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Kentucky tequila reporting: Louisville tequila bars, buying guides, agave education, brand stories and the best margaritas in the state.
Editor's Pick · Brand Stories
Glenns Creek Distillery in Frankfort distills 100% blue agave. It legally cannot be called tequila — and that is the interesting part.
Kentucky Loves Tequila Editors · September 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Brand Stories
Glenns Creek Distillery in Frankfort distills 100% blue agave. It legally cannot be called tequila — and that is the interesting part.
September 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Bourbon Country Meets Agave
You already know how to taste brown spirits. Here is how that vocabulary translates to agave.
September 1, 2026 · 7 min read
Bourbon Country Meets Agave
Six months in oak does most of the translation work between Jalisco and Bardstown.
August 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Bourbon Country Meets Agave
Kentucky's used barrels travel further than its bourbon does. Here is what comes back in the glass.
August 28, 2026 · 6 min read
Tequila Education
Two protected categories, two agricultural raw materials, two sets of rules people rarely read.
August 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Bars & Restaurants
Where to go in Louisville when you want a real agave list, not a well-pour margarita.
August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Bars & Restaurants
Lexington's agave scene, judged by the same standard we apply everywhere: fresh lime and honest pours.
August 22, 2026 · 5 min read
Buying Guides
How Kentucky's retail landscape works, and how to find bottles that never reach the big shelves.
August 20, 2026 · 6 min read
Cocktails
Fresh lime, real agave, no neon mix: our running list of the city's best margaritas.
August 18, 2026 · 5 min read
Cocktails
Where Lexington gets the three-ingredient version right.
August 16, 2026 · 4 min read
Kentucky Tequila
How a bourbon state started ordering tequila by name.
August 14, 2026 · 5 min read
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