The only distillery that offers a complementary tour. You must book weeks ahead to get a spot. The tours are very well organized. They give you the history of the distillery and the land that it sits on. Learn about the barrel aging process. You also are able to see the bottling, sealing, and boxing processes. We were fortunate to peak behind the curtain for Barton's bourbon. Each tour ends with a tasting of their spirits. The gift store does have bottles of their bourbons available for purchase. For better selection, the earlier tours are your best bet.

This tour was amazing and a lot of that had to do with our tour guide Rae. To be fair I did see other great tour guides taking out groups so I don’t think you can go wrong. This was our 3rd tour of the day and by far my favorite. A lot of explanation on the difference in bourbons, the history of Buffalo Trace and more. A lot of this tour is outside although they do have different tours so I can’t honestly tell you which one we were on as it was booked through a tour company. This is a large distillery. Very Interesting!

Best tour we did on our Bourbon trail trip. We were lucky enough to make a reservation for the day we would be in town. Tip, be ready to try to get reservations online in advance. when the web opens up tickets for a specific day they go fast. Within 10 minutes all the tickets on the day we went were gone. It is a free tour but it is the best one we did. We lucked out and ended up getting Freddie Johnson for our tour guide, he is third generation worker and he had amazing stories of being on property as a child. The property is beautiful, the tour was interesting and entertaining, the tastings were all delicious. Highly recommend this tour.

Adventure days are my favorite. While in Frankfort my family and I stopped In Buffalo trace toured some of the grounds which were beautiful and toured the large gift shop and large area w history and tasting rooms. You can also take a tour of the distillery which we have done in the past and encourage you to do if time allows.

If you haven’t been to Buffalo Trace Distillery, this is a must do!!! They bottle some of the most sought after bourbons in the US!!! Pappy Van Winkle, Elijah Craig 18 yr, Blanton’s, William Larue Weller 12 yr, and about a dozen or so others too numerous to list. They also have other spirits at the store as well as bar ware and other items!!!! A must see stop if your in Kentucky

Bob was a great tour guide. We did the Old Taylor tour and loved learning the history of the distillery. We ended up getting a tour the day of our visit just by asking when we checked in. Best stop on the Bourbon Trail!

I was disappointed to see all the tours fully booked over a month in advance for the one day I'd be there, but I put myself on the wait list. Luckily I got slotted into the Trace Tour about 3 days before my visit. Unlike many other distilleries nearby this is a truly massive operation, which gives you a different picture of how the process can look. The tour didn't include any of the bourbon making process, no bubbling yeast, no giant stills, etc. Instead it covered more about the aging, collecting, and bottling, which made for an interesting tour. There are plenty of options nearby that show the rest of the process. The tasting was great too as you get to sample some fairly hard to find bourbons (the Weller and Taylor). Plus they were very kind and had set aside some of the limited bottles they had that day for us to purchase. Since my time slot was later I missed the good stuff that morning and greatly appreciate the chance to buy it later. The gift shop also had a huge selection of interesting stuff as well. Plus the tour was free! Highly recommend scheduling a tour (and get there early if you want something rare).

Historic facility! We were not able to do a tour (book far in advance), however we did get a couple of GREAT bottles! The staff was very friendly and efficient. The shop was well organized. We were able to do the free tasting and we enjoyed how they let us pick our selections. We'll revisit when we have a tour scheduled.

Wow, what an amazing tour and tasting! We stopped in hoping to be luck enough to get to experience a tour, which we were. We did the Hard Hat Tour, no hat required, which was a comprehensive behind the scenes look at the whole brewing process. Wrapped up with a full tasting experience at the end. I have a new appreciate for the process and a new taste for the product!

Loved everything about our visit! We showed up even though no tours were available online, and we were lucky enough to get on one anyways. Everyone was so friendly and informative. The grounds are very cool. Todd was our tour guide and he was the best guide we’ve ever had at a distillery! Super knowledgeable and funny. Only downside was everything was already sold out when we got there, but the tour and tasting were both FREE, but make sure to tip your tour guide. Definitely recommend visiting!