| Distilleries In Kentucky
As early as 1775, enterprising
Kentuckians were making corn whiskey. Kentucky settlers gave whiskey several new
twists, beginning with corn, which was abundant since settlers could claim 400
acres if they built a cabin and grew a patch of corn. One
of those settlers was a Baptist minister named Elijah Craig. The good minister
found that people liked his whiskey made with a special blend of corn and after
all is was a lot easier to ship your corn crop in the liquid form. Elijah Craig
is credited with being the father of bourbon whiskey. As a matter of fact, “Elijah
Craig” is one of the brands bottled in Bardstown by Heaven Hill, an especially
nice single-barrel variety. The name
"Bourbon" comes from Bourbon County, Kentucky, which, in the 1700's, covered a
large portion of Kentucky and was a point of departure for whiskey moving down
the Ohio River to the West and New Orleans. The product name was later shortened
from "Whiskey from Bourbon County" to "Bourbon Whiskey" as it gained international
acclaim. Before Prohibition there were
more than 200 distilleries in the Kentucky, after prohibition there were only
35 , and today only nine. One of those distilleries operated through prohibition
with a permit–one of only four issued in the country, to continue distillation
for medicinal purposes.
Below, you will find distlleries in Kentucky
that have tours of their distilleries. Click on the link to their web site for
tour times.
Buffalo Trace
Distillery 1001 Wilkinson Blvd. Franklin County, Frankfort, KY 800-654-8471
www.buffalotrace.com |  |
Labrot & Graham Distillers Co.
Labrot & Graham Distillers Co.
7855 McCracken Pike Woodford County, Versailles, KY (859) 879-1812
www.labrot-graham.com |  |
Austin Nichols Distillery
Austin Nichols Distillery
U.S. Highway 62 East Lawrenceburg, KY 502-839-4544 www.wildturkeybourbon.com |  |
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Four
Roses Distillery
1224 Bonds Mill Road
Lawrenceburg, KY
502-839-3436
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