Distilleries

Louisville, KY · Est. 2019

Pursuit Spirits

Louisville blender from the Bourbon Pursuit podcast hosts: three-mash bourbons and ryes, with every recipe printed on the label

Owned
Independent
Scale
Small
Founded
2019

Kenny Coleman and Ryan Cecil started Pursuit Spirits in Louisville after years of hosting the Bourbon Pursuit podcast, which they began in 2018. The house does not run stills of its own. It selects barrels from partner distilleries in Kentucky, Tennessee, New York and Maryland and blends them as Pursuit United, printing every mash bill on the label, with a Pursuit Series of single barrels beside it. Blending, bottling and warehousing happen on Mellwood Avenue, which took its name from the Mellwood Distillery founded there in 1865, and Pursuit has revived that brand in a legacy collection. The Whiskey Row tasting room opened in August 2025, and the house is a stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Meat Church BBQ bought a minority stake in December 2025.

Visit

Visitor experience Tue–Sat 9:30 AM–6:00 PM (722 W. Main Street, Suite 100)

Tastings, cocktail experiences and bottle filling are booked online at the Whiskey Row tasting room, the only location open to the public. Blending, bottling and warehousing happen at 1700 Mellwood Avenue, which has no guest experiences. The visitor line is (502) 365-3374.

722 W. Main Street, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40202

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16 bottles