About
Preservation Distillery is Bardstown, Kentucky's smallest distillery, specializing in pot-distilled microbatches of 1-3 barrels of exceptional Kentucky Bourbon and Rye. Located on historic land once home to early distiller Wattie Boone, they age whiskeys a minimum of 6-7 years at cask strength and unfiltered, emphasizing sustainability, tradition, and old-school methods as the first 100% pot-distilled producer in Nelson County.
Pot-distilled 1-3 barrel microbatches
Minimum 6-7 years aging
Cask strength, unfiltered bourbon and rye
Sustainability on historic Bardstown farm
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What They Make
Preservation Bourbon
Estate Wheated Pot Distilled Kentucky Bourbon, 1-3 barrel microbatches, low entry proof, cask strength, unfiltered
Preservation Rye
Kentucky Pot Distilled Estate Rye, hand-selected limited batches
Very Olde St. Nick
Coveted Kentucky bourbon brand
Rare Perfection
Rare bourbon
Cock of the Walk
Bourbon brand
Pure Antique
Bourbon brand
Old Man Winter
Bourbon brand
Wattie Boone
Bourbon honoring historic distiller
Awards
Gold Medal, San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2022 for Rare Perfection
2022
Latest News
First estate pot-distilled production of Kentucky Bourbon and Rye is ready after 7+ years of maturation. Introducing Estate Wheated Pot Distilled Kentucky Bourbon, praised by Fred Minnick as 'Great'.