Kentucky Distillery Guide
Distillery · Kentucky Bourbon Trail stop

Wild Turkey Distillery

1417 Versailles Rd, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342

Anderson County, Frankfort and Lawrenceburg

Hours

Weekly hours
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday9am to 5pm
Thursday9am to 5pm
Friday9am to 5pm
Saturday9am to 5pm
Sundaynoon to 4pm

Times are Eastern Time. Holiday closures; cocktail bar last call one hour before gift-shop closing.

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.

Dogs

Operator restricts pets for the described visit.

Pets excluded from visitor center and tours. Service animals welcome; no inference about pets in every outdoor area.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

Experiences

distillery process tour, whiskey tasting

Public operator text describes bourbon-making process and tasting flight. No child-tour eligibility, availability, ticket price or completed booking inferred.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

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

What’s here

  • Tours
  • Tastings
  • Cocktail bar
  • Gift shop

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail describes Jimmy Russell and his son Eddie Russell as the only active father-and-son duo of Bourbon Master Distillers.

Timeline

  1. Operator dates Ripy brothers family distillery opening on Wild Turkey Hill to 1869.

    Source
  2. Operator dates the Wild Turkey name story to 1940.

    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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