Kentucky Distillery Guide
Distillery · Kentucky Bourbon Trail stop

Michter's Fort Nelson Distillery

801 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202

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Jefferson County, Louisville

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
Tours and tastings
Policies
Read the sourced visitor policies below for booking, children, pets, food and access conditions.
Makes
Bourbon, rye, american whiskey

Published visitor policies

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

Reservations

recommended

Operator strongly recommends online reservations; walk-ins first come, first served. Fort Nelson only, not Shively.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Experiences

guided distillery tour and tasting

Operator strongly recommends online reservations; walk-ins first come, first served. Fort Nelson only, not Shively.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

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

What’s here

  • Tours
  • Tastings
  • Cocktail bar

The Bar at Fort Nelson serves classic cocktails curated by cocktail historian David Wondrich, per the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

Timeline

  1. Michterissuerrelease dateshistoric Fort Nelsonbuildingconstruction to 1890.

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  2. January 22 issuerrelease schedulescelebration January 31, 2019.

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  3. Published August 27, 2019 Andrea Wilsoninterview retrospectively statespublicopened February 2, 2019.

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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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