Get Ready for Whiskey Week 2023

May 15th through the 21st will be a weeklong celebration of Tennessee whiskey, sponsored by the Tennessee Distillers Guild, a conglomeration of 31 distilleries across the state.

Guild members work to “promote, grow and advocate for the distilling industry.” To promote tourism, they created the Tennessee Whiskey Trail (tnwhiskeytrail.com), a map that shows participating distilleries, who give tastings and tours to visitors, spread throughout Tennessee. You can keep track of your visits with a printed or mobile “passport” which, with enough stamps, earns travelers a whiskey-themed poker set. Check out their site for itinerary ideas.

For Whiskey Week, check out these participating locations offering whiskey pour specials and whiskey-based cocktails:

• Bastion
• Bay 6
• Black Rabbit
• Bourbon Steak
• Corsair 
• Cumberland Bar @ JW Marriott
• Earnest Bar & Hideaway
• Hawthorne's
• Jane's Hideaway
• Love Language
• Nashville Barrel Co.
• Nashville Craft
• Ole Smoky/ 6th & Peabody
• Pegleg Porker
• Pennington Distillery
• Pullman Standard
• Scouts Pub
• Southern Collective Spirit
• Standard Proof
• The Fox
• Urban Cowboy

There will also be chef and spirit paired dinners:

• Ellington's / Company Distilling, Wed. May 17th
• Deacon’s New South / George Dickel, Thurs. May 18th
• 404 Kitchen / Jack Daniels, Sun. May 21st
• The Southern Steak & Oyster / Uncle Nearest, Wed. May 17th  
• Yolan and The Joseph / Nelson’s Green Brier, Tues. May 16th