Tour Our Distillery
in Newport, Kentucky

Our BONDED tour offers a firsthand look through the nooks and crannies of our distillery and the Kentucky bourbon distilling process, from grain to barrel. We’ll explore fermentation, distillation, and barreling. After each tour, we offer a complimentary comprehensive tasting of a variety of spirits, including tastings of our award winning New Riff Bourbon and Single Barrel bourbon. The distillery tour lasts between 45 and 60 minutes. After the tour, each guest will receive a $10-off token for the gift shop that can be used on purchases of $25 or more. Token does not apply to select specialty bottles, please inquire with Retail or Tour Ambassadors for more details. Tours are $20 per person.

Sold out? Check out our new guided tasting experience The Hits

Location: 24 Distillery Way – Newport KY 41073 Right next to the Party Source
Distillery Tour Hours:

Tuesday: 12 p.m. , 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday: 12 p.m. , 2 p.m. , 4 p.m.
Saturday: 12 p.m. , 2 p.m. , 4 p.m.
Sunday: 12 p.m. , 2 p.m.
All times listed are in Eastern Time

Guests participating on distillery/bourbon tours must be of legal drinking age (twenty-one years of age) Drink Responsibly

Bonded Tour

Interested in a private tour for your group of up to 14? Every Saturday at 5:30pm. Call us for additional availability and information at 859-261-7433.

Guests participating on distillery/bourbon tours must be of legal drinking age (twenty-one years of age) Drink Responsibly

Reserve Your Tour

Join us on a tour of our West Newport Whiskey Campus. Twice a month we offer the chance to visit the New Riff distillery “back of house.” Walk through our barrel warehouse, take in the angels’ share, see the turn of the century architecture home to our bottling hall and tasting rooms and most importantly, experience tastings of New Riff Kentucky Bourbon directly from a barrel. Your ticket includes the tour and samples. After the tour, each guest will receive a $10-off token for the gift shop that can be used on purchases of $25 or more. Token does not apply to select specialty bottles, please inquire with Retail or Tour Ambassadors for more details. Very limited availability at $35/Person, located at West Newport Warehouse Campus.

Location: 1104 Lowell Street, Newport KY 41071
Distillery Tour Hours:

Begins at 7 p.m.

Guests participating on distillery/bourbon tours must be of legal drinking age (twenty-one years of age) Drink Responsibly

Reserve Your Tour

Welcome to WHSKY NRD, a new monthly class series where every sip tells a story.

More than a traditional tasting, our WHSKY NRD series brings you a lively evening of stories and spirits. Join us as We delve into the heart of New Riff Distilling, sharing the stories behind our craft and the passion that goes into every award-winning spirit. Whether you’re a seasoned Kentucky Bourbon aficionado or a curious newcomer, join us at WHSKY NRD for an unforgettable experience that celebrates the art of whiskey making.

WHSKY NRD classes cost $55 per person and are located in New Riff Distilling’s 3rd floor Tower Room.

Location: 24 Distillery Way – Newport, KY. 41073 Right next to the Party Source

Guests participating on distillery/bourbon tours must be of legal drinking age (twenty-one years of age) Drink Responsibly

Water to Whiskey

Join Brand Ambassador Grover Arnold for a unique tasting experience and storytelling session “From Water to Whiskey.” Explore our alluvial Aquifer’s role in crafting our award-winning whiskies.

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From Beer to Bourbon

Join us for an in-depth tasting experience with Master Distiller Brian Sprance. Brian will share behind-the-scenes insights, offering a rare glimpse into the art and science of distillation. You’ll sample through an array of whiskeys meticulously crafted by Brian and his team, each a testament to their unwavering commitment to quality and innovation.  Discover and sample early experiments, distinct mashbills and refined recipes from the 10 plus years of Brian’s career at New Riff.

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Kentucky Single Malt

Our Single Malt project is a whiskey unprecedented in Kentucky history. A dizzying interpretation of malted barley traditions, with five mash bills and six cask types comprising sixty different flavor points, from Scottish malts to Belgian ales and out to the back of beyond! All of this is blended together to a one-of-a-kind whiskey. Hear the whole story—and taste all the whiskeys—from the guys that made it—New Riff’s Co-Founder Jay Erisman and Master Distiller Brian Sprance.

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Taste. Blend. Bottle.
Join us once a month in our West Campus Tasting Room and spend a couple of hours experiencing the fine balance between art and science as you blend your very own bottle of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. You’ll create your personal blend based on the practices our distilling team uses in our sensory lab. Consider the intricacies and differences between individual barrels, and create your own test blends, tasting and analyzing how the puzzle pieces of flavor, texture, and aroma fit together.
Our team will guide your hands-on experience as you taste and blend three individual barrels into your perfectly balanced blend of Bourbon, ultimately bottling your very own creation to take home! The Blend experience costs $90 per person.

Please note: we will be using consistent barrels for Blend in 2024, so if you have already been to an event in 2024, you will be sampling the same barrels.

Blend

Join us for an intimate and up-tempo 30 minute tasting led by a New Riff Brand Ambassador. Sip through four unique New Riff Whiskey expressions starting with our flagship Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon and Bottled-In-Bond Rye, finishing with a duo of specialty Whiskey Riffs.  Experience the harmony of flavor, aroma and story that goes into creating our lineup of whiskeys. The Hits: A Guided Tasting Experience is available for $25 a ticket, every Saturday at 1:00PM EST.

note, this experience does not include a Giftshop discount voucher

TheHits