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You Can’t Understand Whiskey Without Understanding the Distillery Tour

Whiskey distillery tours may be ubiquitous, but their rise marked a savvy turning point in the history of the spirit. Here are the best to put on your radar.
Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg, KentuckySource: Wild Turkey
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Salutations fellow whiskey fans. Brad Japhe here with my monthly dispatch on all things distilled from grain. Today I’m serving a brief bit of history on the whiskey visitor center and how in the modern era the drink has become attraction as much as libation.

But before we delve into how we got here, and you start making your 2026 travel plans, let’s ponder the future with some of the latest headlines: