Heaven Hill Distilleries
Bourbon Heritage Center
1311 Gilkey Run Road, Bardstown 502-337-1000.
Through interactive exhibits explore the birth of bourbon, the role of whiskey-making pioneers and the bourbon-making process. View the "Portrait of Heaven Hill" movie, tour a rickhouse, and enjoy a tutored bourbon tasting. Create a keepsake personalized bottle.

Historic Tom Moore Distillery -
1792 Bourbon
300 Barton Rd., Bardstown
502-348-3774. 
Oct.-May, Free extensive tours; Jun.-Sept., free abbreviated tours; Mon.- Fri., 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tour the best-kept secret in Kentucky at the only full distillery tour in Bardstown. Must be 21 and able to walk stairs. Reservations required. 

Jim Beam American Outpost
Hwy. 245, Clermont, 502-543-9877.
Learn about six generations of Beam distillers. Visit the home that Jim Beam's son, T. Jeremiah Beam, built in 1911, view an authentic moonshine still believed to be the oldest in America, and learn about barrel making at the cooperage museum.

Kentucky Bourbon Festival
One Court Square, Bardstown, 502-348-3623.
Each September Bardstown plays host to this celebration for the ages. The six-day festival is highlighted by bourbon tastings, black-tie affairs, arts & crafts, bourbon-related cooking schools and contests, and plenty of good music for everyone.

Maker's Mark Distillery
3350 Burk's Springs Rd., Loretto, 270-865-2099.
Tour this lovingly restored distillery, now a National Landmark. Your behind-the-scenes look at this operating distillery takes you through the bourbon-making process from beginning to end. Dip your own bottle into the famous red wax.

The Oscar Getz Museum
of Whiskey History
114 N. Fifth Street, Bardstown,
502-348-2999.
A 50-year collection of rare whiskey artifacts dating from pre-colonial days to post-Prohibition days. The museum features rare antique bottles, a moonshine still, advertising art, novelty whiskey containers. A definite stop for bourbon enthusiasts.

Chapeze House,"Kentucky's Home for Bourbon" 
Bourbon Tasting
107 E. Stephen Foster Ave., Bardstown; 502-507-8338 or 800-704-4917. Taste Ultra-Premium Bourbon from each Kentucky distillery. Dine upon Kentucky Bourbon inspired Southern cuisine. 6:30 Bourbon Tasting, 8:00 Dinner. Outdoor seating available. Call for reservations.

 Meet The Colonel and Margaret Sue, Kentucky personalities featured on the Food Network TV with Paula Deen, Travel Channel and Fine Living Channel. A tour of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail is not complete until you have made a reservation to drink Kentucky Bourbon with The Colonel and dine upon a dinner prepared by Margaret Sue at the Chapeze House, "Kentucky's Home for Bourbon."

Other Area Distilleries and Bourbon-Related Attractions 

Four Roses Distillery. Lawrenceburg, 502-839-3436
Blanton's Distillery. Frankfort, 502-223-9874
Brown-Forman. Louisville, 502-774-7000
Buffalo Trace Distillery. Frankfort, 502-696-5926
Heartland of KY Decanters and Steins.
Lebanon Junction, 502-833-2827
Wild Turkey Distillery, Lawrenceburg, 502-839-4544

Additional Links

- Malt Advocate Whisky Magazine
- Whiskey Magazine
- www.straightbourbon.com 
- www.kybourbontrail.com