A distillery on McCracken Pike, founded in 1887 by E.H. Taylor Jr., where visitors can walk the gardens, book a distillery tour and shop in the Boiler Room.
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4445 McCracken Pike Frankfort, KY 40601
The distillery serves alcohol, and its site asks visitors to confirm they are 21 or older. Its home page lists Wednesday to Saturday, 10:30 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm, closed Monday and Tuesday, with all bars closing at 4:30 pm. Book experiences on its site.
Opening hours, admission, accessibility, and booking requirements can vary. Confirm the details that matter to your visit directly with the venue.
Only what Castle & Key says on its own pages. Rules can change, so ask the venue if it matters.
Kids
Kids welcome with an adult“All guests are invited to enjoy our public spaces, including the Boiler Room, Botanical Trail, and Springhouse. Due to the historic and unique nature of our property, all guests under the age of 18 must be supervised at all times by a member of their party who is 18 years of age or older. All guests participating in The Distillery Experience must be 21+.”
Dogs
No dogs“Only service animals are allowed at Castle & Key Distillery. This policy ensures the comfort and safety of all our guests while complying with ADA guidelines.”
Tours
“All guests participating in our guided experiences must be 21+. No guests under the age of 21, including infants and children, will be allowed on our guided experiences.”
Allocated bourbon means the bottles a distillery releases in small numbers, so a store gets a few at a time and most people never see one on the shelf. Pappy Van Winkle, Blanton's, Weller, E.H. Taylor, Eagle Rare and the yearly limited editions are the usual names, and buying one at the suggested retail price in a Lexington store almost never happens. Lexington still has five real ways to get close, listed here in the order they are most likely to work this week: a pour at a bourbon bar, Buffalo Trace's daily rotating bottle in Frankfort, bottles the distilleries within an hour sell only on site, free-entry draws and drawings, and the vintage shelf at a licensed vintage spirits seller. Every fact comes from the seller's or distillery's own page, with the date it was read. Every tasting is 21 and over with ID, and the person driving does not taste.