Barrels & Billets

Barrels 7 Billets is located right next door to Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory (and found out that they are owned by the same company). What brought my husband and I to this business this afternoon was a $5 coupon that we received from Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory (we were given the coupon right after our tour). And being that we are in Kentucky, we decided it would be fun to try a bourbon tasting (but the $5 coupon also works on a tour, retail items, etc). We walked in around 1:45 pm and were greeted by the 2 employees behind the table, right by the entrance. We were seated at a table. After looking over the tasting menu, we ended up choosing:Bourbon Tasting, $15 prior to tax- My husband opted to do the tasting. He picked Lucky Lumber, Timeless Timber, Night Flight and custom bourbon. You can answer 13 questions online (just scan the QR code) and then you will get a customized taster. My husband liked the lucky lumber, which is supposed to be "easy drinking" but I thought it was horrible. My husband didn't like the Timeless Timber as much and thought the wood flavor was too strong and didn't complement the bourbon well. But he did like the Night Flight and thought the smoke flavor with the bourbon. And he also did like the customized bourbon. You also have the option of buying a bottle of your customized bourbon for $55. 4 Mini cocktail tasting $15 prior to tax- I opted for the cocktails. Surprisingly I really liked the first one, the Rise and Shine, which has coffee. I actually do not like coffee but I did like the hazelnut flavored creamer in this first cocktail and would love just a large glass of that. I also liked the next one, the gingy sour. The flavors were very nice and light. The Nutty Batter was my least favorite, which was made with the Lucky Lumber. I thought the cocktail was just too strong in flavor and didn't really enjoy any of the things mixed in it together. Marry Me Watermelon is made with their in house made vodka. I didn't like this as much but I would still probably drink a glass of this. ------------------------------ (Total= $21.20 after tax + after discount)You can get your own water. Service was friendly and the employee who poured our tasters was friendly. She checked up on us twice to make sure we were okay. There are 2 unisex restrooms. I only used one of them, in which it was clean and adequately stocked with the essentials. Overall, we had a great experience and would recommend to anyone wishing to have a bourbon tasting. You can also do a tour with a customize bourbon bottle, which is $55.

My dad requested the bourbon blending class as a belated Father's Day gift and activity on a recent visit to town. So...we booked it!This is a fun, gimmicky activity. It is slightly more expensive than even the more expensive bourbon distillery tours and tastings, but the samples are bigger and there are more of them. And this is to facilitate your personal blending experience.You start with a quick (very quick) rundown of the history of bourbon, what makes a bourbon, and what bourbon you are working with.Then you are basically set free to play with your own blending recipes.Their bourbon is not my favorite and is on the lower-proof end of where bourbon comes to...but getting to blend your own, make your own flavor profile, it a lot of fun!And at the end, you can choose to have your recipe made and bottled, on site and at that moment, to buy and bring home. You get to name it yourself and the label is also personalized in real time.Certainly not for everyone and much more individual than other tours and tastings, but it is different and a lot of fun!

Fun place! It's part of the slugger museum, but with a bourbon twist. This is how it goes. You get an introduction to the history of bourbon. Then samples of different finishes and make your own bourbon mix. Super friendly staff and we totally enjoyed the experience.

We came in here on a Saturday evening with reservations at about 630. I was really excited to try here and make your own bourbon. I thought it was a very interesting and fun idea. We got to go in there and taste their own bourbons, and they were all really good. I must say. Our presenter that walked us through the history of it was fun and delightful. And we are really excited to make our own. We bought a bottle to take home to try as well and it's good, I would recommend this place

Place was a lot of fun and making your own bourbon was great. Mixing the Smokey and wood flavors to create your own flavor. The folks were well versed in bourbon and fun to listen too.

Barrels & Billets was very cute and the bourbon wasn't too shabby either. The real draw here seems to be customized bottles but we settled on the bar tasting experience! This included the three bourbons they offer and three cocktails made with each bourbon. It was a good deal at $25.The woman who helped us mentioned that the bar experience was new and requested feedback on the cocktails which my group really appreciated; we stan people that want honest feedback in order to improve!My favorite was the Lucky Lumber followed by the Smokin' Fastball. If you're a scotch drinker, its NOT that, but has more smoke than typical bourbon so you may enjoy it. Not a lot of seating but a fun way to spend an hour to two.

Touring the factory was great- the time you wait beforehand is the best part though- getting to look at memorabilia from years ago was great. Also, making your own blend of bourbon was a cool really experience.

This place was awesome. As a baseball fan I had to drop by. Their location right by the Louisville Slugger museum was convenient. The staff was incredible and made the tasting a fun experience. The bourbons were smooth and tasty. The history was really cool to listen about from the staff.

Montana was an amazing host during our recent visit! Our friends visited and raved about it. We tried getting a same day tour and tasting but everything was sold out online. Motivated by the awesome referral, we decided to walk over and try our luck. To our amazement, we were welcomed for a walk in "Flight School" tasting. We learned so much about the history of bourbon, the differences between whiskey and bourbon and what baseball and Barrels and Billets have in common. We left enjoying very tasty bourbon and excellently curated cocktails - all for only $25! We'd highly recommend adding this stop to your next Louisville experience.

Amazing! Fantastic! Delicious!I don't have the words to describe how amazing this was. We thought we were going for just a tasting, but no, it was a blending. We learned how to take different bourbons to make one bourbon. Oh it was so fantastic. I was able to create six different types, and liked five of them. The bonus, I could then buy a bottle of my creation, amazing!You must go!