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Kentucky Bourbon Trail®

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From concerts at your favorite distilleries to festivals throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, there’s plenty to do on and off the Trail™.

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Jefferson’s Journey – Launch Party

Frazier History Museum West Main Street, Louisville, KY, United States

Thursday, January 31, 2019 6:00 PM  8:30 PM Doors open at 6 PM , Access to The Spirit of Kentucky® exhibition 6 - 7 PM Program 7-8 PM Be among the very first to experience Jefferson’s Journey Bourbon with founder and owner of Jefferson’s Bourbon, Trey Zoeller. Experimenting with a theory that river travel is what […]

$35 – $45

Bourbon Barons: The Peppers

This tour traces three generations of the Pepper family starting with Captain Elijah Pepper and his first small distillery to Oscar and James Pepper enlarging the business and becoming bourbon aristocrats in the process. Our tour includes visits to sites connected with this first family of bourbon including; the site of Elijah’s first distillery, tour […]

$100

Open Bottle Night: Bourbon & Beam Family Trivia with Fred Noe, Master Distiller

Westport Whiskey & Wine Herr Lane, Glenview Manor, KY, United States

Open Bar Night.  Bourbon and Beam Family Trivia with Fred Noe, Master Distiller.  Test your bourbon IQ, perfect scores win a chance to go on a Knob Creek barrel selection with us. There will flights of three batches from 2018 Booker’s Bourbon and your choice of one of the batches of Booker’s from RYE On […]

$45

Bourbon Barons: The Early Pioneers

Join us as we go back to the late 1700s to join the early settlers of Kentucky that were traveling the Wilderness Trail with hopes in their heart and stills on their back. We will follow them on their journey into the untamed wilderness to stake their claim, grow their corn and introduce America to […]

$100

Bourbon Barons: The Ripy’s

This historic tour focuses on the Ripy family of Lawrenceburg, KY.  We will take you on a journey beginning with the young Irishmen, James and John Ripy, who left their home in Tyrone, Ireland for the cliffs of the Kentucky River. We will follow the growth of the family from James’ initial foray into distilling […]

$50

Valentine’s Day at Wilderness Trail Distillery

Wilderness Trail Distillery Lebanon Road, Danville, KY, United States

Bring your sweetheart for a Bourbon tasting Our third annual Valentine's Day event 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, involves a trip to the barrelhouse for tasting our rye and Bourbon from the barrel. Cost is $50 per couple and includes a souvenir Wilderness Trail tasting glass. Master distiller Shane Baker will lead this excursion that […]

$50

Old Forester Cocktail Class

Westport Whiskey & Wine Herr Lane, Glenview Manor, KY, United States

100 Proof Old Forester Cocktail Class with Sara Reed.  This will be a great class to learn how versatile a bourbon Old Forester Signature (100 proof) is when preparing classic and your soon to be favorite cocktails.  It is a hands-on class where each guest will be making at least 3 cocktails.

$20