List of breweries in Kentucky

Kentucky Breweries manufacture a wide variety of beer styles that are distributed both within the state and in surrounding regions. This sector encompasses everything from small-scale nanobreweries and microbreweries to expansive multinational macrobreweries.

In 2012, Kentucky's brewing industry comprised 21 breweries and brewpubs, employing 270 individuals directly, with an additional workforce exceeding 8,000 across related fields like wholesaling and retail. When factoring in suppliers of raw materials and equipment, the combined business and personal tax revenues generated by these breweries and their associated industries surpassed $167 million. Consumer spending on brewery products further contributed over $160 million in tax revenue. During that year, the Brewers Association placed Kentucky 43rd nationwide for craft breweries per capita, with a total of 14 craft breweries operating.

For context, by the close of 2013, the United States housed 2,822 breweries, including 2,768 classified as craft breweries: 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries, and 119 regional craft breweries. The brewing sector employed approximately 43,000 people involved in brewing and distribution activities, producing an economic impact exceeding $246 billion.

Operational Breweries

• 3rd Turn Brewing - Jeffersontown/Crestwood
• Abettor Brewing Company - Winchester
• Against the Grain Brewery - Louisville
• Akasha Brewing Company - Louisville
• Alexandria Brewing Company - Alexandria
• Apocalypse Brew Works - Louisville
• Birds Nest Brewing Company - Danville
• Blue Stallion Brewing - Lexington
• Bluegrass Brewing Company - Louisville
• Braxton Brewing Company - Covington/Bellevue/Fort Mitchell
• Country Boy Brewing - Lexington/Georgetown
• The Dam Brewhaus - Benton
• Darkness Brewing - Bellevue
• Dry Ground Brewing Company - Paducah
• Ethereal Brewing - Lexington
• Falls City Brewery - Louisville
• Great Flood Brewing Co. - Louisville/Middletown
• Hop Hound Brew Pub - Murray
• HubHaus - Elizabethtown
• Jarfly Brewing Company - Somerset
• Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company - Lexington
• Mash Cult Brewing - Florence
• Mile Wide Beer Co. - Louisville
• Paducah Beer Werks - Paducah
• Shippingport Brewing - Louisville
• Tap on Main Brewing - Somerset
• West Sixth Brewing - Lexington/Frankfort/Louisville
• Wooden Cask Brewing Company - Newport
• Yancey's Gastropub & Brewery - Glasgow
• Stainless Brewing and Spirits - Frankfort

Closed Breweries

• Oldenberg Brewery, once a brewery and pub located in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, expanded its presence to locations in both Louisville, Kentucky and Oviedo, Florida before its eventual sale and closure. The brewery was instrumental in fostering the craft beer scene in Greater Cincinnati and contributed to regional tourism growth alongside The American Museum of Brewing Arts. By the early 1990s, Oldenberg promoted itself as "America’s Most Awarded Microbrewery," highlighting its recognition within the craft beer industry. After selling its property, the brewery's premises were converted for other uses.

• White Squirrel Brewery – previously a community-oriented craft brewery situated in Bowling Green that played a significant role in advancing the local craft beer culture prior to shutting down.

See also

• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in the United States
• List of defunct breweries in the United States
• List of microbreweries