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Bardstown Bourbon Company

4.8 (539 reviews)
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Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Updated 2 months ago

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Tastings at Bardstown
Wink B.

Second visit here. Not disappointed at all. We came to do barrel thieving tastings. What a blast. Alex was our host and she was super great. We learned a lot about the whole process and the taxes and all that and we got to taste from three different aged barrels and mash builds. Loved it! We also stopped in for Lunch at the restaurant there. Will took great care of us. It was a great afternoon. We'll be back to do it all again.

Melanie B.

This distillery is one of the newer ones - if not the newest. The main building is really nice! We checked in (we were taking a cocktail making class) and then looked around the store for a little bit and, of course, we bought a few things. I believe there were five or six couples in our cocktail class. We walked to another building (it was called a speakeasy, but the term was used loosely) to take the class. It had a bar and some nice comfy furniture in it and it was really nice! Michelle walked us through making two cocktails and did a great job explaining why things were done the way they were. It was fun to make them - and even better to drink them! I'd say it's definitely a good place to check out and learn highly recommend the cocktail class!

Inside the rickhouse
Kelsi H.

All around, a great experience! The entire facility has an elevated feel and you can tell they paid attention to the details. Great athletic! We ate lunch and then did a tasting and a tour. The lunch was spectacular. I highly recommend the Korean chicken bites and the bourbon cheese cake! We had a great waiter who was personable and accommodating to our needs. The tour of the facility was very cool as well. The guide was very knowledgeable and we got to try some bourbon straight from the barrel. I highly recommend this distillery! It was my favorite we visited.

Delicious Brussels sprouts with bacon and cheese
Holly T.

What a treasure! Nestled among the stored bourbon barrels you'll find a fantastic restaurant with great vibes. We stopped here for lunch on our way through town and had a great experience. Our server spent time with us, recommended her fave food and provided great all around friendly service. We shopped in the gift shop while waiting for our food and found fair pricing on merchandise, and walked away with a couple of bottles of course. My two dishes were incredibly delicious and the presentation made them even tastier- Brussels sprouts and caprese salad- see my pics. Restrooms are clean, love the "no touching" real moss wall, and parking is plentiful. We will return and I'd encourage everyone to check out this place!

Samantha E.

I visited Bardstown Bourbon Company on a recent trip to Louisville for the Bourbon trail. We did the Shaken not Stirred tour which was a hands on experience. You get to make two drinks and a bartender takes you through the art of drink making in detail. Bonus! You get to drink the two drinks you made! This is also the best place to eat and grab another drink after your tour in Bardstown. Great experience! Highly recommend visiting!

The Cocktail Menu
Jeff T.

A great place to visit. The Restaurant here is a must try! The staff are super friendly and the food is really good. The menu changes seasonally, so everything is fresh and you can try something different if you visit multiple times per year. Today, I tried the small Caesar salad and the Korean Fried Chicken Bites. Both were delicious and each looked beautiful when served. The Caesar dressing on the salad and the Gochujang Sauce on the Chicken were both really special. The bar is beautiful and the cocktail list is excellent. The restaurant is bright and clean with lots of seating. It's fun to shop in the store while waiting for your food to arrive. This is a wonderful experience and the restaurant is definitely worth visiting.

Ross T.

Beautiful, newly built distillery. Definitely has more of the Napa feel to it like they say the inspiration was for the property. The tour started off with a great sampling of various bourbons of theirs. We stayed after and checked out their restaurant which was amazing and their cocktails were even better! Highly recommend checking this newer distillery out if in the Bardstown area.

Fried chicken sandwich. That jalapeño aioli was yummmy!
Dean S.

Absolutely gorgeous buildings for a distillery. Book your tour as soon as possible if you're going to visit on the weekends. We made reservations for the restaurant which I am thankful for because they were so busy!! Very cool interior, not your standard barn with a remodeled interior. This place looks stunning inside. Every employee I talked to were some of the nicest folks. Gift shop was well stocked. Prices weren't too hateful. The chicken/cheese dip was sooooo tasty!

Sampling a barrel pick

Our tour guide, Macy, did a great job of explaining the history of the distillery and the distilling process. She was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and a lot of fun!

Jason J.

I'd been wanting to try Bardstown bourbon for a while, even have an unopened bottle of the wheated, but hadn't gotten to it yet. So I decided to just jump in with both feet and take a tour. One of the better tours for sure. And i was lucky enough to tour the rickhouse that had the speakeasy in it. I guess this doesn't happen every time. I got to try the entire origin series straight from the barrel and surprisingly decided i'd be buying the rye sometime. But you can get that most anywhere (and usually for less) so i picked up one bottle that was distillery only, and another from there collaborative series that was a little less than it is near me. The tour was great, the tour guide was great. Enjoyed myself here.

Fried catfish with collard greens and dirty rice! It's AWESOME!

Great experience! Very educational, loved learning about history of the distillery. The food, service and atmosphere in the restaurant were awesome! The staff members were very knowledgeable about the menu and cocktail options. The gift shop had a wide selection of gifts.

Barrel Thieving at Bardstown Distillery.
Ron S.

First visit to Bardstown and came away very impressed. Did the Rick house Barrel Thieving experience and loved it. Took place in one of the modern rick houses. Our guide Samantha was very knowledgeable and super nice. Got to experience some pours right out of the barrel. Only down side...very chilly in the rick house. Grounds were beautiful and physical gift shop bar area was beautiful.

John R.

From start to finish this place is amazing. In their words, the company is one that's more innovative, transparent and collaborative. You feel this from the kitchen which serves amazing food to the end product which they deliver to many brand names. The tour is excellent, and I was surprised how open it was. You could ask anything and touch nearly anything that was safe to touch. Why is that one pink in color as opposed to all the others? The customer wanted us to use popcorn in making it, that's why. The gift shop is great too. But if you are eyeing something, get it while it is in front of you. Their inventory isn't that deep with some items so you might be disappointed if you wait until later.

I so wanted to stroke the furry, er, mossy wall. But I didn't.

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Amazing state of the art facility! The shaken and stirred class was so fun! Highly recommend a tasting tour, you won't regret it!

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Their Core Four are all excellent! The tour of the distillery was very informative and the guide, Greg, made it a fun experience.

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Great bourbon mixes. Beautiful scenery/atmosphere. Interesting tour guide. Amazing exciting time.

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Did not do a tour, but we went for lunch and were able to get a flight of bourbon during our lunch! It was great!!

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Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience - You Do Bourbon Tour ($40/per)

Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience

4.1(285 reviews)
3.3 mi
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Beautiful tasting room and gift store. The staff is so friendly…read more The drinks aren't too bad either We got a smash burger and salad. Really good food.

First of all, I am a huge Heaven Hill fan and a self-appointed bourbon nerd and this tour is…read morecompletely worth it. What you get when you bottle your own is definitely one of a kind, they were pouring the first Elijah Craig rye while I was there. Also, this place is beautiful and you have to visit the bar upstairs after your tour. Completely worth it. However, the bourbon bubble is over for now. Less people drinking and willing to pay secondary prices. Furthermore, a lot of us have gotten pretty smart watching YouTube and reading about this amazing brown elixir. So, the 51% corn and new oak barrel stuff can probably be dropped, but tell me what is special about my choices. I also asked our friendly tour guy if HH was bringing back the 12 year age statement on the Elijah Craig and he responded 12 years? (A few years ago EC dropped the age statement, because bourbon was being sold so fast, they had difficulty obtain older bourbon for this brand). My point is be unique, tell me something that we don't know, what is HH doing to deal with the change in the bourbon trend, what is the new thing in bourbon. Take a tour of Wild Turkey Russel Reserve tour, they did it right.

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Willett Distillery - Patio

Willett Distillery

4.5(271 reviews)
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Great distillery and great bourbon! The food and service in their restaurant is too notch! I loved…read morethe atmosphere and the Old Fashioned was absolutely delicious! We were lucky enough to get a special release bottle at the gift shop while we were there.

With so many distilleries to tour in the area it's hard to choose which ones to go to if you're…read moregoing to do more than your just your favorite one. We chose the Willett Distillery because of it's location being close to where we were staying and the availability of tours. We timed it with lunch at The Bar at Willett and were so glad we did, the food was amazing. Our tour guide was a very knowledgeable and friendly young gal, the only issue was she seemed to be in a hurry. I understand timelines and we can't stay out there forever but there's got to be a better way to stay on track than checking your watch every 5 minutes! Her energy and enthusiasm sprinkled with a good sense of humor definitely added a nice touch to the otherwise generic tour. Thank goodness for one of the testers, he let us dip our fingers in the mash ton, something we learned to do on several other tours we've taken. It's a nice "odd" thing to offer, making for a more unique tour. The whiskey is good and the tastings are average pours with the price being average for a full tour. We enjoyed our time at Willett and would definitely visit again for the restaurant!

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