Kentucky Distillery Guide
Distillery

Golden Pond Distillery

97 Canton Lane, Cadiz, KY 42211

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Trigg County, Western Kentucky

Hours

Weekly hours
Monday9am to 5pm
Tuesday9am to 5pm
Wednesday9am to 5pm
Thursday9am to 5pm
Friday9am to 5pm
Saturday9am to 5pm
SundayClosed

Times are Central Time. Visitor or gift-shop schedule; check reservations and holiday closures before travel.

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

Before you go

Visiting
Tours and tastings
Policies
Read the sourced visitor policies below for booking, children, pets, food and access conditions.
Makes
Moonshine

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 home page says pet friendly.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Experiences

Tours, Tastings

Operator explicitly offers tours and tastings; not a guaranteed departure, verified free price or booking requirement.

Checked 10-15-2026. Source

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

What’s here

  • Tours
  • Tastings

Owner and master distiller Jimmie Smith is a fourth-generation moonshiner from Golden Pond, and the distillery displays a 100-year-old moonshine still that revenue agents destroyed with an axe.

Timeline

  1. Kathy Witt original Kentucky Living travel reporting describes Golden Pond tour/tasting availability and interviews its maker by April 24, 2024.

    Source

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

Nearby

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