Traveling to every bourbon distillery that has a Louisville satellite tasting room would take more 200 miles and three hours.

But traveling between their outposts in Louisville only takes a few minutes.

Louisville's bourbon tasting room culture is growing. In 2022, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill that allows distilleries to launch satellite tasting rooms, similar to California's Sonoma and Napa Valley wine regions. Tasting rooms are different than distillery bars, as they typically serve as more of an urban outposts for brands that distill or blend bourbon in other locations….