Tips and advice for booking Kentucky Bourbon Trail distillery tours Courier Journal
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Soyou’vecaughtthebourbonitch,andyou’reeagertotraveltheKentuckyBourbonTrail.
Cool—butsohavehundredsofthousandsofotherpeople,too.
TheKentuckyDistillersAssociationreported2.55millionvisitstoKentucky’sdistilleriesin2023,andvisitorscamefrom48states,20countries,andsixcontinents.Kentuckybourbon’spopularityhasboomedoverthepastdecade,andcraftdistillingandthetourismindustryhasblossomedalongsideit.Thedemandmeanswalk-intoursandtastingsaren’talwaysavailableandreservationsforlodging,experiences,andeveningdiningareoftenencouraged.
IfyouplantotraveltheKentuckyBourbonTrail,comeprepared.
Aheadofthesummertravelseason,TheCourierJournalreachedouttotourismofficialsinLouisville,BardstownandFrankforttodistilldownjusthowfarinadvanceyoushouldhammerdownyourplans.
Readytohitthetrail?Here’swhattoknowaboutplanningaKentuckybourbonadventure.
IsthereatimeofyearwhenKentuckyBourbonTrailislessbusy?
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