Updated November 9, 2026 · Louisville Rickhouse · 21+ to taste
Book the Day 1 evening tasting
If Louisville is the start of the trip, hold the tasting before you plan the driving. Louisville Rickhouse is a government-bonded rickhouse at 717 E Market St, in NuLu (the East Market District). Guided tastings are booked online, which is how you keep an evening time. A walk-in barrel flight is only a backup, when the bar has room. The experiences page lists those flights from $35.
Prices and lengths below are the ones already printed on each experience page. See the tastings and book. A side-by-side of the same tastings is on the bourbon tasting guide. This itinerary does not replace that page.
- Premium Tasting — $50 per person, about 30–45 minutes. A flight pulled straight from the barrel. The button on this page books this tasting.
- Experimental Deep Dive — $50 per person, about 30–45 minutes.
- Rare and Allocated — $75 per person, about 30–45 minutes.
- Single Barrel Experience — $150 per person, about 60 minutes, one bottle included.
Public orders on the experience pages run from 1 to 20 guests. Groups of 8 or more, and private buyouts, go through private events. A whole barrel for a group is a separate request on the single barrel page (roughly 150 to 250 bottles).
Hours are Mon–Wed 1–9pm, Thu 10am–8pm, Fri–Sat 10am–9pm, and Sun 12–8pm, so an evening seat fits after a travel day. Most guided tastings take about 30–45 minutes. The single barrel is about 60 minutes. Weekends and Derby season fill up, so reserve the time.
A bourbon trail itinerary for three days
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail overview calls it an official Kentucky Distillers' Association program: a collection of distilleries, not one highway, with a flagship trail of larger distilleries and a Craft Tour of smaller producers. You choose the stops. That page's pace is two or three stops a day, with a driver or rideshare once you leave the walkable parts of Louisville. This bourbon trail itinerary follows that pace. It does not add a new distillery list or new drive times.
Names, towns, and drive times already live on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail map. That page checked the public directory on November 5, 2026 and lists 69 destinations in the directory's Louisville, Bardstown, Central, Lexington, Northern, and Western regions. Use it for the table. This page only says which region fits which day. Passport stamps, and each distillery's hours and ticket prices, stay on kybourbontrail.com.
| Day | Plan from Louisville |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | Louisville evening. Book the tasting at 717 E Market St, then walk NuLu or ride to Whiskey Row. Stay inside the city. |
| Day 2 | Bardstown region. The map calls this the usual first day of driving. The region runs south from Clermont and Cox's Creek through Bardstown, Radcliff, and Brandenburg, then on to Lebanon and Loretto. Pick two or three stops. That page already gives the spread, from James B. Beam Distilling Co. in Clermont to Maker's Mark Distillery in Loretto. This itinerary does not pick a route between them. |
| Day 3 | Central region. The map says to plan it as its own day between Louisville and Lexington: Shelbyville, Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Midway, and Versailles. That page already gives the spread, from Jeptha Creed Distillery in Shelbyville to Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles. The Lexington region is a separate day from a Bardstown loop, so it replaces this day. It does not stack on top of it. |
If you are sleeping in Louisville, treat Day 2 and Day 3 as out-and-back driving days and come back in the evening. This site does not list hotels or hotel prices. Northern Kentucky and the Western region are outside this three-day frame. The map says the far northern towns need their own day, and that the Western region should be its own trip.
Day 1 does not need a car for the tasting. NuLu is a walk from 717 E Market St. Whiskey Row, on West Main Street, is the short rideshare already described on the Whiskey Row guide and the Louisville distillery map. Shops and dinner on East Market are on things to do in NuLu. A walk farther downtown is things to do in downtown Louisville.
Louisville Rickhouse is not a Kentucky Bourbon Trail passport stop. A tasting here is the Louisville evening, not a stamp. It is also not on the Urban Bourbon Trail. That passport is a separate list of bars and restaurants, covered on the Urban Bourbon Trail guide.
One day in Louisville, or two days
A single day in the city is a different page. The one-day urban itinerary stays in Louisville. Adding a NuLu stop to a trail day is the short add-on, not a three-day route. This page does not retitle either of those.
Two days is Day 1 in Louisville, including the evening tasting, and Day 2 in the Bardstown region. Leave the Central region, the Lexington region, Northern Kentucky, and the Western region for a longer trip. Three days is the plan in the table above.
Hours, parking, and directions
Louisville Rickhouse Whiskey Co. is at 717 E Market St, Louisville, KY 40202. Phone: 502.974.0464.
The hours published on this site are Mon–Wed 1–9pm, Thu 10am–8pm, Fri–Sat 10am–9pm, and Sun 12–8pm. There is no on-site lot. Paid street parking is nearby in NuLu. Use a driver or rideshare on the days you leave Louisville.
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