Buffalo Trace Distillery
Frankfort, KY
One of America's oldest continuously operating distilleries, on the banks of the Kentucky River in Frankfort.
Est. 1775DSP-KY-11320 brands
Owned by Sazerac Company
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Heaven Hill Bernheim Distillery
Louisville, KY
Heaven Hill's Louisville production distillery, purchased in 1999 after the 1996 Bardstown fire.
Est. 1992DSP-KY-116 brands
Owned by Heaven Hill Brands
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Bourbon TrailJim Beam American Stillhouse (Clermont)
Clermont, KY
The Beam family's flagship Clermont distillery, producing Jim Beam, Knob Creek and Booker's.
Est. 1935DSP-KY-2307 brands
Owned by Suntory Global Spirits
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Bourbon TrailLux Row Distillers
Bardstown, KY
Luxco's own Bardstown distillery, opened in 2018, home of Ezra Brooks and Rebel.
Est. 2018DSP-KY-200557 brands
Owned by Luxco
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Bourbon TrailWillett Distillery
Bardstown, KY
Family distillery on the original Willett property, distilling again since 2012 after decades of sourcing and bottling.
Est. 1936DSP-KY-786 brands
Owned by Willett Distillery (Kentucky Bourbon Distillers)
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Ross & Squibb Distillery (MGP)
Lawrenceburg, IN
The Lawrenceburg, Indiana distillery formerly known as LDI/MGP that supplies whiskey to hundreds of non-distilling producers.
Est. 1847DSP-IN-155 brands
Owned by MGP Ingredients
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Bourbon TrailBarton 1792 Distillery
Bardstown, KY
Bardstown's oldest fully operating distillery, producing 1792 Bourbon and Very Old Barton.
Est. 1879DSP-KY-124 brands
Owned by Sazerac Company
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Brown-Forman Distillery (Shively)
Louisville, KY
Brown-Forman's large Louisville production distillery, historically known as Early Times.
Est. 1935DSP-KY-3544 brands
Owned by Brown-Forman Corporation
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Bourbon TrailJames B. Beam Distilling Co.
Clermont, KY
The Clermont home of Jim Beam and the Small Batch Collection, operated by the Beam family for seven generations.
Est. 1935KY-2304 brands
Owned by Suntory Global Spirits
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Bourbon TrailWild Turkey Distillery
Lawrenceburg, KY
Ridge-top distillery above the Kentucky River, long associated with Jimmy and Eddie Russell.
Est. 1869DSP-KY-34 brands
Owned by Campari Group
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Bourbon TrailBardstown Bourbon Company
Bardstown, KY
Large modern distillery producing whiskey for dozens of brands alongside its own labels.
Est. 2016DSP-KY-200493 brands
Owned by Bardstown Bourbon Company
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Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. (George Dickel)
Tullahoma, TN
Tennessee distillery in Tullahoma producing George Dickel, chill-charcoal mellowed.
Est. 1878DSP-TN-22 brands
Owned by Diageo
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Jack Daniel Distillery
Lynchburg, TN
Tennessee whiskey distillery at Cave Spring Hollow, registered in 1866.
Est. 1866DSP-TN-12 brands
Owned by Brown-Forman Corporation
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Bourbon TrailKentucky Peerless Distilling Co.
Louisville, KY
Louisville craft distillery that reclaimed the historic Peerless DSP-KY-50 permit number.
Est. 2015DSP-KY-502 brands
Owned by Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co.
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A. Smith Bowman Distillery
Fredericksburg, VA
Virginia distillery owned by Sazerac that redistills and bottles spirit including Bowman Brothers and Abraham Bowman.
Est. 1935DSP-VA-11 brand
Owned by Sazerac Company
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Bourbon TrailAngel's Envy Distillery
Louisville, KY
Downtown Louisville distillery founded by the Henderson family, known for port-barrel finishing.
Est. 2016DSP-KY-200311 brand
Owned by Bacardi Limited
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Balcones Distillery
Waco, TX
Waco distillery known for blue corn whisky and Texas single malt.
Est. 20081 brand
Owned by Balcones Distilling
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Ben Milam Distillery
Blanco, TX
Hill Country distillery in Blanco, Texas producing the Milam & Greene whiskeys.
Est. 20181 brand
Owned by Milam & Greene Whiskey
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Bourbon TrailBoone County Distillery
Independence, KY
Northern Kentucky distillery reviving the legacy of the 1833 Petersburg Distillery.
Est. 20151 brand
Owned by Boone County Distilling Co.
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Bourbon TrailBulleit Distilling Co.
Shelbyville, KY
Diageo's Shelbyville, Kentucky distillery opened in 2017 for Bulleit Bourbon.
Est. 2017DSP-KY-200471 brand
Owned by Diageo
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Castle & Key Distillery
Frankfort, KY
Restoration of E.H. Taylor Jr.'s Old Taylor Distillery, with its castle, springhouse and sunken gardens.
Est. 1887DSP-KY-200331 brand
Owned by Castle & Key Distillery
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Chattanooga Whiskey Distillery
Chattanooga, TN
Downtown Chattanooga distillery producing high-malt Tennessee bourbon.
Est. 20151 brand
Owned by Chattanooga Whiskey Company
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Corsair Distillery
Nashville, TN
Nashville craft distillery known for experimental smoked and alternative grain whiskeys.
Est. 20081 brand
Owned by Corsair Distillery
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FEW Spirits Distillery
Evanston, IL
Small distillery in Evanston, Illinois, a town that was dry until 1972.
Est. 20111 brand
Owned by FEW Spirits
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Firestone & Robertson Distillery
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth distillery producing TX Whiskey on a hilltop ranch campus.
Est. 20101 brand
Owned by Pernod Ricard
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Bourbon TrailFour Roses Distillery
Lawrenceburg, KY
Spanish Mission-style distillery in Lawrenceburg producing ten recipes from two mash bills and five yeasts.
Est. 1910DSP-KY-271 brand
Owned by Kirin Holdings
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Frey Ranch Distillery
Fallon, NV
Estate distillery in Nevada's Lahontan Valley growing all four of its own grains.
Est. 20141 brand
Owned by Frey Ranch Distillery
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Garrison Brothers Distillery
Hye, TX
The first legal bourbon distillery in Texas, producing wheated bourbon in the Hill Country.
Est. 20061 brand
Owned by Garrison Brothers Distillery
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Bourbon TrailGreen River Distilling Co.
Owensboro, KY
Owensboro, Kentucky distillery on a site dating to 1885, formerly O.Z. Tyler.
Est. 1885DSP-KY-101 brand
Independent
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Bourbon TrailJames E. Pepper Distillery
Lexington, KY
Restored Lexington distillery on the historic Pepper site in the city's Distillery District.
Est. 17801 brand
Owned by Georgetown Trading Co.
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Bourbon TrailJeptha Creed Distillery
Shelbyville, KY
Farm-to-bottle distillery in Shelby County using estate-grown Bloody Butcher corn.
Est. 20161 brand
Owned by Jeptha Creed Distillery
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Journeyman Distillery
Three Oaks, MI
Organic and kosher-certified distillery in a restored Three Oaks factory building.
Est. 20111 brand
Owned by Journeyman Distillery
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Kings County Distillery
Brooklyn, NY
New York City's oldest operating whiskey distillery, in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Est. 20101 brand
Owned by Kings County Distillery
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Koval Distillery
Chicago, IL
Chicago distillery producing organic single-barrel whiskeys from unusual grains.
Est. 20081 brand
Owned by Koval Distillery
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Leopold Bros Distillery
Denver, CO
Denver distillery that commissioned the first new three-chamber rye still in nearly a century.
Est. 19991 brand
Owned by Leopold Bros
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Bourbon TrailLexington Brewing & Distilling Co.
Lexington, KY
Alltech's combined brewery and distillery in downtown Lexington, producing Town Branch bourbon.
Est. 19991 brand
Owned by Alltech
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Bourbon TrailLimestone Branch Distillery
Lebanon, KY
Lebanon, Kentucky distillery founded by Steve and Paul Beam, home of Yellowstone bourbon.
Est. 20111 brand
Owned by Luxco
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Bourbon TrailLog Still Distillery
New Haven, KY
Dant family distillery and campus on a historic Nelson County distilling site.
Est. 20201 brand
Owned by Log Still Distillery
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Bourbon TrailMaker's Mark Distillery
Loretto, KY
National Historic Landmark distillery in Loretto making wheated bourbon since 1953.
Est. 1805DSP-KY-441 brand
Owned by Suntory Global Spirits
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Michter's Shively Distillery
Louisville, KY
Michter's production distillery in Shively, Louisville, operating since 2015.
Est. 2015DSP-KY-200241 brand
Owned by Michter's Distillery
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Nelson's Green Brier Distillery
Nashville, TN
Nashville distillery revived by the Nelson brothers in 2014 after a century of dormancy.
Est. 18701 brand
Owned by Constellation Brands
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New Riff Distilling
Newport, KY
Newport, Kentucky distillery bottling bourbon and rye in bond, without chill filtration.
Est. 2014DSP-KY-200141 brand
Owned by New Riff Distilling
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Old Dominick Distillery
Memphis, TN
Downtown Memphis distillery reviving the Domenico Canale spirits business.
Est. 20171 brand
Owned by Old Dominick Distillery
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Old Elk Distillery
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins distillery producing bourbon with an extended slow-cut proofing process.
Est. 20181 brand
Owned by Old Elk Distillery
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Bourbon TrailOld Pogue Distillery
Maysville, KY
Historic family distillery overlooking the Ohio River in Maysville.
Est. 18761 brand
Owned by Old Pogue Distillery
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Bourbon TrailPreservation Distillery
Bardstown, KY
Small pot-still distillery in Bardstown producing the Very Olde St. Nick line.
Est. 20161 brand
Owned by Preservation Distillery
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Bourbon TrailRabbit Hole Distillery
Louisville, KY
Architecturally striking distillery in Louisville's NuLu district founded by Kaveh Zamanian.
Est. 20181 brand
Owned by Pernod Ricard
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Sagamore Spirit Distillery
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore waterfront distillery reviving Maryland-style rye whiskey.
Est. 20171 brand
Owned by Sagamore Spirit
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Starlight Distillery
Borden, IN
Huber family farm distillery in southern Indiana producing bourbon, rye and brandy.
Est. 20011 brand
Owned by Huber's Starlight Distillery
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Bourbon TrailStitzel-Weller Distillery
Louisville, KY
Historic Louisville distillery founded by Pappy Van Winkle; now a Diageo visitor experience and maturation site.
Est. 1935KY-161 brand
Owned by Diageo
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Stranahan's Distillery
Denver, CO
Denver distillery producing Colorado single malt whiskey.
Est. 20041 brand
Owned by Proximo Spirits
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Tuthilltown Distillery
Gardiner, NY
Hudson Valley distillery that produced New York's first post-Prohibition bourbon.
Est. 20031 brand
Owned by William Grant & Sons
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Uncle Nearest Distillery
Shelbyville, TN
Tennessee whiskey distillery and 270-acre visitor campus in Shelbyville.
Est. 20191 brand
Owned by Uncle Nearest Inc.
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WhistlePig Farm Distillery
Shoreham, VT
Vermont farm distillery producing estate rye from grain grown on the property.
Est. 20151 brand
Owned by WhistlePig Whiskey
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Bourbon TrailWilderness Trail Distillery
Danville, KY
Danville distillery founded by fermentation scientists Shane Baker and Pat Heist; acquired by Campari.
Est. 20121 brand
Owned by Campari Group
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Bourbon TrailWoodford Reserve Distillery
Versailles, KY
Historic Versailles distillery with roots to 1812, home of Woodford Reserve and its copper pot stills.
Est. 1812DSP-KY-521 brand
Owned by Brown-Forman Corporation
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Woodinville Whiskey Co.
Woodinville, WA
Washington State distillery aging its whiskey in the dry heat of central Washington.
Est. 20101 brand
Owned by Moet Hennessy
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Bourbon TrailAugusta Distillery
Augusta, KY
Craft distillery in the Ohio River town of Augusta, Kentucky.
Est. 20210 brands
Independent
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Bourbon TrailBluegrass Distillers
Lexington, KY
Lexington-area craft distillery known for its blue corn bourbon.
Est. 20120 brands
Independent
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Booker Noe Distillery (Boston)
Boston, KY
Beam's second Kentucky plant in Boston, named for Booker Noe.
Est. 1954DSP-KY-10 brands
Owned by Suntory Global Spirits
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Bourbon TrailCasey Jones Distillery
Hopkinsville, KY
Western Kentucky micro-distillery built around the moonshine still-making legacy of Casey Jones.
Est. 20140 brands
Independent
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Bourbon TrailEvan Williams Bourbon Experience
Louisville, KY
Artisanal micro-distillery and visitor attraction on Louisville's Whiskey Row.
Est. 20130 brands
Owned by Heaven Hill Brands
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Bourbon TrailGlenns Creek Distilling
Frankfort, KY
Micro-distillery operating inside the former Old Crow Distillery buildings in Frankfort.
Est. 20150 brands
Independent
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Heaven Hill Springfield Distillery
Springfield, KY
Heaven Hill's second distillery, opened in 2024 in Washington County, Kentucky.
Est. 20240 brands
Owned by Heaven Hill Brands
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Bourbon TrailHeaven Hill Springs Distillery
Bardstown, KY
Heaven Hill's new Bardstown distillery and visitor experience, returning distillation to the company's original hometown.
Est. 20240 brands
Owned by Heaven Hill Brands
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High West Distillery
Wanship, UT
Utah distillery and saloon known for blending sourced whiskeys alongside its own distillate.
Est. 20060 brands
Owned by Constellation Brands
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Bourbon TrailKentucky Artisan Distillery
Crestwood, KY
Contract and craft distillery in Crestwood that has produced Jefferson's and other labels.
Est. 20120 brands
Independent
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Michter's Distillery
Louisville, KY
Michter's full-scale production distillery in the Shively neighborhood of Louisville.
Est. 20150 brands
Owned by Chatham Imports
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Bourbon TrailMichter's Fort Nelson Distillery
Louisville, KY
Michter's restored Whiskey Row micro-distillery housing the historic Vendome pot still system.
Est. 20190 brands
Owned by Chatham Imports
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Bourbon TrailNeeley Family Distillery
Sparta, KY
Eleventh-generation Kentucky distilling family operating a small distillery in Sparta.
Est. 20160 brands
Independent
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Old Crow Distillery
Millville, KY
Historic Woodford County distillery that produced Old Crow bourbon until it was shuttered in 1987.
Est. 18350 brands
Owned by Suntory Global Spirits
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Bourbon TrailOld Forester Distilling Co.
Louisville, KY
Whiskey Row distillery in downtown Louisville that returned Old Forester production to Main Street in 2018.
Est. 2018DSP-KY-200300 brands
Owned by Brown-Forman Corporation
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Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery
Frankfort, KY
The Van Winkle family brand operation; Van Winkle whiskey has been produced at Buffalo Trace since 2002 under a joint venture.
Est. 19720 brands
Owned by Sazerac Company
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Smooth Ambler Spirits
Maxwelton, WV
West Virginia distillery known both for its own distillate and for the sourced Old Scout line.
Est. 20090 brands
Owned by Pernod Ricard
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