Kentucky Distillery Guide
Distillery

Glenns Creek Distillery

3501 McCracken Pike, Frankfort, KY 40601

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Woodford County, Frankfort and Lawrenceburg

Hours

Weekly hours
Monday10am to 5pm
Tuesday10am to 5pm
Wednesday10am to 5pm
Thursday10am to 5pm
Friday10am to 5pm
Saturday10am to 5pm
Sunday11am to 5pm

Times are Eastern Time. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas; operator asks visitors to approach via Duncan Road.

Checked October 14 and 15, 2026 from the place’s own hours source. Hours change; confirm before you go.

Before you go

Visiting
Tastings only
Policies
Read the sourced visitor policies below for booking, children, pets, food and access conditions.
Makes
Bourbon, rye, rum, vodka, agave spirit

Published visitor policies

Conditions apply to the location and experience described. A policy answer does not guarantee admission or a tour seat.

Dogs

Dogs permitted within the published conditions.

Operator permits friendly pets.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Reservations

depends on experience

Short 15 to 20 minute walk-in tasting needs no advance booking. Longer and private experiences have separate booking options.

Checked 10-15-2026. Source

Access information

Operator states distillery is not wheelchair accessible and has six entrance steps.

Specific physical limitation at this location, attributed to operator; not an independent accessibility inspection.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Experiences

seated Visitor Experience tasting and discussion, Unoaked Experience tasting, short walk-in tasting, private experience with distiller

Standard Visitor Experience is explicitly a seated tasting/discussion rather than a production tour.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Not established in the reviewed sources: Children on tours, Food.

  • Visitor arrival note

    Approach via Duncan Road. Operator explicitly warns against Hanley Lane.

    Arrival at 3501 McCracken Pike. No independently verified entrance coordinate or road travel time.

    Checked 10-15-2026. Source

What’s here

  • Tastings

Glenns Creek pot distills bourbon on site at the former Old Crow Distillery using stills it builds and operates.

Timeline

  1. Original founder interview dates David Meier and partner property acquisition to 2014.

    Source

  2. Same interview says permits/licenses were in place and whiskey-making resumed by 2015.

    Source

  3. September 30 original emergency-official interviews report fire in unused historic structures, with main operations spared.

    Source

  4. October 2 local-reporter account quotes owner saying business and visitors were open and operations unimpacted.

    Source

Each milestone says exactly what happened: a company founding is not the same as a first distillation or a visitor opening.

Nearby

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance. Your map app will be more exact.

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