Kentucky Distillery Guide
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Manchester Distilling

111 Richmond Road, Manchester, KY 40962

Clay County, Eastern Kentucky

Hours

Weekly hours
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday11am to 5pm
Thursday11am to 5pm
Friday11am to 5pm
Saturday9am to 5pm
SundayClosed

Times are Eastern 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
Unknown
Policies
Read the sourced visitor policies below for booking, children, pets, food and access conditions.
Makes
Bourbon

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

    Manchester Distilling is converting a formerly vacant building into what it calls Clay County's first distillery and released its first bourbon, Founder's Reserve, in 2025.

    Timeline

    1. Operator explicitly states its first Founders Reserve bourbon batch was released in 2025.

      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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