Kentucky Distillery Guide
Distillery · Kentucky Bourbon Trail stop

Pensive Distilling Co.

720 Monmouth Street, Newport, KY 41071

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Campbell County, Northern Kentucky

Hours

Weekly hours
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
Thursday3pm to 8pm
Friday3pm to 9pm
Saturday11am to 9pm
Sunday11am to 3pm

Times are Eastern Time. Bar hours; kitchen closes at 8 pm where relevant.

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, vodka, moonshine

Published visitor policies

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

Food

Food is offered within the published conditions.

Operator publishes kitchen hours; tasting and dining hours differ.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Experiences

distillery tour with historic upstairs speakeasy experience

Named description mentions weekend tour and upstairs speakeasy. Stairs/upstairs mention alone is not proof of inaccessibility; precise route, timing and age rules remain unknown.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

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

What’s here

  • Tours
  • Tastings
  • Cocktail bar
  • Restaurant
  • Event space

The Monmouth Street building held a speakeasy during Prohibition, and weekend tours require a password to enter the upstairs speakeasy.

Timeline

  1. KDA December 12, 2022 membership announcement dates Scott Quigley company founding to 2020.

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  2. April 10, 2022 original interview says Esco Escamilla and Scott Quigley opened the rebranded former 27 Barand Kitchen nine months earlier.

    Source

  3. KDA dated announcement welcomes Pensive as a craft member.

    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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