Louisville Bourbon Trolley Tour

Experience 4 bourbon destinations on a guided trolley adventure!

Step aboard Louisville’s historic trolley to explore distilleries, tasting rooms, & bourbon-infused bites!

As you roll through downtown, NuLu, and Butchertown, you’ll visit tasting rooms, tour a bourbon distillery, and sample sauces, spices and confections with a bourbon twist. Each stop features exclusive pours, tours, cocktails, stories, and plenty of Bourbon City surprises.

We’ve pulled together some of the most unique bourbon experiences in Louisville. Each exclusive experience explores bourbon in a totally different way, like a craft cocktail created just for our guests, behind-the-scenes access, or a customized tasting experience.

What’s included
  • Bourbon cocktails
  • Bourbon tastings & flights
  • Bourbon distillery tour
  • Bourbon-infused spice, sauce, and sweet samples
  • Take-home gift: “Louisville Icons” tote bag
Itinerary
  • Hop aboard a historic trolley to ride in comfort to explore downtown, NuLu, and Butchertown
  • Tour a distillery (that’s almost always fully booked) on an exclusive, insider-access tour, plus a tasting paired with two sweet treats
  • Taste a bourbon flight with a custom cocktail crafted just for Bourbon Trolley guests in a tasting room of one of the oldest bourbon brands in the country
  • Pair a barrel-aged, thieved cocktail with a selection of barrel-aged sauces in an exclusive tasting experience that’s all about mixing flavors
  • Bring home a Louisville Icons tote bag gift
Highlights
  • Sip an exclusive cocktail crafted only for Bourbon Trolley guests in a hidden speakeasy tucked beneath one of America’s oldest bourbon brands
  • Go beyond the glass with tastings of barrel-aged sauces and spices that showcase bourbon’s influence on Kentucky cuisine.
  • Step inside a distillery (that’s almost always sold out) for a customized tour and guided tasting
  • Explore Downtown, NuLu, and Butchertown in comfort aboard a climate-controlled historic trolley

Cancellation Policy

Refundable Tickets allow changes or refunds with at least 48 hours’ notice. Non-Refundable Tickets cannot be changed or refunded.

Important Information

Check-in details

Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before the start time of your tour.

Please plan to eat before and after your tour, as there isn’t much food on the tour and you’ll be drinking quite a lot of bourbon!

Disclaimers
  • This tour is 21+, and infants are NOT allowed per Kentucky law.
  • While tasty samples are included, this is NOT a food tour, and the food samples are not intended to fill you up. Please eat lunch before your tour and plan to eat dinner afterwards.
  • We are unable to accommodate food preferences and allergies on this tour. Please let us know when booking if you have an allergy. Due to the nature of this tour, we are unable to change out any of our pre-set menu for allergies, food restrictions, or drink preferences.
  • Please note that the itinerary is subject to change, based on the locations’ availability, weather, and other circumstances.
  • Suitable for all fitness levels.
  • Tours run in rain, shine, or snow unless weather becomes severe or constitutes a dangerous situation. (You will be seated inside a climate controlled trolley with minimal walking!)

FAQs

How much food will we be eating on this tour?

Not enough to fill you up – this is NOT a food tour. You’ll enjoy a few snacks and samples of bourbon-infused sauces, spices, and sweets during your tour, but we suggest that you eat a hearty lunch before your tour and plan to go to dinner afterwards.

Is this tour worth the price?

Your ticket includes exclusive access, bourbon tastings, cocktails and bites in some of the most hard-to-access spots on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, a take-home gift tote bag, and 3 hours of fun.

This experience is designed to be exclusive and one of a kind. We packed a LOT of exclusive bourbon experiences into a 3 hour window, and we custom designed every single experience on the tour to ensure exclusive access. This is truly Louisville’s most unique bourbon tour experience!

While we love the all day long bourbon country tours, we wanted to create something that could be done in a single afternoon without leaving the city – perfect for anyone with limited time, or who doesn’t want to devote an entire day to driving around.

When it comes to what we charge, our pricing for all tours is based on an operating margin that fairly compensates our hard working tour guides, pays full price to our local partners, and includes a 20% gratuity for the staff at each of the stops we visit.

How much alcohol will we be drinking on this tour?

You’ll enjoy several bourbon flights (totaling about 9 bourbon pours, and the maximum amount we’re allowed to serve allowed by Kentucky law), and 2 half-size cocktails. Please prepare yourself by eating before your tour, and plan to drink LOTS of water throughout!

Will we be visiting bourbon distilleries on this tour?

Yes, we will be touring a bourbon distillery during this tour. We’ve designed the Bourbon Trolley to feature exclusive tours from to our distillery partners which are shorter than the typical distillery tour, so that we can get you to more bourbon destinations in a shorter timeframe.

I’ve visited a LOT of bourbon distilleries. Will I learn anything new on your tour?

We sure hope so! Our Bourbon Trolley experience is designed to offer something totally different than the typical bourbon distillery tours. The Bourbon Trolley is the perfect accompaniment to visiting distilleries along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, but it’s entirely different experience.

While we love the all day long bourbon country tours, we wanted to create something that could be done in a single afternoon without leaving the city – perfect for limited time, or for anyone who doesn’t want to devote an entire day to driving around.

We’ve curated some of the most unique bourbon experiences in Louisville, such as hidden speakeasy tasting rooms, exclusive distillery tours, tastings co-created with gourmet food artisans that use bourbon in innovative ways to create delicious bites, and more. Each experience offers something completely unique and exclusive to us, like a craft cocktail created just for our guests, behind-the-scenes access, or a customized tasting experience.

It’s quite literally something you won’t find anywhere else, because we worked closely with our partners to create each and every experience on the tour.

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