Old Forester Distilling Company is a bar in Louisville.
Old Forester Distilling on West Main runs Louisville's first-bottled bourbon tour from the brand's original Whiskey Row warehouse, a $45 million distillery and bar reopened in 2018.
Food program: Tasting plates
Tip: Tours run on the hour; book online. The barrel-tasting program is the highlight.
Address: 119 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202
Michter's Fort Nelson on West Main runs a working distillery and bar inside an 1890 Whiskey Row building, the brand's Louisville home with The Bar at Fort Nelson cocktail program.
Signature drink: Michter's bourbon flights, classic cocktails
Food: Cocktail bar bites
Tip: Tours bookable online. The Bar at Fort Nelson takes walk-ins after 17:00.
Angel's Envy on East Main in Louisville runs distillery tours with a tasting bar called The Finishing Room, the brand's downtown home pouring port-finished bourbon flights.
Signature drink: Angel's Envy port-finished bourbon
Food: Tasting plates
Tip: Tours run every 15 minutes; book online. The Finishing Room takes walk-ins for tastings.
Evan Williams Bourbon Experience on West Main was the first distillery to open on Whiskey Row, an artisanal facility and tasting bar inside Louisville's downtown bourbon district.
Signature drink: Evan Williams bourbon flights
Food: Tasting plates
Tip: Tours daily; last tour begins one hour before close. Book online for weekends.
Rabbit Hole Distillery on East Jefferson Street in Louisville cooks craft bourbon and rye out of a NuLu modern facility, the boutique distillery with a five-story atrium tour route.
Signature drink: Rabbit Hole craft bourbon and rye
Food: Tasting bites
Tip: Tours by reservation. The rooftop bar runs walk-in service in warm months.
Kentucky Peerless on North 10th Street in Louisville distills rye and bourbon downtown, the small-batch operation with a tasting bar and grain-to-glass tour just west of Whiskey Row.
Signature drink: Kentucky Peerless rye and bourbon
Food: Tasting plates
Tip: Tours bookable online; the tasting bar takes walk-ins in the afternoon.
Stitzel-Weller in Shively reopened a 1935 Derby-day-built distillery as the Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, the historic Louisville bourbon cathedral five miles south of downtown.
Signature drink: Bulleit Frontier Whiskey flights
Food: Tasting plates
Tip: Tours daily by reservation. The Garden and Gun Club is the lounge for tasting flights.
