This Northern Kentucky Bourbon Trail Belongs On Your Bourbon Bucket List
By Sarah McCosham|Published August 25, 2022
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The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is a bucket-list must for Bluegrass bourbon lovers, offering a tour de force of some of the world’s most iconic and distinguished distilleries. Most of these destinations, however, are in the central region of the state, leaving, say, Northern Kentucky bourbon lovers out of the equation. But with the self-guided B-Line Bourbon Trail, those looking for a taste of the Bluegrass State’s northern distillers can enjoy a mini, world-class bourbon trail in Northern Kentucky.
There's no bourbon like Bluegrass bourbon, and this spirit is an inextricable and celebrated part of Kentucky culture.
The Bluegrass State's most celebrated spirit takes center stage on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, which features no less than 41 top-tier distilleries, located mainly in the central part of the state, between Bardstown and Louisville.
So what's a Northern Kentucky bourbon lover to do, when looking to fill their glass a bit closer to home? As well as sample some of the finest vintages this region has to offer?
Easy: The B-Line, a self-guided bourbon trail in Northern Kentucky featuring five craft distilleries, eight bourbon bars, and six bourbon-centric restaurants.
If you're doing the math, that's a total of 19 bourbon-forward destinations, and they're all located in and between Covington, Newport, Independence, Sparta, Augusta, and Maysville.
The destinations on this Northern Kentucky bourbon trail are just as acclaimed as their Central KY counterparts. Prohibition Bourbon Bar, for example, is hailed as the "World's Largest Bourbon Bar," and it has over 1,500 varieties (that's over 6,000 bottles) of whiskey... and counting.
Libby’s Southern Comfort is one of them; this bourbon bar dished up some of the best fried chicken in the state, which, if you know anything about Kentucky's proud fried chicken culture, is really saying something.
Whether you're looking for a tasting or a flight, a new Happy Hour destination, or a delicious night out in Kentucky, The B-Line is a Bluegrass experience that absolutely belongs on your bucket list!
Did you know about this smaller, self-guided version of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail? The B-Line is a Northern Kentucky bourbon trail that certainly belongs on your bucket list!
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