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Cocktails in Louisville, KY, ranked by the locals who eat there.

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Editorial picks

Top 5 Cocktail & Bourbon Bars in Louisville

Top Tier EditorialSourcesLEO Weekly

  1. 1

    Neat Bourbon Bar & Bottle Shop

    Highlands

    LEO's top bourbon pick and USA TODAY's inaugural Best Bars of America honoree — National Geographic has called Neat the No. 1 bourbon bar in the world, with 160-plus vintage pours.

  2. 2

    North of Bourbon

    Germantown

    LEO's Germantown bourbon-forward anchor — New York Times-ranked among the country's top 50 restaurants for 2024, with 300-plus bourbons and James Beard nominee chef Lawrence Weeks in the kitchen.

  3. 3

    Pretty Decent

    Clifton

    LEO's Frankfort Avenue micro-cocktail bar pick — a 20-seat room from John and Jeanne Douglass awarded 2 PINs in the Pinnacle Guide, one of only 12 bars worldwide.

  4. 4

    Bourbons Bistro

    Clifton

    LEO's 15-best bourbon bars list — Whisky Magazine's Gold Medal for 'Whisky Bars of the World' and an Imbibe 100 southern drinks pick, 130-plus bourbons in a historic 1877 building.

  5. 5

    Hell or High Water

    Whiskey Row

    LEO-era downtown speakeasy under Whiskey Row — a subterranean 1920s room with a focused cocktail list and an extensive bourbon program accessed through a hidden entrance.

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