Distilleries

Newport, KY · Est. 2014

New Riff Distilling

Grain-first Kentucky craft — mash bills, heirloom grains, BiB, non-chill filter

  • Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour
Owned
Independent
Scale
Mid
Still
Column+doubler
Founded
2014

Ken Lewis opened New Riff in Newport, Kentucky in 2014 across the river from Cincinnati, aiming for Bottled-in-Bond, non-chill-filtered whiskey with grain honesty. The house obsesses over mash bills — including heirloom projects like Balboa rye — Vendome column-and-doubler distillation, and limestone aquifer water. A Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour stop with a strong visitor experience; Brian Sprance as master distiller and Hannah Lowen as CEO mark the professionalized craft era.

Visit

Tue–Thu 11:00 AM–7:00 PM; Fri–Sat 11:00 AM–8:00 PM; Sun 11:00 AM–5:00 PM ET; closed Mon (closed Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve/Day, New Year’s Day)

Gift shop & Aquifer tasting room open without a tour. Book Bonded / Happy Hour / Barrel Proof (West Campus) tours and guided tastings online. Tours/tastings/classes 21+; kids OK in gift shop/visitor center.

24 Distillery Way, Newport, KY 41073

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18 bottles