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    Wild Turkey

    4.5 (318 reviews)
    ModerateDistilleries
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Art B.

    Not my favorite bourbon due to some college high jinx. However the facility is amazing. Another place I want to hang in the fall with a fire. The staff was unbelievably awesome and talked us through our tasting. Another great stop in bourbon country.

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    Rob P.

    Josh was an amazing tour guide. If I'm being honest some of my favorites come from B.T. but after experiencing everything you guys had to offer I think I'm going to have more Russell's on my shelf. This tour was so much better than the big guys down the street. I appreciate you have a distillery only bottle for purchase. The lounge & tasting rooms are beautiful. I couldn't see the rick due to lightning but I want to come back again.

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    Paul M.

    Amazing property and beautiful views. Staff were all friendly and welcoming. The inside is very posh and elegant but with a relaxed vibe. Tour: Born from the barrel tour. I would not recommend for your first ever distillery tour since you don't see the actual production and making of bourbon. This tour included more history and behind the scenes at Wild Turkey. You start by visiting a Rick house. Amazing to see the down and dirty time tested process of aging bourbon. Next we traveled to the historic cabin. Great history and pictures inside. Concluding with a private tasting back at the main distillery. Great pours that concluded with a Russell's 13. Yummy. Our tour guide Kevin was awesome. He was both educational and entertaining. The little bus they drove us around in was very comfortable and temperature controlled. I would highly recommend this tour if you want to experience something different and really personal and interactive. Don't forgot to grab a drink in the lounge and enjoy the amazing views!

    View of the bridge
    Ron A.

    We finally checked Wild Turkey off our Bourbon Trail list, and it was absolutely worth the stop. Whether you're a fan of their bourbon or not, the views from the distillery alone make the trip worthwhile. The scenery is stunning. Of course, we didn't come just for the views--we came to taste the whiskey. My wife, our two traveling companions, and I signed up for the Wild Turkey Premium Bourbon Tasting. Thanks to our fantastic host, we had a great time sampling four different Wild Turkey offerings. Choosing a favorite was honestly the hardest part. After learning about and enjoying the various bourbons, we headed to the gift shop, where my wife found more than a few must-have items. We wrapped up our visit by relaxing on the outdoor deck, taking in the beautiful views of the bridge over the Kentucky River. A great stop on the trail--highly recommend!

    Front entrance
    Ashleigh H.

    These guys know there stuff! So knowledgeable and go into great detail! We learned a lot and were really impressed! That grounds are great! Would be a fun place to host a bachelor party! Huge outside fire place, plenty of seating and a beautiful bar with cute servers! For food we grabbed a bag of their peanut brittle and we all loved it!!

    Erin G.

    This was our second time here first time to the new distillery and it is gorgeous. Bo was our tour guide and he did an amazing job sharing the history of the place, whiskey and some personal stories about the Russell's. I am also happy to say, no mention of 51% corn, new American oak... We booked the Born from the Barrel btw. We got a tour via bus and by feet of the original rickhouse, one of the oldest buildings on the property (Actual where we met Jimmy Russel on our last tour) and finished it off with a tasting of the older stuff. Not to mention, an option to buy Russell's 13 year. Which I of course did. Overall an outstanding time and definitely one of my favorite tours of a legacy distillery.

    Sarah M.

    My husband and I toured here with our friends during a trip to Louisville a couple weekends ago. My husband and I stopped to use the restroom on the way to the distillery and then our estimated arrival changed to be 4 minutes behind our tour start. I had tried to call ahead of time to see what our options were, but could not find a phone number on Google or my email with our ticket confirmation, so we assumed that we would just miss the entire tour. However, the staff were so kind and accommodating and had the bus come back to pick us up so we could meet the rest of our group when they came out from the distillery part of the tour and join in for the rick house portion. The property is beautiful and I especially loved the outside patio area where you can take cocktails or pours of bourbon outside to sip in the sun. They have a great variety of items in the gift shop and the place was spotless. My best friend and I each got a manhattan with a cherry (we didn't love how mushy the cherries were though) and our husbands got pours of bourbon. The only thing I didn't care for was the "joke" our tour guide made comparing his ex-wife to the bitter taste of a bourbon left too long in the barrel during the rick house portion. Not one person laughed and he joked that "no one caught his joke." Someone else in the group said "no, we all understood it" aka it was not funny. I really hope he doesn't try to make this a regular "joke" during his tours, but he said it was only his third week and hopefully he was just testing stuff out.

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    Jill R.

    Top notch. The tour was thorough. Enjoyed learning so much about the history and the process. Our guide was knowledgeable and made it fun at the same time. Visitor Center, patios, gift shop, bar and tasting rooms are gorgeous. Super modern vibe. Beautiful setting to enjoy really good bourbon. Tasting and tour here was a treat! Def recommend.

    American Honey
    Travis B.

    American Honey: Wild Turkey's beginnings date back to 1869 when the Ripy brothers opened the family distillery on Wild Turkey Hill in Lawrenceburg, KY. The original recipe for American Honey wasn't crafted until over 100 years later in the 1970's by Wild Turkey distiller Jimmy Russell. Beginning with the bottle, I have to say that I love the design, which is both simple and elegant. Only complaint is I wish there was something that made it stand out more as a honey whiskey, such as an image of a bee. As expected, it has a sweet honey flavor and aroma accompanied by a burning kick from the whiskey. I enjoyed it both neat and mixed with a diet cola. Texturally, it has a somewhat thicker mouthfeel than other whiskies, but not to the point where it's syrupy like schnapps. American Honey is 71 proof and 35.5%alc/vol. I also appreciate that they are transparent with the nutritional information. The added sugar brings a 1.5oz serving to 143 calories. If you have a sweet tooth like me, check this out for your next buzz (pun intended). Doughboy approved Doughboy_Food_Reviews 4.5 but will round to 5

    The charcuterie board- delicious!
    Liv L.

    Such a fun stop! We got a drink from the bar (you get to keep the glass- win!) and ordered a charcuterie board to eat on the patio. The drinks and food were excellent and the patio had a lovely view! Highly recommend for a stop even if you don't take a tour

    Robert D.

    Must stop when you're on the bourbon trail. Even if you're not a wild turkey fan this place has some killer views where you can sit and enjoy some bourbon. The staff was nice and attentive and helped me choose a bottle I couldn't find in Florida. Will come back and do a tour.

    Upstairs bar at visitor center
    Rose F.

    We were looking forward to seeing the new distillery and visitor center on our trip back to Bardstown. What a beautiful job! Dwight was our tour guide and he was amazing - knowledgeable, interesting, funny and overall nice guy! He was very passionate about Wild Turkey and all of the brands they sell. Before our tour we tried the Russell 13 year (unable to purchase) at the bar above the gift shop. It was so smooth and if you can find it, grab it!! Make sure you add this stop to your next trip!

    K G.

    This was one of three stops that we went on during a bourbon tour that we selected where we booked three distilleries. This was our third stop. It was our third tasting and we chose this place because someone in our group wanted to go here. It was the most disappointing of the three we chose. It was by far the shortest of all our tours/tastings and felt it was the least personal. It was also only 30 minutes long and felt rushed like "if you want to buy go to the gift shop vibe". It also felt the most corporate of all the tastings we were on. When I found out that they were corporately owned, it all made sense because something was seriously missing IMHO here. The ambience is impressive because they spent a lot of money on this place. I personally was not impressed, but that's just me. It had a nice view of the river. We had a tasting of the 13 year and were told we couldn't buy it ( probably to create a FOMO effect) although read a review of someone a month ago when this was available. IMHO the corporate people running this place are massively failing in the hospitality aspect and the FOMO effect isn't working because it's not genuine or transparent. It's an ultimate fail. I would give this a 3.5 rating and was more disappointing than I expected. Rounding up but not sure why. IMHO I would definitely skip this place. What I learned on this trip is that the smaller places are SO much better!

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    Great experience and would recommend a tour! Loved to tasting at the en, was a highlight of the experience.

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    Tour guide was excellent. Lots of history here. Gift area was nice and moderately priced.

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    The tour experience & visitor's center is well worth your time. Make sure Wild Turkey is a stop on your bourbon tour!

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    Four Roses Distillery - Oakspire 9% ABV collaboration between Four Roses Bourbon Distillery and New Belgium Brewery.

    Four Roses Distillery

    4.4(532 reviews)
    5.4 mi
    $$

    We came back to Four Roses for a second visit because some of our friends had never been, and it…read morewas just as enjoyable as we remembered. Even though some of the buildings were under construction during the summer, the experience was still excellent. Our tour guide did a great job sharing the history of the distillery and explaining the different bourbon flavor profiles during the tasting. He made everything easy to understand, whether you were new to bourbon or had done a few distillery tours before. One of my favorite parts was the welcome cocktail at the beginning--it was really tasty and a fun way to kick off the tour. The tasting itself was well done, and the staff throughout the distillery were friendly and welcoming. The gift shop is also worth checking out. It's one of the larger ones we've visited, with lots of bourbon, merchandise, and unique goodies to browse. Overall, another great experience, and I'd definitely recommend stopping here if you're touring the Bourbon Trail.

    This is a fun and beautiful distillery!…read more I've been twice now, 10 years apart, and they have done SO MUCH work on the property. The tour was great, even though we had terrible weather with a big storm coming through. The tour guide was knowledgeable and friendly and answered all of my questions without hesitation. The tasting room is super nice and there is plenty of space for a big group so you aren't crowded. I loved that they teach you about the different mashbills and how to tell which is which on their bottles. They have a lot of great items in the gift shop - I bought my dad a shirt and also got one for myself, along with a little baby snifter. Come check it out, you'll be glad that you did!

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    Larrikin Bourbon Company

    4.7(33 reviews)
    0.8 mi

    We Love Larrikin! We decided to include Larrikin on our…read morestops based on recommendations from social media, so we didn't know what to expect! We are so glad we stopped and are now huge fans of not only the bourbon, but the overall vibe and employees! Upon arriving there was a woman loading bottles of alcohol in the back of their SUV and we joked back and forth with her about doing tastings out of the back of her car. Little did we know it was the co-owner, Katie! This interaction set the positive tone for our visit. As we entered, we were then warmly welcomed by several employees who gave us an introduction to the history of Larrikin and then escorted to the main tasting room bar. Several of us did tastings, while our wives enjoyed multiple specialty cocktails. Throughout our visit the employees would bring us additional tastes of things they liked and thought we would enjoy. These additional samples were a good way to share product and had us purchase additional items beyond the tasty bourbon. High-quality bourbons and spirits! As an Army veteran, I liked that Larrikin is veteran owned and operated! Additionally, I can totally relate to the definition of their name! We will include Larrikin as a regular stop on our visits to the Lexington area! Highly Recommend!

    Saw a card at a local brewery and drove out to this spot. It was a scenic drive. Beautiful spot in…read morethe country. Tastes are not free nor do you need to make a reservation. Gift shop leads to bar. Food truck outside that isn't open all day- closes later in afternoon. Don sidled up after we had our tastes and made us some beverages. He was really interesting and told us a lot about how the owners got started. Had a couple good tastes of bourbon (small batch, bottled in bond) and interesting ones (cigar lounge). Of course they were the most pricey... Also good gin (best mates) and runner ups (easy peasy). Left with some shirts, gin, bourbon crème, and some other swag. Would return!

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    Buffalo Trace Distillery

    Buffalo Trace Distillery

    4.7(948 reviews)
    12.0 mi
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    Our tour guide was Niki. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour of Buffalo Trace Distillery. Niki's…read moreHungarian heritage and her world history studies really enhanced the tour because of her vast knowledge of the long history of the distillery. She was genuinely a kind person. That kindness, along with her vast knowledge of the history of Buffalo Trace, made it a wonderful and worthwhile afternoon.

    And a Good Time Was Had by ALL!! First of all, the grounds…read moreare absolutely STUNNING! This would be a fabulous place to have an event! Their tours are free, which is very nice and unexpected! Especially given how nice the facility is and how well they do the tour and the tastings. All top-notch! Our tour guide was named Jay. He was kind of a low-key , laid back dude but he tried hard to entertain everyone. We were not able to get into one of the barrel rooms, but that was not his fault. Apparently they were in the middle of trying to fix something. But he was able to pivot and keep our tour going and keep it fun. The tasting was done very well. Everyone chose their favorite. We went to the on-site gift and liquor store before our tour and after and everyone working there have been trained well and were very friendly and helpful and accommodating. They have several items there that we cannot get around the area we live in and you may not have in your area either- so take advantage of buying it while you are there at the distillery. Highly recommend this tour!

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    The pairing Blantons Gold with a rosemary biscuit and bacon snack.

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    Willett Distillery

    4.5(279 reviews)
    37.7 mi
    $$

    We were in Kentucky for a Midwest/Southern reunion with friends after flying in from San Diego, and…read morevisiting the bourbon distilleries around Bardstown was one of the highlights of the trip. Out of all of them, Willett ended up being our favorite. We had Michael as our tour guide, and he was fantastic. The tour felt a little different from the others because we got to taste different bourbons throughout the tour instead of all at once at the end. Michael was gregarious, funny, and a great storyteller. He kept everyone engaged while sharing the history of the distillery, the bourbon-making process, and plenty of entertaining stories along the way. One of my favorite parts was seeing all of the photos of the distillery cats at the beginning of the tour. As cat lovers, we absolutely loved that. This distillery has clearly been blessed by some very cute feline employees! We enjoyed tasting the different bourbons, and while the gift shop wasn't huge, it had some really unique items. We even brought home a catnip toy for our two kitties. If you're visiting the Bardstown area, I highly recommend adding Willett to your list. It was easily our favorite distillery experience of the trip.

    Cute little area. Neat that they have a coffee shop on premises for those 10 am tastings. They…read morehave one or two bottles that I like. I wish their inside area was more welcoming and more space to sit and enjoy your tastings. We went in the little tasting bar and were kind of encouraged to take our flight and find a place elsewhere but there isn't anything inside and it was a hot one out. So we just sat in two chairs by the coffee bar and sipped.

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