Kentucky Distillery Guide
Distillery

James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits

1320 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40503

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Fayette County, Lexington and the Bluegrass

Hours

Hours are not published on the place’s own pages. Call or check the website before you go.

Times are Eastern Time.

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

Before you go

Visiting
By appointment
Policies
Read the sourced visitor policies below for booking, children, pets, food and access conditions.
Makes
Bourbon
Founded
2019

Published visitor policies

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

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

What’s here

  • Classes

The University of Kentucky says the institute was established in 2019 with a 5 million dollar gift from Suntory Global Spirits and calls its facility the world's largest teaching distillery.

Timeline

  1. University describes the institute as established through a gift in 2019.

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  2. University says institute established in 2019 through 5 millionUSDgift.

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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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