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The Bourbon Trail™ Passport & Field Guide will be honored until July 1, 2025.
In the 25 years since the Kentucky Bourbon Trail® experience began, a lot has changed. The Trail™ has grown far beyond its simple beginnings – from a modest road trip into a more diverse and wide-ranging experience that stretches across the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky.
When the Kentucky Bourbon Trail® tour first launched in 1999, it was started to showcase the talents of seven distilleries that were in relative proximity to one another. Visiting each distillery was possible in just a day or two. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail® Passport program was developed to reward those willing to achieve the goal of visiting each one.
Now, after 25 years of growth, the Trail™ includes 46 distilleries, with many more on the way. And, while some distilleries are certainly close enough to call each other “neighbors,” some of them are nearly 300 miles away from one another.
The original concept of visiting each distillery has become increasingly difficult—as some of you have let us know. The last thing we want to do is turn your relaxed, enjoyable day into an arduous, rushed experience.
Our goal is for you to learn, linger, and fall in love with Kentucky Bourbon culture. To enjoy and savor every moment. Rushing from stop to stop to gather more passport stamps runs contrary to that enjoyment. We also want you to have the freedom to Build Your Own Bourbon Trail™, based on criteria important to you.
In light of the growth the Trail™ continues to experience, we have made the decision to retire the Kentucky Bourbon Trail® Passport & Field Guide. But for those of you approaching the now-impressive goal of visiting each of the distilleries in the Passport & Field Guide, we will continue to honor and award Passport and Field Guides purchased and registered before July 1, 2024, until July 1, 2025.
You are the people who have brought the Trail™ to life. It is because of you and many other dedicated Kentucky Bourbon Trail® visitors that the Trail™ has become what it is today—a premier destination admired around the world, with 2.5 million visitors every year.
Now, in honor of its 25th Anniversary, we invite you to return and experience a reimagined Kentucky Bourbon Trail® that encourages greater exploration, slowing down, and savoring the moment.
If you have any questions regarding the Kentucky Bourbon Trail® Passport & Field Guide, please visit our www.kybourbontrail.com.