Kentucky Peerless Distilling

Some friends, my husband, and I are in Louisville this week and my friend reserved us a tasting at Peerless. The company has a pretty fascinating history and our your guide was great at walking us through it. We saw where they make their bourbon, and the tour concluded with a tasting of four of their bourbons (and ryes). My husband bought a few for us and Corky (who's great-grandfather founded the company) was there to sign them. We also bought some pins for me and moonshine pickles, which look tasty.Overall I'd recommend this place and the tour, which ran about 1h15m long.

Kentucky Peerless is right in the heart of downtown Louisville - easy to find. They are a small batch distiller whose founder started the business in the late 1800's. Our tour guide was David and he was excellent. During the tour, you learn all about the founder and his family, and the unique situation they were in when they shutdown during prohibition. Lucky us...as we entered, a gentleman was leaving but stopped to greet us, thank us for visiting, and ask us where we were coming from. Turns out, it was the great great grandson of the founder - Corky Taylor (4th generation). The distillery is much like so many others along the Bourbon Trail...rustic, clean, and welcoming. Their retired mouse cat, Rye, can be found in the shop walking around, working the register, or napping in an open hiding place (I eventually had to ask because I couldn't find her at first). I highly recommend this distillery - they have a unique taste due to their special process and are the first distillery to follow Kosher Law.

We went for a bourbon tasting and had a great experience. The building is very cool and industrial but warm and inviting. We tried four bourbons and then got to pick a bonus fifth tasting. I think Alex was the one leading the tasting and he was very knowledgeable. There's also a welcoming cat named Rye, very cute.

The tour was completely fine, but nothing really stood out. The same information you'll find elsewhere. Bourbon was okay, but not as smooth as I was hoping. Overall, an enjoyable experience but probably skippable for most.

Wonderful distillery downtown. They offer several different variations of their bourbon and ryes. The staff is absolutely great. Hopefully you'll get to meet the owner, Corky. As anyone about his father working with General Patton.

Kentucky Peerless was our first tasting during our Louisville weekend. We learned after the fact that Peerless is the strongest/most intense tasting out of the main ones so we started out big and things were a little more laid back (lower ABV) from there on out. The facility is really pretty, we did not do the full tour, just the tasting so we only saw the gift shop and tasting room plus a little bit of the distillery that we could see from the front. Our guide was really cool, very down to earth and spoke confidently. I didn't really know much about KP prior to our tasting so it was fun to learn about the distillery. They've got a really neat history and some great stories so I definitely recommend making sure to hit it up while you're in town!

A great stop on the Bourbon Trail! The tasting can be quite extensive so plan ahead! The tour and historical information is thorough and fun! It's a beautiful spot in a central location

This was such a fantastic tour -- kid friendly and a personalized tour. This is one of Louisville's smaller distilleries. I wasn't sure what to expect, but enjoyed just how unique and small they kept the tours.We did the behind-the-scenes tour, which ended with a tasting in their classy tasting room. During the tour, we even got a chance to taste bourbon straight from the bottle, which was such a unique experience.The bourbon here is delicious, and was one of my favorites that I had in Louisville, a city with no shortage of bourbon spots. I recommend booking early, especially since they keep their tours small.

We scheduled a tasting at Peerless. While the space itself is beautiful, this was my least favorite whiskey. I love their branding, the merch, the bottle shop, and the tasting room are so aesthetically pleasing. I didn't realize all their products are barrel (high) proof. There's definitely such a thing as too much alcohol. At some point all the flavor is just blown away by the burn of the alcohol. For me, that was most of this selection. I would need to make cocktails with any of these and for the price point I want something I can enjoy straight. The only one I would drink again is the absinthe (purple label) barrel aged rye.If high proof is your thing, make this a stop while in town!

Great tour and great products. Chase was our awesome tour guide. Fourth generation owner, Corky Taylor, great grandson of founder Henry Kraver, stopped by to say hello on our tour and tell some stories! Awesome!Then we went to the tast8ng room to try some great products. They inly make 2700 barrels per year, which is about what Jim Beam makes in a day.