Breweries in Kentucky

Based on the breweries in the brewery.fyi register and their own websites, read September 2026.

Louisville and Lexington carry most of the weight on the Kentucky beer map. Louisville has more than a quarter of the breweries and Lexington about an eighth. Add Newport, and close to half sit in those three cities.

The rest are spread across dozens of towns, including Covington, Paducah, Owensboro and Danville. Most places listed are breweries, mostly small microbreweries where size is known, and about a tenth are beer stores.

Several Kentucky taprooms work out of old buildings. Monnik Beer Company in Louisville took over the old Heitzman's Bakery building, and West Sixth Brewing in Lexington sits in a former bread factory. Ethereal Brewing brews on the site of the old James Pepper Distillery in Lexington's Distillery District.