Preservation Distillery
426 Sutherland Rd, Bardstown, KY 40004
Hours
| Monday | 9:30am to 5pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 9:30am to 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9:30am to 5pm |
| Thursday | 9:30am to 5pm |
| Friday | 9:30am to 5pm |
| Saturday | 9:30am to 5pm |
| Sunday | 9:30am to 4pm |
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
- Tours and tastings
- Policies
- Read the sourced visitor policies below for booking, children, pets, food and access conditions.
- Makes
- Bourbon, rye
Published visitor policies
Conditions apply to the location and experience described. A policy answer does not guarantee admission or a tour seat.
Experiences
distillery tour and tasting, tasting-only experience, private VIP experience
Operator explicitly lists these three experience categories. Testimonials about animals or staff are not guest pet or child policies.
Checked 10-14-2026. Source
Not established in the reviewed sources: Children on tours, Dogs, Food, Reservations, Access information.
What’s here
- Tours
- Tastings
- Gift shop
- Barrel picks
Preservation pot distills bourbon in 1 to 3 barrel batches on a historic farm in Bardstown and calls itself the first and only 100% pot-distilled producer in Nelson County.
Timeline
May 3, 2018 original local report dates production start to the previous fall.
SourceSame report says public tours were planned for late spring to early summer 2018.
SourceOriginal May 3, 2018 report describes Tuesday morning ribbon-cutting and invited guests.
Source
Each milestone says exactly what happened: a company founding is not the same as a first distillation or a visitor opening.
Nearby
- Heaven Hill Bourbon ExperienceBardstown · about 5 min drive
- Barton 1792 DistilleryBardstown · about 5 min drive
- Willett DistilleryBardstown · about 5 min drive
- Chicken Cock Whiskey Circa 1856Bardstown · about 5 min drive
- Heaven Hill Springs DistilleryBardstown · about 5 min drive
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance. Your map app will be more exact.
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