Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company
120 N 10th St, Louisville, KY 40202
Hours
Apr-Oct: Mon-Thu 10 am-6 pm, Fri-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Nov-Mar: Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm
Times are Eastern Time. Seasonal gift-shop schedule from the tour page. Contact page gives a narrower winter date range. Tasting room closes earlier; reservations required.
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
- Bourbon, rye
- Founded
- 2015
Published visitor policies
Conditions apply to the location and experience described. A policy answer does not guarantee admission or a tour seat.
Children on tours
Children allowed within the published conditions.
Under-21 tour option published; specific tour admission categories apply.
Checked 10-14-2026. Source
Dogs
Operator restricts pets for the described visit.
Pets excluded from production tours; service animals permitted.
Checked 10-14-2026. Source
Reservations
recommended
Advance tour/tasting booking highly recommended; walk-ins accepted only as availability permits.
Checked 10-14-2026. Source
Not established in the reviewed sources: Food.
What’s here
- Tours
- Tastings
- Gift shop
- Event space
Family-owned revival that holds the original Peerless permit number DSP-KY-50 and held its Louisville distillery grand opening on June 3, 2015.
Timeline
Operator dates Henderson predecessor construction to summer 1881.
SourceTimeline dates Kentucky Peerless name incorporation to 1907.
SourceOperator dates modern building permit/construction start toMarch 2014.
SourceTimeline dates modern first barrel toMarch 4, 2015.
SourceFirst modern barrel filled.
SourceOperator dates public grand opening toJune 3, 2015.
SourceTimeline dates revived rye public release toMay 2017.
SourceTimeline dates revived bourbon release toJune 22, 2019.
Source
Each milestone says exactly what happened: a company founding is not the same as a first distillation or a visitor opening.
Nearby
- Michter's Fort Nelson DistilleryLouisville · about 5 min drive
- Big Bat BourbonLouisville · about 5 min drive
- Bardstown Bourbon Co. Louisville Tasting RoomLouisville · about 5 min drive
- Pursuit Spirits on Whiskey RowLouisville · about 5 min drive
- Green River Louisville Tasting RoomLouisville · about 5 min drive
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance. Your map app will be more exact.
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