This was a great tour & the restaurant is amazing, everyone loved their selection. I had the ribs and they were great and, not surprisingly the bbq sauce was delicious. The staff was friendly, the samples were great, the tour was fun and informative, and I highly recommend a meal in house.

This was our last tour and by far the best while in Kentucky! Samples along the way which was super cool! Our tour guide was so friendly and knowledgeable made it very enjoyable. I'll definitely be back especially to try the restaurant.

This campus is beautiful. From the distillery to gift shop to the restaurant. We didn't have reservations and unfortunately the restaurant wait was over an hour so can't wait to try that next time. We did the tasting experience and it was awesome. They give you history, education and tasting all within about 1/2 hour in a room upstairs near bar. Would recommend this to anyone, even the not so seasoned bourbon drinker like myself. The only downfall is the merchandise was a bit picked over for clothing/hats, more selection would be great.

We started our trip here. The distillery is beautiful. The exterior and interior designs are so interesting to explore at each of the distilleries. While waiting for our tour to start, we stopped for some appetizers at the Kitchen. Our server was very friendly and welcoming. We had the garlic Parmesan fries and the brussel sprouts. The fries had fresh shredded Parmesan and garlic seasoning. They were good, but would be better with some minced garlic. The brussel sprouts were in a pepper jelly sauce, and were cooked with a little more crunch, however they were bland, the pepper jelly did not have any spice and they needed salt. We had a tour of the property, lead by Jesse, who was fun and engaging. We enjoyed learning about the history and bourbon making process. We attended three tours while in town, I thought I'd be bored by the third tour as my husband is the bourbon guy, but I thoroughly enjoyed each distillery's unique history. I left 4-stars because I was unimpressed with the food.

We visited the distillery and restaurant on a Saturday during a holiday weekend. The parking lot was large so we easily found parking, but the place was still full of people. We checked in for our tour on the main level and checked out the gift shop. It was very tight space and difficult to see everything with all of the people, but they did have a nice variety of merchandise. We really liked the Photo Booth that printed out two free photo copies for you to keep. Our tour was on the second level of the building. There was another gift shop space up there and a bar. We did the generations tasting which was a sample of 7 different bourbons and a chocolate. It was really interesting to hear the history of Beam and our guide was so nice and knowledgeable. Afterwards we visited the restaurant for a quick bite to eat. Thankfully we arrived at a good time and did not have to wait, but when we left there was a decent size line waiting to be seated. We ordered the sliders and a pizza. The sliders were good, but the pizza was even better! Overall, the grounds are well kept and it was a very nice place to experience.

I had great experience. I did the first tour that was affordable and be part of experience. I learned a lot and enjoying the tasting while on the tour. I would recommend to my family and friend to do this experience. Beautiful place.

How to drink Bourbon Pour a shot of that brown bourbon. Swirl a bit to let it aerate. Then put your nose deep into the glass and inhale deeply keeping your lips parted .. so that you taste the bourbon before you actually start drinking it. Yes.. if you live in Kentucky visit this bourbon capital of the world Bardstown. And Jim Beam Distillery is well worth a trip to learn how to go through the bourbon making process, from the corn to the fermentation and aging process. And they give you samples on the way, kids are allowed to accompany the tour. Finally you can personalize a bottle right from labeling to sealing it. Kids also get to make a wax fingerprint seal, which was pretty cool. The Kitchen had really good Margherita pizza, Brussels sprouts and amazing fries.

A Bourbon Mecca... Admittedly, I am not a fan of Jim Beam, white label or black...however the quality of this tour made this fact irrelevant. Firstly, the size of this campus is simply stifling. Rickhouses and far as the eye can see and a sprawling industrial grade distilling operation that somehow still manages to look aesthetically pleasing with it's smoke stacks, silos and endless maze of pipes. I've done many distillery tours but what made this one stand out was the interaction that you were able to have with the real product. On the "Beam made Bourbon" tour you not only get to partially fill a new barrel but you also get to partially dump a matured one...along with bottling your own bourbon to purchase and take home. Fan or no, I would highly suggest this tour for any bourbon or spirits enthusiast!

Since I've already been to the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, I had to give this one a chance! I booked the Beam Made Bourbon Distillery Tour & Tasting for my significant other and I on their website. I even brought my dog along. This experience was a total of 1.5 hours. The entrance took us down a winding road around the campus. It was quite large, so the signs helped tremendously on where to go to find parking. We entered through the American Outpost building to get things started. We were each issued a physical ticket. At the start of the tour, we were greeted by the two tour guides. After being told the rules, they directed us to go on the shuttle bus outside. It was a short ride to our first destination. We used the shuttle bus throughout the tour, as the campus was so much larger than it appeared at first glance. We were also in and out of certain areas, so if you have the chance to visit here, you may want to dress appropriately for the weather. Unfortunately for us, it was cold outside. After we viewed everything on the tour that was used to make bourbon, our last stop was to actually try bourbon! With bourbon around me for over an hour, I was pumped to arrive at the tasting room. I was able to choose my own seat and there was a tasting palette prepared in front of each seat. The palette consisted of Jim Beam, Basil Hayden, Knob Creek, an empty glass for Your Bourbon Of Choice, Booker's Beaten Biscuits, and Water. We were guided on how to properly perform a bourbon tasting. Without giving too much away, there was a process, trust me. This tasting was, in a way, elegant. I enjoyed everything on the palette, including the oddly placed Biscuit. For my Bourbon Of Choice, I chose Booker's. I figured that it would be a good choice, since it was a fairly old bourbon and being the oldest of the choices. It was a mean bourbon! I'm glad I chose it. The service at every angle of this place was outstanding! The tour guides were both filled with knowledge and even answered random questions from other guests on the tour. They never rushed anything, which gave me optimal time to soak in each set of scenery. Overall, I had a great time here! The cold weather was saddening, but of course that wasn't their fault at all. Going in and out of the buildings accompanied by the moments in the shuttle bus gave me blasts of warmth. I would definitely return here in the future! Date of visit: February 3, 2023

I'm glad we were able to swing by this iconic brand. I was really shooting into the dark when I decided what specific tours to go on during the planning phase of our trip and the warehouse tour seemed interesting. Expectations were set as soon as we arrived, this would be a very short tour but the folks that checked us in kept raving about how it was one of their favorite tours. Our entire tour group was four people. It was very intimate and pretty cool to go on an, almost, private tour. Our guide was great and very knowledgable. We hopped on a bus that drove us to one of the warehouses. We walked in, ambling amongst rows and rows of stacked barrels. Our waiter at the restaurant told us afterwards that he's always worried something will collapse while he's in a warehouse and he'll be crushed by seven stories of bourbon barrels. That would certainly be hard to fit on a death certificate. Fortunately, structural integrity held up during the duration of our tour. Most of the tour was sampling, which is the most important part of the tour anyway. We were able to sample...I'm trying to remember the name and "chef's kiss" is coming to me but that's definitely not it. White dog? It's something earlier in the bourbon production process. We also tried a single barrel straight from the barrel and compared it to Jim Beam Black. As I tried to knock back some of the shit, it hit the back of my throat in just a way to spasm and then subsequently went down the wrong tube. I coughed and coughed and for the rest of short tour, tried to get up the bourbon-laced mucous that was building in my bronchial tree. For this reason only, I was grateful the tour was short. Compared to Maker's Mark, this was a foreword. Perhaps the distillery tour and tasting provides that experience and I'm not sure what possessed me to book the warehouse tour. It is possible that the main tour was sold out and if that is the case, I would suggest looking well ahead of time. We also ate at the restaurant. Us fat fucks can't resist eating every opportunity we get. We ordered cocktails which did the trick. We also ordered their brussels sprouts and cheese plate, both very enjoyable. The restaurant has a nice view over the grounds, a very nice space. Service was excellent. Not a bad way to end a tour.