Bluegrass14
Northern Kentucky4
Western Kentucky5
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Kentucky Bourbon Trail by Region
louisville
- Angel's Envy — 500 E Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Old Forester — 119 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Evan Williams — 528 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Michter's Fort Nelson — 801 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Stitzel-Weller — 3860 Fitzgerald Rd, Shively, KY 40216
- Rabbit Hole — 711 E Jefferson St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Peerless Distilling — 120 N 10th St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Copper & Kings — 1121 E Washington St, Louisville, KY 40206
- Green River Tasting Room — 714 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Buzzard's Roost — 624 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Bardstown Bourbon Co. Louisville — 730 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Pursuit Spirits — 722 W Main St Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40202
- WhistlePig — The Vault — 403 E Market St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Whiskey Thief — 610 Nanny Goat Strut, Louisville, KY 40206
- Monk's Road Boiler House — 131 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Chicken Cock Circa 1856 (Louisville) — 821 E Market St, Louisville, KY 40206
- Left Bank & Safai Bourbon — 1001 Logan St, Louisville, KY 40204
- Kentucky Artisan Distillery — 6230 Old LaGrange Rd, Crestwood, KY 40014
- Jeptha Creed — 500 Gordon Ln, Shelbyville, KY 40065
- Bulleit Distilling — 3464 Benson Pike, Shelbyville, KY 40065
- Heaven's Door — 12606 Castle Hwy, Pleasureville, KY 40057
bardstown
- Jim Beam — 526 Happy Hollow Rd, Clermont, KY 40110
- Maker's Mark — 3350 Burks Spring Rd, Loretto, KY 40037
- Heaven Hill — 1311 Gilkey Run Rd, Bardstown, KY 40004
- Willett — 1869 Loretto Rd, Bardstown, KY 40004
- Bardstown Bourbon Co. — 1500 Parkway Dr, Bardstown, KY 40004
- Lux Row Distillers — 3050 E John Rowan Blvd, Bardstown, KY 40004
- Log Still — 1688 New Haven Rd, New Haven, KY 40051
- Preservation Distillery — 426 Sutherland Rd, Bardstown, KY 40004
- Chicken Cock Circa 1856 (Bardstown) — 103 E Stephen Foster Ave, Bardstown, KY 40004
bluegrass
- Buffalo Trace — 113 Great Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, KY 40601
- Woodford Reserve — 7855 McCracken Pike, Versailles, KY 40383
- Four Roses — 1224 Bonds Mill Rd, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
- Wild Turkey — 1417 Versailles Rd, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
- Castle & Key — 4445 McCracken Pike, Frankfort, KY 40601
- J Mattingly 1845 — 20 Reilly Rd, Frankfort, KY 40601
- Town Branch — 401 Cross St, Lexington, KY 40508
- James E. Pepper — 1228 Manchester St, Lexington, KY 40504
- Fresh Bourbon Distillery — 377 E Main St, Lexington, KY 40507
- Barrel House Distilling — 1200 Manchester St, Lexington, KY 40504
- RD1 Spirits — 113 Turner Commons Way Suite 110, Lexington, KY 40508
- Hartfield & Co — 320 Pleasant St, Paris, KY 40361
- Bluegrass Distillers at Elkwood Farm — 158 W Leestown Rd, Midway, KY 40347
- Wilderness Trail — 4095 Lebanon Rd, Danville, KY 40422
northern
- New Riff Distillery — 24 Distillery Way, Newport, KY 41073
- Pensive Distilling Co. — 720 Monmouth St, Newport, KY 41071
- Second Sight Spirits — 301 Elm St, Ludlow, KY 41016
- Wenzel Distillery — 412 Madison Ave, Covington, KY 41011
western
- Green River Distilling Co. — 10 Distillery Rd, Owensboro, KY 42301
- Bard Distillery — 5080 Hwy 175 South, Graham, KY 42344
- Casey Jones Distillery — 2815 Witty Lane, Hopkinsville, KY 42240
- MB Roland — 37 Gaines Penn Rd, Pembroke, KY 42266
- Southern Kentucky Distillery — 4890 Albany Rd, Burkesville, KY 42717
The map is step one. Here’s what comes next.
Best Distillery Tours in Louisville
If you're basing out of Louisville, start here. Eighteen distilleries within a ten-minute drive — these are the tours worth booking first.
Read the guideWhen to GoBest Time to Visit the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
Bourbon trail season runs April through October. The sweet spot is mid-September through October — and there's one weekend you should avoid.
Read the guideLouisville Area (21)
Whiskey Row downtown plus the Butchertown, NuLu, and Shively distilleries — the densest cluster on the trail.
Bardstown & Loretto (9)
The historic Kentucky Bourbon Trail heartland: Jim Beam, Maker's Mark, Heaven Hill, Willett, and Lux Row within an easy day's drive of each other.
Central Bluegrass (14)
Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, and Lexington — the postcard distilleries: Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Four Roses, Wild Turkey, and Castle & Key.
Northern Kentucky (4)
The Cincinnati-adjacent craft scene: Newport, Covington, and Ludlow distilleries you can hit on a weekend trip from the north.
Western Kentucky (5)
Owensboro and the western counties — historic Green River Distilling plus the craft producers off the main trail.
Planning the trail.
The questions first-timers ask before booking the trip.
The official Kentucky Bourbon Trail® passport features 18 member distilleries, with another roughly 20 craft distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour®. Counting independent producers and brand tasting rooms, there are over 50 working bourbon distilleries across Kentucky — all 53 are on the map above.
Realistically, no. Most distillery tours run 60–90 minutes, and the legacy distilleries are spread across a 90-mile arc from Louisville to Lexington. You can hit two or three distilleries comfortably in a single day. A 3-day trip lets you cover the highlights without rushing — and that's what most first-timers should plan.
Most enthusiasts plan 4–7 days to visit all 18 official Kentucky Bourbon Trail distilleries with time to actually enjoy the tours, tastings, and meals between stops. A long weekend gets you a strong sampler. A full week lets you add craft distilleries and side trips through Bardstown and the Bluegrass region.
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail® passport includes 18 large legacy distilleries — Jim Beam, Maker's Mark, Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Wild Turkey, and others. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour® passport features smaller, independent producers like New Riff, Castle & Key, and Wilderness Trail. They're separate passports run by the Kentucky Distillers' Association.
Most travelers base out of either Louisville or Bardstown. Louisville gives you 18+ urban distilleries within walking distance plus restaurants and hotels at all price points — easiest for first-timers. Bardstown is smaller but sits at the geographic center of the legacy distilleries (Heaven Hill, Willett, Lux Row, Maker's Mark, and Jim Beam) and feels more historic.
April through October is peak season. Early fall (mid-September through October) is the sweet spot — comfortable weather, fall foliage in the Bluegrass region, and most distilleries are running active production. Avoid the Kentucky Bourbon Festival weekend in mid-September if you don't enjoy crowds.
Yes, especially for the popular distilleries. Buffalo Trace, Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve, and Jim Beam regularly sell out two to four weeks in advance during peak season. Smaller craft distilleries usually have day-of availability. Book the must-visits first and fill the gaps as you go.
Tour pricing ranges from free (Buffalo Trace's standard tour) to $30–50 for premium experiences. Budget $200–400 per person for tours over a 3-day trip, plus lodging ($150–300/night), food, and your bourbon purchases. A long weekend typically runs $800–1,500 per person all-in.
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