Customized Kentucky Tours

Name: Custom Kentucky Tours
Brand: Mint Julep Experiences
Rating: 5 (8 reviews)

Design Your Day. Maximize Your Time.

Groups of all sizes choose Mint Julep Experiences to plan one-day and multi-day custom Kentucky tours. These guests set out on excursions along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail® and throughout the Bluegrass state. By working with one of our experience coordinators, you can craft your perfect day with their knowledge and expertise.

Work one-on-one with an Experience Coordinator
Offered 7 days a week
Local and regional departures and pickups (Louisville, Bardstown, Lexington, Northern Kentucky, Cincinnati and more!)
Private Bourbon Country transportation with the Mint Julep fleet
Craft your own itinerary with guaranteed reservations

Customized Kentucky Bourbon Trail® tours are a great option for special events, corporate outings, bachelor and bachelorette parties, birthdays, anniversaries and client appreciation gifts.

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Exclusive Access

Due to our partnerships, several bourbon distilleries, craft breweries and food artisans offer exclusive tastings or private tours only available to Mint Julep Experiences guests:

Custom bourbon distillery tours and tastings
Straight-from-the-barrel tastings
Cocktail mixology classes
Creative beer or bourbon flights
Cooking demos
Horse farms including stud farms
Behind-the-scenes access
Single Barrel Select Experiences

Distilleries & Destinations

Customize your experience and itinerary by selecting the distilleries and scenic Kentucky destinations that matter most to you! Our Experience Coordinators will help craft an experience that maximizes your time, takes you to the destinations that matter most to you and incorporates all the fine details (i.e. brunch, lunch, dinner, shopping, souvenirs).

Kentucky Bourbon Trail® Distilleries

Angel’s Envy Distillery
Bardstown Bourbon Co.
Bulleit Distilling Co.
Brough Brothers Distillery
Four Roses Distillery
Green River Distilling Co.
Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience
Evan Williams Bourbon Experience
James B. Beam Distilling Co.
Lux Row Distillers
Maker’s Mark Distillery
Michter’s at Fort Nelson
Old Forester Distilling Co.
Rabbit Hole Distillery
Stitzel-Weller Distillery
Town Branch Distillery
Wild Turkey Distillery
Wilderness Trail Distillery
Woodford Reserve Distillery

Craft Bourbon Trail Distilleries

CENTRAL REGION

Jeptha Creed Distillery
Kentucky Artisan Distillery
Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co
Limestone Branch Distillery
Preservation Distillery
Willett Distillery
Log Still Distillery
Copper & Kings American Brandy Distillery

WESTERN REGION

The Bard Distillery
MB Roland Distillery
Dueling Grounds Distillery
Casey Jones Distillery
Boundary Oak Distillery

NORTHERN REGION

Second Sight Spirits
Neeley Family Distillery
New Riff Distillery
The Old Pogue Distillery
Boone County Distilling Co

BLUEGRASS REGION

Castle & Key Distillery
Hartfield & Co.
James E. Pepper Distillery
Barrel House Distilling Co.
Bluegrass Distillers

Bourbon Country Distilleries

Brown-Forman Cooperage
Barton 1792
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Copper & Kings Brandy Distillery
Independent Stave Cooperage
Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse
Old Samuels Distillery
Starhill Distillery @ Huber’s Farm

Horse Country

Travel the hills of Kentucky’s Horse Country seeing the various stages of a race horse’s life at a stud farm, nursery, training center and race track.

Thoroughbred & Nursery Farms
Churchill Downs & Keeneland
Kentucky Derby Museum

Breweries & Wineries

Explore Louisville’s breweries and wineries. Sample craft beer and regional wines from a variety of small brewers and vintners utilizing Kentucky-grown grapes.

Brewgrass Trail
Kentucky Wineries

Culinary Artisans

Get a taste of Kentucky by sampling local farm-to-table restaurants, tasting small-batch spirits and trying bourbon-infused desserts on a Louisville culinary artisan-inspired tour and tasting.

Top Kentucky Chefs
Top-rated Restaurants
Culinary Artisans

Regional Transportation: Pickups and Destinations

With our VIP Transportation and Custom Tours, you can arrange for pickup and transit to various regional destinations. Mint Julep Experiences offers transportation services across all of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail®, Kentucky and into parts of Tennessee for full-day or multi-day itineraries. Below are the most popular regional pickup and destination locations.

Louisville
Bardstown
Lexington
Northern Kentucky
Cincinnati

Reviews from Customers

Our entire group said it was the best team building we’ve ever done! Our entire group said it was the best team building we’ve ever done! It truly was a fantastic experience and the day was perfect. Cindy and Terry were both an absolute joy and could not have made the day any more special than they did. Kudos to all of you — Mint Julep Excursions is a first class organization in every way. We made memories that will last us a lifetime, and we are incredibly grateful to you all for that!

Eric
Altec Capital Services, LLC

8/26/2022
I don’t know what else to say, I LOVE MINT JULEP TOURS!!! From the beginning (last June) until the end (yesterday) our experience with Mint Julep has been phenomenal. I know that there has to be a lot of time and effort that goes into creating the experiences that you provide, yet you make it seem absolutely effortless. We’ve been fortunate enough to experience those efforts on four different occasions now, and every one of them has been outstanding. From the Derby, to the Bourbon highway, to the horse farms; it’s all been outstanding!!

Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us when we want to go to Nashville.

Ken T.

5/10/2023
Everyone I spoke to at Mint Julep was a wealth of knowledge, and every recommendation was spot on. Can't recommend Mint Julep enough. Amber helped me plan the perfect trip. Tom as an incredible tour guide. Kept us on schedule, and squeezed in some extras along the way. Everyone I spoke to at Mint Julep was a wealth of knowledge, and every recommendation was spot on. Worth every penny!

John M.

9/23/2020
Cindy made this truly a one-of-a-kind experience! I would do it again, and would definitely ask for Cindy again! What a phenomenal tour! She took the time to make sure we had a great tour because she got mt to know us and want was important to us.

Daisy B.

9/18/2020
This was a day I hope to never forget My husband and I had a fantastic time. Cindy really took her time and gave us a thorough tour. It was incredible. She has such a warm personality which brought a level of comfort to the day. This was a day I hope to never forget. We love the Louisville area so much! Thanks for having us!

Windi A.

9/28/2021
We were enthralled with what we received from Mint Julep We had an outstanding time for our visit and Larry was more than what we could have hoped for in a tour guide. I also want to thank you because the way you built the trip took more insight than I initially saw. The way everything flowed from start to finish built on the last and was not just a line of tours and tastings. I could see the thought process as we progressed through. We were enthralled with what we received from Mint Julep, and I could write for another hour on how much we LOVED Larry for his insight, patience and going above and beyond. If any of your other people are even close to him, then you have one hell of a product. We would recommend you to everyone.

Tom S.

2/14/2022
Louisville Foodie Adventure— Grilled & Distilled I just had to tell you what a fabulous time we had yesterday. Jim was just FANTASTIC and such a perfect fit for us!! Galaxie was great! River House with the appetizer and smoked old fashion plus the picture and frame was exceptional!! Then off to Fat Lamb and had the best duck we’ve ever had and the drinks were wonderful! The last was Kaelin’s with the dessert that none of us left a thing and the special drink they made us couldn’t have been better! We will be back to ALL of them for sure. We have been to River House before and always loved it, but the service couldn’t have been better, so we will be returning again very soon! We’ve never been to Fat Lamb or Kaelin’s, but both will be seeing us again!

Leslie

10/10/2020
Mint Julep Tours and most especially Greg are the epitome of Southern Hospitality at its finest. My husband and I attended a charity auction for the Me, Fine Foundation in Raleigh, NC & won the bid for this trip. We were thrilled at the thought of Louisville: Food-Bourbon-Music-Horses...but also didn’t really know what we’d gotten ourselves into. We were absolutely wowed from moment one. We had the pleasure of meeting our gracious tour guide Greg S. He helped us get our Kentucky Bourbon ‘learn on’ while anticipating our every need or whim before they even occurred to us! We enjoyed the well-appointed chauffeur service, amazing food, and true V.I.P. treatment as we meandered down the Bourbon Trail visiting renowned distillers, enjoyed private tastings, and lunched in enchanting Bardstown, KY. Mint Julep Tours and most especially Greg are the epitome of Southern Hospitality at its finest. THANKYOU for a singularly amazing trip & the incredible thought and generous service—we will most definitely recommend y’all to friends and family!

Lael

9/23/2020
We visited 11 distilleries over a 4-day period along with transportation being provided from our home in Gallatin & back The Mint Julep KY Bourbon Trail experience was one of the BEST vacations that our group of 10 have ever been on. The drivers were awesome & Laura Millen planned each day to perfection for the max enjoyment without overdoing it!

Mike

2/27/2023