Plan a visit
This distillery serves alcohol. Tours have their own age rules; check the distillery's tour page.
Kids and dogs
Only what James E. Pepper Distillery says on its own pages. Rules can change, so ask the venue if it matters.
- Kids
- Kids welcome in some areas“The retail area is pet and kid friendly, but animals and children under the age of 14 are not allowed on tours”
- Dogs
- Dogs welcome in some areas“The retail area is pet and kid friendly, but animals and children under the age of 14 are not allowed on tours”
- Tours
- “Yes, participants must be 14 years old to join the tour. This is due to safety and legal regulations related to alcohol production and consumption. Children and minors between 14 and 20 years old are allowed on the tour, but they will not be able to sample any alcoholic products.”
From jamesepepper.com, checked October 25, 2026
Ways to spend time here
Around Lexington21+ for tastings
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.
In this guide: Distillery District on foot: James E. Pepper
Around LexingtonPlanning a company day out? These Lexington-area venues publish how groups book: the size each space holds, who to contact and, where they say so, the months they do not take private events. Distillery tastings are for guests 21 and older.
In this guide: James E. Pepper Distillery: reserve ahead for a larger group
Upcoming at James E. Pepper Distillery
Nothing on our list here right now; the venue’s website may have more. See what’s on this weekend.