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A guide to Kentucky breweries, brewpubs, and taprooms

Bluegrass and bourbon is what Kentucky is known for. However, if you look close enough, you will see a group of fine, craft beer slinging breweries in the state of Kentucky.

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Against the Grain

AtG beers are smooth.

We're big fans of the brewery/smokehouse combo. BBQ and beer is among the many all-time tandems of awesome - a list that includes Miyagi & Larusso, Ketchup & Mustard, Day-drinking & Sunday.

As for the Against the Grain brewery, how it started was some brewing buddies getting together, having some beers, shooting some breezes, then brewing some high quality beers that brought "color" to the Louisville brewing scene.

AtG has a variety of craft brews that push the limits, often. They are distributed throughout most of the United States and in a handful of other countries. We're big fans of the Citra Ass Down, an 8% DIPA that makes you question where that lumberjack on the can got that mace.

When it comes to food, their Smokehouse and their Public House food menus serve slightly different audiences. The former focuses solely on smoked meats, the latter more of a pro-level burger joint. At a distance of 3 miles apart, you can pick either and have a great time. You could even do one for lunch and pub crawl your way to the other for dinner.

Moving back to the beer, they've upgraded over time, moving from the original 2bbl system to a 15bbl, followed by a 30bbl. Against the Grain is a great brewing success story.

West Sixth Brewing

West Sixth has opened four taprooms in Kentucky, all of which balance their year round beers against taproom exclusives. Starting up in 2012, the brewery started in the Bread Box, a 100 year old building in Lexington.

A List of Craft Beer Breweries in Kentucky

Each listing includes their street address and/or contact information. Some breweries include both. For the ones that we have patronized, we have listed a write-up review with some thoughts on their beer, food, menu, tasting room, etc.

Feel free to reach out to us if the information is inaccurate, or the brewery closed, or, if you really just wanna talk about beer - we are here for you.

Kentucky Breweries

All breweries, taprooms, and brewpubs in KY. Now go visit them.

  1. Taproom | 10408 Watterson Trl, Louisville, KY 40299 | (502) 482-3373

  2. Taproom | 6300 Old Lagrange Rd, Crestwood, KY 40014 | (502) 482-3373

  3. Taproom | 301 W Lexington Ave, Winchester, KY 40391 | (859) 749-9474

  4. Microbrewery | 1800 Northwestern Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40203 | (502) 384-4842

  5. Brewpub | 1576 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40205 | (502) 515-0174

  6. Microbrewery | 401 E Main St, Louisville, KY 40202 | (502) 515-0174

  7. Taproom | 909 E Market St Ste 700, Louisville, KY 40206 | (502) 742-7770

  8. Brewpub | 7926 Alexandria Pike Ste 1, Alexandria, KY 41001 | (859) 694-6999

  9. Taproom | 1612 Mellwood Ave, Louisville, KY 40206 | (502) 589-4843

  10. Taproom | 322 Elm St, Ludlow, KY 41016 | (859) 360-7757

  11. Microbrewery | 610 W Third St, Lexington, KY 40508 | (859) 608-8490

  12. Brewpub | 300 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202 | (502) 899-7070

  13. Taproom | 5 Orphanage Rd, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017 | (859) 331-0296

  14. Brewery | 27 W 7th St, Covington, KY 41011 | (859) 261-5600

  15. Microbrewery | 95 Riviera Dr, Bellevue, KY 41073 | (859) 291-0036

  16. Taproom | 121 Main St, Pikeville, KY 41501 | (859) 321-2754

  17. Microbrewery | 108 Corporate Dr, Georgetown, KY 40324 | (859) 588-2118

  18. Microbrewery | 436 Chair Ave, Lexington, KY 40508 | (859) 554-6200

  19. Taproom | 224 Fairfield Ave, Bellevue, KY 41073 | (859) 815-8375

  20. Taproom | 109 E Irvine St, Richmond, KY 40475 | (859) 575-7111

  21. Taproom | 3121 Broadway St, Paducah, KY 42001 | (270) 210-9296

  22. Microbrewery | 745 Hambley Blvd, Pikeville, KY 41501 | (606) 766-3835

  23. Microbrewery | 1224 Manchester St, Lexington, KY 40504 | (859) 309-1254

  24. Microbrewery | 901 E Liberty St, Louisville, KY 40204 | (502) 257-7284

  25. Brewpub | 1025 Barret Ave, Louisville, KY 40204 | (502) 742-1714

  26. Taproom | 218 S Mulberry St Ste 103, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 |

  27. Taproom | 1170 Manchester St, Lexington, KY 40508 | (859) 523-2101

  28. Microbrewery | 636 E Main St, Louisville, KY 40202 | (502) 584-2739

  29. Brewpub | 400 S 4th St, Louisville, KY 40202 | (502) 589-8935

  30. Microbrewery | 514 Baxter Ave, Louisville, KY 40204 | (502) 822-3202

  31. Microbrewery | 2120 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40205 | (502) 457-7711

  32. Brewpub | 12717 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY 40243 | (502) 208-0882

  33. Brewpub | 131 N 4th St, Danville, KY 40422 | (606) 687-0552

  34. Brewpub | 737 2nd St, Henderson, KY 42420 | (270) 200-4314

  35. Brewpub | 200 E 3rd St, Newport, KY 41071 | (859) 491-7200

  36. Taproom | 8023 Catherine Ln, Louisville, KY 40222 | (502) 708-1902

  37. Brewpub | 1064 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, KY 40204 | (502) 890-8676

  38. Taproom | 102 E 5th St, Hopkinsville, KY 42240 | (270) 348-3927

  39. Taproom | 103 W Mount Vernon St, Somerset, KY 42501 | (606) 425-4962

  40. Taproom | 166 Marimon Ave, Harrodsburg, KY 40330 | (859) 265-0872

  41. Brewery | 475 Angliana Ave, Lexington, KY 40508 | (859) 255-2337

  42. Taproom | 123 E Pike St, Cynthiana, KY 41031 | (859) 954-5151

  43. Taproom | 6823 Burlington Pike, Florence, KY 41042 | (859) 371-4466

  44. Taproom | 8 W 2nd St, Maysville, KY 41056 | (606) 407-6008

  45. Taproom | 636 Barret Ave, Louisville, KY 40204 | (502) 409-8139

  46. Brewpub | 725 National Ave, Lexington, KY 40502 | (859) 447-8146

  47. Brewpub | 1036 E Burnett Ave, Louisville, KY 40217 | (502) 742-6564

  48. Taproom | 149 E Main St, Georgetown, KY 40324 | (859) 707-5510

  49. Taproom | 625 W Magnolia Ave, Louisville, KY 40208 | (502) 498-5434

  50. Taproom | 622 Main St, Shelbyville, KY 40065 | (502) 498-5434

  51. Brewpub | 301 N 4th St, Paducah, KY 42001 | (270) 933-1265

  52. Taproom | 1400 Delaware Ave, Lexington, KY 40505 | (859) 285-6778

  53. Taproom | 119 Luigart Ct, Lexington, KY 40508 | (859) 368-7064

  54. Microbrewery | 609 Main St, Paris, KY 40361 | (859) 707-3436

  55. Taproom | 175 E Main St, Morehead, KY 40351 | (606) 356-3155

  56. Microbrewery | 221 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY 40601 | (917) 688-9995

  57. Taproom | 601A N Main St, Somerset, KY 42501 | (606) 451-1525

  58. Brewpub | 1894 Highway 641 North, Benton, KY 42025 | (270) 705-8647

  59. Microbrewery | 218 N Main St, Beaver Dam, KY 42320 | (270) 775-3131

  60. Brewpub | 513 Marsailles Rd Ste 8, Versailles, KY 40383 | (859) 256-0169

  61. Microbrewery | 501 W Sixth St, Lexington, KY 40508 | (859) 705-0915

  62. Microbrewery | 4495 Shadrick Ferry Rd, Frankfort, KY 40601 | (859) 705-0915

  63. Microbrewery | 109 W Main St, Lexington, KY 40507 | (859) 705-0915

  64. Brewpub | 871 Broadway Ave, Bowling Green, KY 42101 | (270) 904-1573

  65. Taproom | 629 York St, Newport, KY 41071 | (859) 261-2172

  66. Brewpub | 128 S Public Sq, Glasgow, KY 42141 | (270) 590-6625

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