Distillery · Kentucky Bourbon Trail stop

Wilderness Trail Distillery

4095 Lebanon Rd, Danville, KY 40422

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Boyle County, Central Kentucky

Hours

Weekly hours
Monday	Closed
Tuesday	9am to 5pm
Wednesday	9am to 5pm
Thursday	9am to 5pm
Friday	9am to 5pm
Saturday	9am to 5pm
Sunday	Closed

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
Founded: 2012

Published visitor policies

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

Experiences

guided distillery tour and tasting

Danville operator FAQ explicitly describes guided production tours ending in tasting. Website book link alone does not establish required reservation or child/pet policy.

Checked 10-14-2026. Source

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

What’s here

Tours
Tastings

Wilderness Trail's owners began as fermentation experts and own Ferm Solutions, which sells yeast and offers lab analysis across the industry.

Timeline

2012
Operator timeline says Shane Baker and Pat Heist founded Wilderness Trail Distillery in Danville in 2012.
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2012
Company founded.
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2018
Operator dates first bottled/sold batches of its three core whiskeys to 2018.
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2020
Operator timeline dates becoming the 18 thKentucky Bourbon Trailstop to 2020.
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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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