Barrell Craft Spirits' Retail Store is now open!
2100 Watterson Trail, Jeffersontown, KY 40299
Monday - Friday (except holidays): 10-4
Enter on the left side of building - Credit cards only

Louisville-based Barrell Craft Spirits is the original, pre-eminent independent blender of unique, aged, cask strength whiskey and rum. Recognized for our blending expertise since 2013, we skillfully design, produce, and launch award-winning, unique products that surprise and delight whiskey aficionados and novices alike. Our cask-strength small-batch and single-barrel releases have quickly become an influencing force in American whiskey, winning awards from the world’s most prestigious distilled spirits publications and competitions.
Our mission is to remain the most innovative, progressive, and respected blenders in the nation, by making bold choices and pushing the creative envelope every day to showcase the world’s most exciting spirits.
RECENT NOTABLE PRESS
WHISKY ADVOCATE
Whisky Advocate ranks Barrell Bourbon Batch 035 as #11 in their Top 20: The Most Exciting Whiskies of 2023.
Vinepair Next Wave Awards names Nic Christiansen Master Blender of the Year.
Whisky Advocate rates Barrell Bourbon Batch 035 a 93
Wine & Spirits Magazine selects Barrell Vantage as Best Bourbon of the Year
Forbes highlights Barrell Craft Spirits' new blending and bottling facility in their article, "More Barrell Bourbon And Rum Is On Its Way."
Fred Minnick tastes Barrell Rye Batch 004 and Bourbon Batch 035 saying Batch 035 "might be the best whiskey I've had from them" and calling Rye Batch 004 "a brilliant rye"
ROBB REPORT
Robb Report names Barrell Vantage the best Barrel-Proof Whiskey of 2023 in their ‘Best of the Best’
Whisky Advocate ranks Barrell Vantage #3 in their Top 20: The Most Exciting Whiskies of 2022.
Wall Street Journal features Barrell Craft Spirits' Private Release Program.
Barrell Craft Spirits featured in New York Times article, “American Whiskeys Find their Middlemen”
Bourbon’s Rule Breaker: How Barrell Craft Spirits Upblended The Whiskey Industry
