The guide reports rapid U.S. and Kentucky craft-distillery growth through 2020 and maps Kentucky's small producers across Bluegrass, Central, Northern, and Western regions, with varied grains, stills, mash methods, sourcing, and visitor formats.
Locator type: Section
Reader locator: Chapter 7, “Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour,” introduction and distillery profiles
Pagination: The supplied reflowed edition has no verified printed-page mapping; use the named passage above.
Source section: Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour
A statewide directory captures the scale, dispersion, and production heterogeneity of the craft revival at the edition's publication date.
Valuable as a 2020 snapshot; counts, membership, products, ownership, and operations require current verification.
Status: Verified
Verified against the rendered local PDF on 2026-08-27. The record is a concise paraphrase; time-sensitive, attributed, disputed, or technically simplified material retains an explicit qualification.