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Welcome to The B-Line! Northern Kentucky's self-guided Bourbon Trail

The B-Line is comprised of 5 Craft Distilleries - all of which are also on The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour© - 8 Bourbon Bars, all of which have been named The Best Bourbon Bars in America by The Bourbon Review - and 6 Bourbon-centric Restaurants. All 19 stops are located throughout Covington, Newport, Independence, Sparta, Augusta, and Maysville, Kentucky.

Check in on your The B-Line Line Guide at any two of the distilleries on The B-Line, two of the bars, and two of the restaurants and we'll send you a free gift of your choosing. Like a B-Line hat, t-shirt, engraved Glencairn glass, and more!

Who Exactly is on The B-Line?

Choose which of the five Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour® Distilleries – New Riff Distilling, Boone County Distilling Co., Neeley Family Distillery, The Old Pogue Distillery, and Second Sight Spirits – you’d like to visit. Or go to all 5 for a wealth of unique bourbon expereiences!

Visit some of the eight bourbon-centric bars, all with a culture of their own, and all named to The Bourbon Review’s list of The Best Bourbon Bars in America: The Globe Covington, Rich’s Proper Food and Drink, Wiseguy Lounge, Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar aka OKBB, Bourbon Haus 1841, and Smoke Justis – all in Covington, Ky. – Prohibition Bourbon Bar in Newport, Ky. and Three Spirits Tavern in Bellevue, Ky.

Finally, try the six amazing restaurants cultivating the freshest tastes in bourbon culinary delights – Bouquet Restaurant, Libby’s Southern Comfort, Coppin’s at the Hotel Covington – all in Covington, Ky. – The Purple Poulet in Newport, Ky. and the Beehive Augusta Tavern in Augusta, Ky.

Welcome you to the edge and beginning of the “Bourbon State,” Kentucky. Our state is the epicenter of Bourbon Culture & History. You can enter it after crossing the original Bourbon Line, the Ohio River, which transported the first bourbon throughout the U.S.

We’re also a short B-Line away from the heart of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail®. Create your own unique bourbon experience, starting on The B-Line. Let us help you “find your sipping point.”