Bourbon Chronicles: Jeptha Creed Distillery

Since this distillery is roughly 30 minutes away from us, we decided to stop in on a weekend for their tasting experience. It’s a family run business – namely by the females as the Master Distiller and Master Marketer. What a great job title 🙂

Location: Jeptha Creed is located in Shelbyville, on the way to the Bluegrass Outlets. We’ve driven by it a few times and have been wanting to stop in.

Name	Location	Tour Time	Tour Name	Tour Price	Address	Food on site
Jeptha Creed	Shelbyville	30 min	Spirit Tasting	Free	500 Gordon Lane Shelbyville, KY 40065	cafe & bar
		1 hour	Barrel Tasting	$45

Tasting experience

We did the spirit tasting which was free and required a reservation. This distillery is one of the younger ones; their bourbon is aged about 4 years which is also on the young side of the aging process. What’s interesting is tasting their product that uses a red corn called Bloody Butcher Corn. We also tried their Moonshine in a lemonade and blackberry flavor. Together, it’s dangerously delicious.

In the main building, there’s a bar area towards the back where they do tastings. A gift shop and bar area are in the front of the building. I really enjoyed looking through the items in their gift shop; I bought one of the branded copper bangles.

The nice part about this property is that it’s conducive to walk-ins. So, if you were driving by and stopped in without any previous reservation for a tour or tasting, there’s a bar where you can order from a list of their cocktails. If you’re hungry…

Food options

There’s also The Creed Cafe that primarily offers pizza but also has a few snacks and small bites. It’s a great menu if you’re tasting bourbon or enjoying a few cocktails while on the property.

Overall

This is a great distillery to dovetail with a visit to Bulleit Distilling Co because of their proximity to each other. If you’re heading east towards the Frankfort area where a handful of other distilleries are located like Castle & Key, Wild Turkey, I highly recommend Jebtha Creed as a stopping point along the way especially since they have food and cocktails available on site. If the weather is nice, grab your drinks & treats and head outside to their porch area out back that overlooks the large yard and barn that’s a stage for their outdoor live music events. You can purchase tickets on their website to their summer outdoor live music events.

I posted more from our visit on my Instagram stories.