The Beer Trappe is a bar in Chevy Chase, Lexington.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Anything on the shelves can be opened at the bar for a small corkage; ask what rare Kentucky releases landed.
Address: 811 Euclid Ave, Lexington, KY 40502
Charlie Brown's furnishes its Euclid Avenue bar like a worn library, all couches, bookshelves and lamplight, a Lexington comfort institution with pub food.
Signature drink: A bourbon by the fireplace among the bookshelves
Tip: Grab a couch by the fireplace in winter; the kitchen serves the full menu until late on weekends.
McCarthy's Irish Bar pulls Guinness on South Upper Street daily until 02:30, the downtown Lexington local for march-in singalongs and post-game pints.
Signature drink: Guinness across from the courthouse crowd
Tip: Open 11:00 to 02:30 every day; it is the default St Patrick's headquarters, so plan around the March crush.
Charlie Brown's furnishes its Euclid Avenue bar like a worn library, all couches, bookshelves and lamplight, a Lexington comfort institution with pub food.
Signature drink: A bourbon by the fireplace among the bookshelves
Tip: Grab a couch by the fireplace in winter; the kitchen serves the full menu until late on weekends.
The Bar Complex runs three bars, a dance floor and drag stages on East Main, the long-standing anchor of LGBTQ+ nightlife in downtown Lexington.
Signature drink: Dance-floor drinks before the drag show
Tip: Thursday to Saturday only, 20:00 to 02:30; check the drag show schedule and arrive before the second set.
OBC Kitchen stocks over 150 bourbons and whiskeys behind a Lansdowne storefront, the Lexington bar-restaurant where bacon arrives in a glass with the drinks.
Signature: Bacon in a glass
Tip: It sits in the Lansdowne Shoppes beside sister steakhouse Malone's; weekend service opens at 10:00 with brunch dishes.
The Bluegrass Tavern stacks Kentucky's largest bourbon collection on Cheapside, the downtown Lexington bar where flights run deep into allocated bottles.
Signature drink: Bourbon neat from Kentucky's largest bourbon collection
Tip: Closed Sundays and Mondays; tell the bartender a flavour direction and a budget and they will build a flight from Kentucky's largest bourbon collection.
Belle's Cocktail House pours bourbon cocktails across three levels on Market Street, with the rooftop bar downtown Lexington heads to on warm weekends.
Signature drink: Bourbon cocktails on the rooftop
Tip: Open Thursday to Saturday only, 16:30 to 02:00; head straight up to the rooftop level before the queue forms.
