James B. Beam Distilling

This was a great tour & the restaurant is amazing, everyone loved their selection. I had the ribs and they were great and, not surprisingly the bbq sauce was delicious.The staff was friendly, the samples were great, the tour was fun and informative, and I highly recommend a meal in house.

We started our trip here. The distillery is beautiful. The exterior and interior designs are so interesting to explore at each of the distilleries. While waiting for our tour to start, we stopped for some appetizers at the Kitchen. Our server was very friendly and welcoming. We had the garlic Parmesan fries and the brussel sprouts. The fries had fresh shredded Parmesan and garlic seasoning. They were good, but would be better with some minced garlic. The brussel sprouts were in a pepper jelly sauce, and were cooked with a little more crunch, however they were bland, the pepper jelly did not have any spice and they needed salt. We had a tour of the property, lead by Jesse, who was fun and engaging. We enjoyed learning about the history and bourbon making process. We attended three tours while in town, I thought I'd be bored by the third tour as my husband is the bourbon guy, but I thoroughly enjoyed each distillery's unique history. I left 4-stars because I was unimpressed with the food.

We had such a great tour! We've been to a few distillery tours the last couple months, and this by far was the best. Falcon was an amazing your guide and very knowledgeable! We enjoyed drinks and lunch at the Kitchen Table Restaurant as well. Our bartender Erica made the most delicious drinks. Pizza was great as well. Everyone we interacted with from start to finish made it a great experience!

Amazing tour, amazing bourbon, amazing restaurant! This place was such a highlight on our Kentucky trip from Texas. We would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a great place on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail!

We visited the distillery and restaurant on a Saturday during a holiday weekend. The parking lot was large so we easily found parking, but the place was still full of people. We checked in for our tour on the main level and checked out the gift shop. It was very tight space and difficult to see everything with all of the people, but they did have a nice variety of merchandise. We really liked the Photo Booth that printed out two free photo copies for you to keep. Our tour was on the second level of the building. There was another gift shop space up there and a bar. We did the generations tasting which was a sample of 7 different bourbons and a chocolate. It was really interesting to hear the history of Beam and our guide was so nice and knowledgeable. Afterwards we visited the restaurant for a quick bite to eat. Thankfully we arrived at a good time and did not have to wait, but when we left there was a decent size line waiting to be seated.We ordered the sliders and a pizza. The sliders were good, but the pizza was even better! Overall, the grounds are well kept and it was a very nice place to experience.

I had great experience. I did the first tour that was affordable and be part of experience. I learned a lot and enjoying the tasting while on the tour. I would recommend to my family and friend to do this experience. Beautiful place.

This was our last tour and by far the best while in Kentucky! Samples along the way which was super cool! Our tour guide was so friendly and knowledgeable made it very enjoyable. I'll definitely be back especially to try the restaurant.

How to drink BourbonPour a shot of that brown bourbon. Swirl a bit to let it aerate. Then put your nose deep into the glass and inhale deeply keeping your lips parted .. so that you taste the bourbon before you actually start drinking it. Yes.. if you live in Kentucky visit this bourbon capital of the world Bardstown. And Jim Beam Distillery is well worth a trip to learn how to go through the bourbon making process, from the corn to the fermentation and aging process. And they give you samples on the way, kids are allowed to accompany the tour. Finally you can personalize a bottle right from labeling to sealing it. Kids also get to make a wax fingerprint seal, which was pretty cool. The Kitchen had really good Margherita pizza, Brussels sprouts and amazing fries.

This campus is beautiful. From the distillery to gift shop to the restaurant. We didn't have reservations and unfortunately the restaurant wait was over an hour so can't wait to try that next time. We did the tasting experience and it was awesome. They give you history, education and tasting all within about 1/2 hour in a room upstairs near bar. Would recommend this to anyone, even the not so seasoned bourbon drinker like myself. The only downfall is the merchandise was a bit picked over for clothing/hats, more selection would be great.

I'm glad we were able to swing by this iconic brand. I was really shooting into the dark when I decided what specific tours to go on during the planning phase of our trip and the warehouse tour seemed interesting. Expectations were set as soon as we arrived, this would be a very short tour but the folks that checked us in kept raving about how it was one of their favorite tours. Our entire tour group was four people. It was very intimate and pretty cool to go on an, almost, private tour. Our guide was great and very knowledgable. We hopped on a bus that drove us to one of the warehouses. We walked in, ambling amongst rows and rows of stacked barrels. Our waiter at the restaurant told us afterwards that he's always worried something will collapse while he's in a warehouse and he'll be crushed by seven stories of bourbon barrels. That would certainly be hard to fit on a death certificate. Fortunately, structural integrity held up during the duration of our tour. Most of the tour was sampling, which is the most important part of the tour anyway. We were able to sample...I'm trying to remember the name and "chef's kiss" is coming to me but that's definitely not it. White dog? It's something earlier in the bourbon production process. We also tried a single barrel straight from the barrel and compared it to Jim Beam Black. As I tried to knock back some of the shit, it hit the back of my throat in just a way to spasm and then subsequently went down the wrong tube. I coughed and coughed and for the rest of short tour, tried to get up the bourbon-laced mucous that was building in my bronchial tree. For this reason only, I was grateful the tour was short. Compared to Maker's Mark, this was a foreword. Perhaps the distillery tour and tasting provides that experience and I'm not sure what possessed me to book the warehouse tour. It is possible that the main tour was sold out and if that is the case, I would suggest looking well ahead of time.We also ate at the restaurant. Us fat fucks can't resist eating every opportunity we get. We ordered cocktails which did the trick. We also ordered their brussels sprouts and cheese plate, both very enjoyable. The restaurant has a nice view over the grounds, a very nice space. Service was excellent. Not a bad way to end a tour.