Kentucky Distillery Guide
Distillery · Kentucky Bourbon Trail stop

New Riff Distilling

24 Distillery Way, Newport, KY 41073

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Campbell County, Northern Kentucky

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, gin, malt whiskey
Founded
2014

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

Age restrictions apply to the described experience.

Tours, tastings and classes are 21+; gift shop/visitor center separately allow children.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Food

Food is offered within the published conditions.

Published Aquifer light-bites menu at 24 Distillery Way; not full restaurant or West Newport foodservice.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Access information

Operator says distillery and tasting room accessible, with elevator and no entrance stairs.

Main visitor campus only. Published ADA statement is operator guidance, not inspection; West Campus Barrel Proof tour is separately named on same page.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Experiences

Bonded distillery tour, Happy Hour tour, guided tasting, blending class

Main visitor campus only. Published ADA statement is operator guidance, not inspection; West Campus Barrel Proof tour is separately named on same page.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Not established in the reviewed sources: Dogs, Reservations.

What’s here

  • Tours
  • Tastings
  • Cocktail bar
  • Gift shop
  • Barrel picks
  • Classes
  • Event space

The distillery sits over a limestone-rich aquifer that supplies its water.

Timeline

  1. NewRiff operator dates company founding by KenLewis to 2014.

    Source

  2. Company founded.

    Source

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

Nearby

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance. Your map app will be more exact.

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