Tour Our Distillery in Newport, Kentucky
Join our up-close immersion in the kentucky bourbon experience our distillery is one of the main stops on the kentucky bourbon trail.
Bonded Tour
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
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.
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Barrel Proof 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.
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
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. Reserve Your Tour
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.
The Hits: A Guided Tasting Experience
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
Spirit of Wales Guided Distillery Tour in Newport
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Explore the Spirit of Wales Distillery in Newport
Have you ever wondered how our delicious gin, vodka, or rum is made? Discover how we go from landscape to bottle to perfect serve at Spirit of Wales Distillery. Join us for a guided tour of our Newport distillery to explore Welsh drinks in a unique way. The People’s Spirit, inspired by you!
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Distillery Tour at the Spirit of Wales
We welcome you to visit our distillery in Newport in South Wales. This guided distillery tour includes a brief background of our distillery and the venue and tasters. The Spirit of Wales. A great destination to discover our handcrafted and award-winning Welsh spirits that embody a rich cultural heritage.
How do the tour and mini-tasting work?
Our tours give you an immersive view of our distillery in Newport, from botanical to bottle. Find out more about the landscapes around Wales, which inspire our ingredient selection and production methods. Learn how spirits are made while sampling 4 different spirits before taking a photo in front of our distilling machines. Don’t forget to join us afterwards for additional drinks in the bar or pick up a bottle to take home with you.
What’s included in the guided distillery tour?
- Introduction to the distillery followed by an overview of our no-nonsense approach to distilling our Welsh products, ingredients, and production methods.
- A mini tasting of 4 of our gins, vodkas or rums.
- Don’t forget your discount voucher for 10% off drinks or additional cocktails from our bar or website.
Availability: Our Guided distillery tour lasts for an hour, please check the calendar above for availability
- Did you know? You can book our guided tours for your private function. Celebrate your birthday, host your next team drinks, or get your adult family members together for a reunion. We will help you create a bespoke event to fit your needs, email us to start planning.
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: £18 / person (aged 18+)
Take advantage of our special tour offer.
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We welcome you to visit our Newport Distillery for an authentic Welsh experience.
Choose from our guided distillery tours, live tasting evenings, or visit us to make your own gin or rum..
The Spirit of Wales. A great destination to discover our Welsh spirits that embody a rich cultural heritage.
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New Riff Distilling
New Riff Distilling is a new riff on an old tradition. New Riff crafts a range of whiskeys—Bourbon, Rye, and eventually Malted Rye and a host of specialty recipes—as well as Kentucky Wild Gin. Our mission is simple: to someday be counted among the world’s great small distilleries. Becoming one of the great small distilleries of the world is a long term play, with no exact ring to win, or title to be declared.
We are independently owned by one family, and that independence, the freedom from outside pressures and interests has allowed us to make an unforeseen declaration for quality: for perhaps the first time since the inception of the Bottled in Bond Act in 1897, a Kentucky sour mash whiskey distillery has committed itself exclusively to that quality standard, the world’s highest. And we proudly lift that bar even higher by bottling without chill filtration. We stand behind this combination of classic American entrepreneurship and ingenuity; passion and knowledge born from one of the world’s great spirit regions; and a talented team individually committed to doing things the right way.
Nothing to Hide, Everything to Show. Up-Close Immersion in the Bourbon Experience.
Bonded Tour : Our BONDED tour offers a firsthand look through the nooks and crannies of our bourbon distilling process, from grain to barrel. We’ll explore fermentation, distillation, bottling and barreling as well as the modern event spaces perched neatly above our production space. After each tour, we offer a complimentary tasting of a variety of spirits, including New Riff Bourbon and Single Barrel. The tour lasts between 45 and 60 minutes. Learn more about the Bonded Tour .
Barrel Proof Tour : Join us on a tour of our West Newport Whiskey Campus. Twice a month we offer the chance to visit the New Riff “back of house.” Walk through our barrel warehouses capable of holding over 20,000 barrels of whiskey. Take in the angels’ share, see the turn of the century architecture home to our bottling hall and tasting rooms and most importantly, taste New Riff Bourbon thiefed directly from a barrel. Your ticket includes the tour, samples, and a tasting glass to take home. This tour takes place at our West Newport Warehouse Campus. Learn more about the Barrel Proof Tour .
Learn more about New Riff Distilling Tours here .
A Whiskey Infused Venue for Your Next Group Gathering, Wedding and more…
Tower Room: Our unique venues are whiskey-infused with a behind-the-scene look into our bustling Bourbon distillery. They’re perfect for hosting a variety of special occasions including meetings, networking events, charity galas, weddings and more. The Tower Room includes a full bar and roof deck and offers a peek at the top of our copper column still, with garage doors leading to our outdoor terrace with sweeping views of Cincinnati and the Ohio River.
Rentals are for a 4-hour period and include free parking, dish-ware, glassware, flatware and furnishings for up to 120 guests. We offer bar packages at a per person rate that include bartenders, barware, alcohol, soft drinks, mixers, garnish, ice and cocktail napkins. Food is provided through one of our exclusive approved catering partners. Please fill out the form below to get in touch. Learn more about the Tower Room here .
Get Early Access to the Best Whiskies Join the New Riff Whiskey Club
Limited Releases, Early Access : We’re building a community of Bourbon, Rye, and whiskey lovers, eager to explore our riff on Kentucky’s whiskey traditions. The NRWC provides early notice and online access to pre-purchase seasonal releases of our highly allocated spirits, and member’s only bottles. Twice a year, a curated two pack including one allocated sprit, paired with a member’s only edition of our Bottled in Bond spirits will be available for pre-purchase online, with pick up at the distillery shop (no shipping). It’s free to join, with no obligation to purchase, ever! Learn more about the New Riff Whiskey Club .
Come visit our Distillery Gift Shop. We offer tours, cocktails served from our Tasting Bar, samples, and a plenty of goodies for purchase.
Contact New Riff Distilling Call 859-261-7433
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