Regions

Get to know your regions.

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail® features distilleries located throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, each as unique as the region it calls home. Discover the diverse cities, experiences and distilleries that make each region special. Planning your trip by region can minimize travel time and help make the most of your visit.

  • Northern

    Northern Kentucky offers a booming craft distillery scene, first rate shopping and Bourbon-centric dining, plus a variety of arts, entertainment and recreation options. 

  • Louisville

    Louisville is filled with surprises. Whiskey Row is alive with new distilleries and tasting rooms, and you’ll find inventive dining as well as hotels from historic to fashion forward.

  • Central

    History meets reinvention in this storied area of Kentucky, as early distilleries from the last 150 years have been brought back to life to delight another generation of Bourbon lovers. 

  • A scenic farm at sunset in the Lexington Region of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail®

    Lexington

    The Lexington Region will astound you with its stunning scenery and hundreds of thoroughbred farms in what is widely considered the Horse Capital of The World®.

  • Bardstown

    Bardstown rightly touts its status as the Bourbon Capital of the World®, and they have the rickhouses of Bourbon royalty to back it up.

  • Western

    Such as the pioneers headed west in search of adventure and a new life, the distilleries of our Western region are bold, spirited and unafraid to defy convention. 

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