Over the past decade, distilleries have really stepped up their game when it comes to what visitors can experience on a distillery campus. Visitor experiences used to be limited to a tour and a tasting, but now there are museums, expansive gift shops, and even restaurants at many distilleries. At The James B. Beam Distillery in Clermont, Kentucky, The Kitchen Table is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11am–5pm and opens Sunday at noon to quench visitors’ thirst and fill their bellies.
Go back 10 years, and finding a bite to eat between distilleries often meant hitting a drive thru or taking a chance on a chain restaurant; on the back roads of Kentucky there are often few choices. Distilleries such as
