Distillery

Southern Kentucky Distillery

4890 Albany Road
Burkesville, KY 42717

Southern Kentucky Distillery (SKD) is a Bourbon distillery currently producing 25 barrels per day of Kentucky Premium Bourbon. They age their Bourbon in three bonded warehouses. An expansion to double their production and also a 19,000 barrel warehouse is under construction. Their facility is located in a picturesque valley of the Southern Kentucky Foothills between Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow Lake and the Cumberland River. They are visited each year by thousands of water enthusiasts and fishermen. Attention has been paid to all details of their process and construction. They offer scheduled tours and tastings at their modern state-of-the-art facility. SKD proudly produces Turby’s Cherrywood Bourbon and Long Ridge Rye Bourbon.

CLAIM TO FAME

Cumberland County Kentucky was “dry” between prohibition and 2016, when its residents voted it wet. It’s believed that Southern Kentucky Distillery produced the first “legal” bourbon in Cumberland County since prohibition.

Featured Amenities

  • Cocktail Bar
  • Concerts / Live Music
  • Family Friendly
  • Pet-Friendly
  • Military Discounts

Signature Recipe

Southern Kentucky Manhattan

Ingredients

2 ounces Turby’s Cherrywood Bourbon

1 ounce Sweet Vermouth

2 dashes Angostura Bitters

1/2 ounce Blackberry Slate Fork Moonshine

 

Instructions/Notes

Stir ingredients in a mixing tin (except Blackberry). In a rocks glass set Blackberry Slate Fork. Put ice on top. Pour stirred Manhattan slowly into glass down a bar spoon to float over blackberry.

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