Distillery

New Riff Distilling

24 Distillery Way
Newport, KY 41073

Northern

(859) 261-7433 Go to website

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Located across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, New Riff Distilling is an independent, family-owned distillery founded in 2014 in Newport, KY. They are a New Riff on an Old Tradition, that tradition being Kentucky sourmash whiskey making. New Riff produces award-winning Bourbon, Rye, Gin, and Single Malt whiskey, all crafted with a commitment to quality and transparency. The Aquifer Tasting Room, located on the third floor of the distillery, features cocktails, flights, and pours of New Riff’s award-winning spirits, including rare, limited-edition, and exclusive releases.

CLAIM TO FAME

New Riff sits directly over a limestone-rich aquifer that supplies the distillery with water. It’s an outstanding water source for whiskey-making but also a huge green energy savings.

Featured Amenities

Food Options
Cocktail Bar
Designated Driver Program

Signature Recipe

Old Fashioned Love Song

Ingredients

2 ounces New Riff Bourbon

1/2 ounce Pecan Simple Syrup*

2 dashes Fee Bros. Plum Bitters

1 Plum

Instructions/Notes

Add all ingredients with ice into mixing glass. Stir until chilled and strain into fresh rocks glass with ice. Garnish with plum soaked in Luxardo cherry juice; with metal cocktail stick, skewer plum and lay on angle across glass.

* Toast pecans. Chop finely in blender. Mix equal parts sugar and water, simmer with pecans until sugar dissolves. Add a bit of molasses for richness. Strain.