Glenns Creek Distillery

Where Bourbon Never Left — It Simply Waited

Hidden within the weathered limestone walls of the former Old Crow Distillery in Frankfort, Glenns Creek Distillery operates on sacred bourbon ground. This isn’t a re-creation of history. It’s a continuation of it.

Long before bourbon became a global obsession, this site helped define how it was made. Today, barrels rest again where innovation once reshaped American whiskey. The stone still breathes. The rickhouses still whisper. And bourbon, once again, flows.

You don’t stumble onto Glenns Creek.
You seek it.

Founded by David Meier, Glenns Creek is fiercely independent and intentionally small-batch. Every release is pot-distilled in-house and bottled at cask strength—no chill filtration, no proofing down, no dilution of character.

Just bourbon, exactly as it emerges from the barrel.

Bourbon Built Where Bourbon Was Perfected

The grounds once echoed with the work of James C. Crow, whose methods shaped modern bourbon production. Sour mash consistency, scientific precision, and quality control all trace back to this site.

Glenns Creek doesn’t imitate that legacy.
It builds on it.

Pot stills fire where tradition began. Fermenters work where whiskey once changed the industry. Barrels age in spaces where patience has always outweighed volume.

Every pour carries memory—and intention.

🥃 Foundations of Flavor Tour & Tasting

The essential Glenns Creek experience.

Walk the historic property and learn how bourbon moves from grain and yeast to fermentation, distillation, and aging. Stand in the shadow of limestone walls that have seen generations of whiskey come and go.

The tour concludes with a guided tasting of flagship cask-strength bourbons—poured uncut and unfiltered, exactly as intended.

Offered daily | ~1 hour
Reservations required

🔥 Distiller’s Select Experience

For those who want deeper access.

Meet the team behind the barrels and explore how Glenns Creek approaches yeast selection, barrel entry proof, and maturation philosophy. Taste through multiple cask-strength expressions while discussing the decisions that shape each release.

More conversation.
More context.
More bourbon.

🧬 Deep Dive: Yeast, Barrels & Proof

Designed for dedicated enthusiasts.

Explore fermentation science, including the remarkable revival of historic yeast tied to the original Old Crow fermenters. Sample single barrels and experimental batches directly from the cask. Learn how pot still distillation and lower barrel-entry proofs influence texture and flavor.

Friday–Sunday | Small groups
Includes exclusive pour unavailable in the retail shop

This is bourbon without guardrails.

🥃 Walk-In Tastings

Short on time? Long on curiosity?

Stop in for a curated flight featuring core Glenns Creek expressions:

  • Stave + Barrel

  • OCD #5

  • Cuervito Vivo

No reservation required. Just bourbon, poured with purpose.

Available seven days a week during business hours

🔥 Signature Releases

Every bottle reflects Glenns Creek’s uncompromising style—pot-distilled, cask strength, and unapologetically bold.

  • Stave + Barrel – Layered and complex, with lower barrel-entry proof depth.

  • OCD #5 – A cult favorite built on revived historic yeast.

  • Cuervito Vivo – Experimental and expressive.

  • Prohibition Kentucky Rum – Crafted with bourbon sensibility and aged for richness.

  • Kentuila – A Kentucky-born agave spirit with distinctive edge.

These are spirits designed to let the barrel speak clearly—and loudly.

🏛️ A Living Bourbon Landmark

The Old Crow site isn’t a museum exhibit. It’s operational. Iron staircases, aging warehouses, weathered limestone—all still part of daily production.

Few distilleries can claim ground this historically significant. Glenns Creek honors that weight not with nostalgia, but with action.

Every tour walks through bourbon’s past.
Every tasting proves it remains relevant.

🕰️ Plan Your Visit

Glenns Creek Distillery
Frankfort, Kentucky

Open 7 Days a Week
Walk-ins welcome for tasting flights
Reservations required for tours and immersive experiences
Private tastings and group bookings available

Bourbon With Backbone

Glenns Creek isn’t interested in dilution—of proof or principle.

It’s bourbon shaped by stone walls, revived yeast, and a belief that history matters most when it’s still being made.

Come for the legacy.
Stay for the cask strength.
Leave with a bottle that carries both.