Spanning 61 Acres With 57 Rickhouses And 6 Sites, The World’s Largest Bourbon Distillery Is Hiding In Kentucky
Bourbon is a quintessential part of the Bluegrass; it isn’t just a Kentucky icon, it’s an inextricable, fundamental, celebrated part of the state’s culture and identity. Kentucky is world-famous for its bourbon, producing nearly 95% of the world’s supply of this spicy, sultry spirit. So it should come as no surprise that Kentucky is also home to the world’s largest bourbon distillery. In Bardstown, Heaven Hill Distillery is an epic bouton-distilling behemoth, boasting superlative stats and a storied history that’s an inextricable part of the Bluegrass bourbon narrative.
What does bourbon mean to you? In Kentucky, bourbon is more than a libation or export; it's part of our very culture. The Bourbon Trail is the heart of the Bluegrass bourbon machine, and Heaven Hill Distillery one of its star players.
For most, brands like Maker's Mark, Buffalo Trace, or Jim Beam come to mind when making a list of Kentucky bourbon icons; while these names are absolutely legendary in their own right, there's another bourbon distillery whose name you need to know.
Spanning 61 picture-perfect acres with 57 rickhouses and six sites, Heaven Hill is not only the largest family-owned distillery in the United States, but the largest toured distillery on the planet.
In short, the bourbon experience here is second to none. In addition to tours and tastings, the newly opened Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience offers guests an immersive education in all things bourbon.
The "You Do Bourbon" experience is a *must* for all self-proclaimed bourbon enthusiasts. In this interactive, elevated tasting experience, guests are invited to taste, bottle, and
personalize their very own bottle to take home!
When you need a minute to sit and soak up everything you've learned at this massive bourbon wonderland, Five Brothers Bar boasts an upscale bar with a menu full of creative craft cocktails, as well as regular bourbon tastings, a lounge area, and outdoor patio.
This is Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience: the past, the present, and the future of Bluegrass bourbon!
Editor’s note: The Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience is only a visitor center in Bardstown, Kentucky and does not include a distillery. Heaven Hill’s Berneheim Distillery is located in Louisville, Kentucky and is one of the largest single-site Bourbon distilleries. We are currently building a new distillery in Bardstown, Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, that will be as big as Bernheim Distillery at full capacity making 450,000 barrels per year each. We also have a distillery at the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience in Downtown Louisville that makes one barrel per day.
Have you been to Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience before? Did you know Kentucky was home to the world’s largest bourbon distillery? We have big love for our Bluegrass State bourbon.
Address: Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience, 1311 Gilkey Run Rd, Bardstown, KY 40004, USA
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