Notable Distillery Visits
Below are several notable distillery visits that we believe deserve a bit more recognition for their stellar tours. However, we can not place every distillery tour we have partaken in on this page, so additional tours and information can be found on Instagram.
Angel’s Envy Distillery
the PRIVATE SELECT TOUR
From the Angel’s Envy Distillery website: Go beyond the surface and take an in-depth look in the art and science of secondary maturation. This experience will leave you with a greater understanding of the innovative techniques that impact our Private Select Single Barrel flavors before and after the finishing process. Your tour will conclude with a tasting of three expressions including our Angel’s Envy Single Barrel Bourbon Finished in Port Barrels.
BARDSTOWN BOURBON COMPANY
RICKHOUSE BARREL THIEVING TOUR
From The Bardstown Bourbon Company website: Travel into our rick house and thieve three bourbons directly from the barrel. Explore the unique profiles and characteristics of our mash bills followed by a toast with our Fusion Series Bourbon.
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
You Do Bourbon
From the Heaven Hill Distillery website: You Do Bourbon is a 90 minute, completely unique experience where you can taste three different products specific to You Do Bourbon, choose your favorite and get the opportunity to bottle it and personalize it yourself. You will also explore the hands on You Do Bourbon lab.
James B. Beam Distilling Co.
Beam Made Bourbon Distillery Tour & Tasting
From the James B. Beam Distillery website: Take a journey through Beam history and discover how the First Family of Bourbon has been making American Whiskey for over two centuries. From Kentucky limestone filtered water to the heritage yeast Jim Beam himself drove to and from the distillery for safe keeping, you’ll experience every step of the process as you go behind the scenes to see what goes into making the World’s #1 Bourbon.
Maker’s Mark Distillery
THE Maker’s Mark Tour
From the Maker’s Mark Distillery website: Join us for The Maker’s Mark® Tour that will teach you about our history and how we make our bourbon. This tour is mostly outdoors (so dress weather appropriate), and consists of about 1/2 mile of walking. This tour will take you through our campus and a few of the production buildings. Of course, you’ll finish with a guided tasting. This tour will last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
MICHTER’S FORT NELSON DISTILLERY
Discovery Tour
From the Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery website: Discover Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery in downtown Louisville. Located in the historic Fort Nelson building on Main Street, this distillery is home to a legendary historic distillation system. Here you will learn about all of the extra steps Michter’s takes throughout the whiskey production process to pursue our goal of producing the greatest American whiskey, from barreling at a lower entry proof, to toasting our barrels before charring and heat cycling our warehouses. Your tour will conclude with a guided tasting of five Michter’s expressions.
OLD FORESTER DISTILLING CO
OLD FORESTER TOUR
From the Old Forester Distillery website: In 1870, George Garvin Brown signed and sealed Old Forester with a promise: a guarantee of the finest quality and utmost consistency. Five generations and 150 years later, we’ve returned to Whiskey Row. On your tour, see fermentation, distillation, barrel making, maturation & bottling. Tasting rotation changes and includes (4) expressions.
