Everyone is friendly and super helpful. Awesome tours. Sampling. Weddings.
jenn forrester
Holly was an excellent, energetic, informative, knowledgeable tour guide! Tour was great and followed by fun tasting- great time for our party!
Thomas Hoof
Amazing distillery with great tour guides, highly reccomend!
Michael Keyes
On our way back from Virginia Beach we decided to take a little detour and swing by the distillery for the free tour. We love the Single Barrel offering and unfortunately have missed out every time on the Cask lottery. With that being said here are my thoughts:Good:The tour is free and comes with small samples of Rum, Gin and the Port Finished bourbon.The building and atmosphere is very cool.The gift shop has a lot of neat items for purchase.The barrel storage area is quite impressive, clean and well organized.Bad:They had only Small Batch and Port finished as far as whiskey to purchase. They mentioned having Single Barrel in the morning but it sold out quick (as usual they stated)Not much insight as to the BT and Sazarac connection or mashbills used.Not much insight into the experimental batches or any upcoming products.Overall:Fun if you are passing by but would not go out of my way to visit. Surprised if they know things sell out early they don’t space them out through the day. Also, would love more insight into future products and availability as it’s light on total offerings and supply of things like cask certainly doesn’t meet the demand. We did see the cask bottles waiting to be picked up which hurt a bit lol. They mentioned if not picked up by the end of day the remaining would be sold to restaurants.
Dave L.
Enjoyed the tour with Joann. She was very knowledgeable and put up with all my crazy questions throughout. Thanks!
Albert D.
Very smart distillery with a good variety of drinks for bourbon gin , vodka, rum and cream liquor The tour with Johanna was great everything to detail Do recommend if you are in Fredericksburg Well done guys keep it up
Cynthia De Jesus
Took my boyfriend and mutual friends for a tour and tasting. We had a really good time would definitely recommend. I personally don’t like dark liquor but their Bourbon was really good so was their vodka, I wasn’t a fan of the rum but the guys loved it and most of them brought a bottle at gift shop. Also their caramel cream bourbon liqueur was amazing I picked up a bottle and so did all the other ladies in the group.
Kevin Kovack
Very cool place to learn about local Bourbon and taste a flight of different things. Certainly, it is a uniquely suited experience for locals and tourists alike!
Fr. William S.
Simpl the best. They offer you a great tour of everything by the fermentation. They educate and give you an experience. Then they give you a 'meal'. Yum. I loved their citrus gin. Their rum is palatable for this guy who doesn't drink rum. They sampled their port bourbon and it's dependable. I like the fruitiness. Definitely one I want to drink again and again. Thanks Bowman!! (Aka Sazerac)
Laura Pinsky
Fun to visit an old Virginia distillery. As noted by others, tour and tastings are free, but I wish they had a paid tasting where you could try their less available spirits. Plus, unlike other distilleries, you only could buy stuff that is available at your local ABC (perhaps because the distillery itself is an ABC store?). Visit would be better if it had unique opportunities to taste and buy, just like most whisky distilleries I've visited around the world.
It's a neat Distillery and pretty good bourbon. They do a good job on their showroom and they have a nice short tour. We went there on a rainy day, wouldn't recommend that. You can't buy anything to drink or eat there really other than a couple sodas. They do have outdoor activities but if the weather is bad I would stay home. The product is good and the tastings were free when you take the tour which I really appreciated. I found the tour to be insightful and fun.
Dennis N.
I have been to easily 30 distillery tours and definitely consider myself knowledgeable in spirits. As the size as well as how it's laid out is nice set up.I found ,as did another individual on tour ,the tour guide EXTREMELY unknowledgeable with many questions and used phrases " I'll let u dwell on that" or " something for u too think about ".Absolutely HORRIBLE responses to give as a tour guide at any tour group.Also informed her as we were going through operational distillery to speak louder or turn up speaker for us older people who's hearing isn't as great as it once was..this even after saying "oh yes,of course " couldn't be done or done as well as answering some extremely basic questions..the one opportunity I had talking and getting my questions answered from lady running lab(VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE) Was quickly ended because I wasn't in group less than 20 ft from us..ridiculous and extremely poor tour,may have just been because of guide but first distillery I didn't buy ANY spirits from .
Rita G.
We had a blast! Our guide did a great job of detailing the process of producing the bourbon whiskey. The Distillery also produces Rum, Gin and Vodka. The tour finishes with a tasting if You prefer...wouldn't have missed it! They have an entire section of gifts for your bar or the budding bartender. They also sell the barrels with tops as furniture. Would definitely look cool in the right room or patio. They sell the liquor as well. You can't ship out of Virginia, unfortunately. We purchased anyway. Bubblewap worked to get the bourbon back in out suitcases. My brother and sisterinlaw took us her. We bought them a thank you bottle. They had two different bourbons from this same facility. Went back home and the five of us did a tasting of our own! Worth a trip if You are in the area.
Kenneth Mansure
We went for the tour and tasting. Allison was our tour guide and she was great. Recommend to anyone that enjoys bourbon!
Dan Gamez
Great distillery that has complimentary tours and tastings that were educational and entertaining. Employees were very helpful.
Everyone is friendly and super helpful. Awesome tours. Sampling. Weddings.
Holly was an excellent, energetic, informative, knowledgeable tour guide! Tour was great and followed by fun tasting- great time for our party!
Amazing distillery with great tour guides, highly reccomend!
On our way back from Virginia Beach we decided to take a little detour and swing by the distillery for the free tour. We love the Single Barrel offering and unfortunately have missed out every time on the Cask lottery. With that being said here are my thoughts:Good:The tour is free and comes with small samples of Rum, Gin and the Port Finished bourbon.The building and atmosphere is very cool.The gift shop has a lot of neat items for purchase.The barrel storage area is quite impressive, clean and well organized.Bad:They had only Small Batch and Port finished as far as whiskey to purchase. They mentioned having Single Barrel in the morning but it sold out quick (as usual they stated)Not much insight as to the BT and Sazarac connection or mashbills used.Not much insight into the experimental batches or any upcoming products.Overall:Fun if you are passing by but would not go out of my way to visit. Surprised if they know things sell out early they don’t space them out through the day. Also, would love more insight into future products and availability as it’s light on total offerings and supply of things like cask certainly doesn’t meet the demand. We did see the cask bottles waiting to be picked up which hurt a bit lol. They mentioned if not picked up by the end of day the remaining would be sold to restaurants.
Enjoyed the tour with Joann. She was very knowledgeable and put up with all my crazy questions throughout. Thanks!
Very smart distillery with a good variety of drinks for bourbon gin , vodka, rum and cream liquor The tour with Johanna was great everything to detail Do recommend if you are in Fredericksburg Well done guys keep it up
Took my boyfriend and mutual friends for a tour and tasting. We had a really good time would definitely recommend. I personally don’t like dark liquor but their Bourbon was really good so was their vodka, I wasn’t a fan of the rum but the guys loved it and most of them brought a bottle at gift shop. Also their caramel cream bourbon liqueur was amazing I picked up a bottle and so did all the other ladies in the group.
Very cool place to learn about local Bourbon and taste a flight of different things. Certainly, it is a uniquely suited experience for locals and tourists alike!
Simpl the best. They offer you a great tour of everything by the fermentation. They educate and give you an experience. Then they give you a 'meal'. Yum. I loved their citrus gin. Their rum is palatable for this guy who doesn't drink rum. They sampled their port bourbon and it's dependable. I like the fruitiness. Definitely one I want to drink again and again. Thanks Bowman!! (Aka Sazerac)
Fun to visit an old Virginia distillery. As noted by others, tour and tastings are free, but I wish they had a paid tasting where you could try their less available spirits. Plus, unlike other distilleries, you only could buy stuff that is available at your local ABC (perhaps because the distillery itself is an ABC store?). Visit would be better if it had unique opportunities to taste and buy, just like most whisky distilleries I've visited around the world.
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It's a neat Distillery and pretty good bourbon. They do a good job on their showroom and they have a nice short tour. We went there on a rainy day, wouldn't recommend that. You can't buy anything to drink or eat there really other than a couple sodas. They do have outdoor activities but if the weather is bad I would stay home. The product is good and the tastings were free when you take the tour which I really appreciated. I found the tour to be insightful and fun.
I have been to easily 30 distillery tours and definitely consider myself knowledgeable in spirits. As the size as well as how it's laid out is nice set up.I found ,as did another individual on tour ,the tour guide EXTREMELY unknowledgeable with many questions and used phrases " I'll let u dwell on that" or " something for u too think about ".Absolutely HORRIBLE responses to give as a tour guide at any tour group.Also informed her as we were going through operational distillery to speak louder or turn up speaker for us older people who's hearing isn't as great as it once was..this even after saying "oh yes,of course " couldn't be done or done as well as answering some extremely basic questions..the one opportunity I had talking and getting my questions answered from lady running lab(VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE) Was quickly ended because I wasn't in group less than 20 ft from us..ridiculous and extremely poor tour,may have just been because of guide but first distillery I didn't buy ANY spirits from .
We had a blast! Our guide did a great job of detailing the process of producing the bourbon whiskey. The Distillery also produces Rum, Gin and Vodka. The tour finishes with a tasting if You prefer...wouldn't have missed it! They have an entire section of gifts for your bar or the budding bartender. They also sell the barrels with tops as furniture. Would definitely look cool in the right room or patio. They sell the liquor as well. You can't ship out of Virginia, unfortunately. We purchased anyway. Bubblewap worked to get the bourbon back in out suitcases. My brother and sisterinlaw took us her. We bought them a thank you bottle. They had two different bourbons from this same facility. Went back home and the five of us did a tasting of our own! Worth a trip if You are in the area.
We went for the tour and tasting. Allison was our tour guide and she was great. Recommend to anyone that enjoys bourbon!
Great distillery that has complimentary tours and tastings that were educational and entertaining. Employees were very helpful.