The Kentucky Hug

10/10/2024

🥃 Straight From the Barrel at ! 🥃

Ready to taste bourbon straight from the source? Watch Hill Proper in Norton Commons is offering a unique Straight From the Barrel experience where you can sample up to four different whiskeys directly from the barrel in their exclusive Fermenter Bar.

Guided by one of their whiskey experts, you’ll learn the stories behind each pour, dive into the rich history of Kentucky bourbon, and even have the chance to purchase a pre-filled bottle of your favorite. This hands-on experience is perfect for bourbon enthusiasts, whether you’re coming alone or bringing a group. 🍂

🗓 Available Tuesday through Saturday, this is a must-book experience for anyone looking to connect deeper with Kentucky’s bourbon heritage. Reserve your spot now on The Kentucky Hug marketplace!

Book here: https://www.kyhug.com/experience/8/straight-from-the-barrel/watch-hill-proper/tasting

25/09/2024

🍽️✨ Discover Bardstown’s Story—One Bite at a Time! ✨🍽️

https://www.kyhug.com/experience/67/taste-of-bardstown-tour/taste-of-bardstown/tour

At The Kentucky Hug, we’re all about celebrating local experiences, and Bardstown’s Story: Unfolding Bite by Bite” tour is an incredible way to dive into the heart of community! This walking tour brings you face-to-face with the rich history, unforgettable flavors, and incredible stories of Bardstown, KY.

🗺️ Your journey includes: 🥃 Oscar Getz Whiskey Museum: A mini tour & buttery ham biscuits from Lisa’s Creations 👟 A stroll through Bardstown’s most historic neighborhood 🍺 Scout & Scholar Brewery: Hot pretzels, nachos with Jake’s Country Sausage & a sample of the Ol’ Buddy beer 🍹 The Volstead Bourbon Lounge: Bourbon ball dessert & a Peach Bourbon Slushie or The Game Changer cocktail 🐴 The Old Talbott Tavern: Fried green tomatoes & a pour of Barton’s Distillery 1792 Small Batch 🥃 Mr. Tubs Cocktail Bar: Bourbon fruit cake & Monk’s Road Wheated Bourbon from Log Still Distillery

📅 Join us in celebrating the incredible local leaders and businesses that make Bardstown shine. Whether you’re a local or visiting, this is the perfect way to connect with Bardstown’s history and hospitality lead by some it’s communities best hosts!

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18/09/2024

📍In Louisville for Bourbon & Beyond or one of our city's many September festivals? 🎶🥃

While you’re enjoying the festival, why not take a step back in time and experience Kentucky’s bourbon history?

✨ Evan Williams Bourbon Experience: Traditional Tour & Tasting

Journey through the story of Kentucky’s first licensed distillery, Evan Williams, and visit recreations of Louisville’s 18th-century wharf and Whiskey Row from the 1890s. Witness a modern, state-of-the-art distillery in action, utilizing the same pot stills as in the early bourbon-making days.

To top it all off, you’ll enjoy a guided tasting of four distinct bourbons, bringing the rich heritage and flavors of Evan Williams to life.

🎟️ Book your Traditional Tour & Tasting now through The Kentucky Hug Marketplace and make your Bourbon & Beyond weekend an unforgettable adventure into bourbon history.

🔗 https://www.kyhug.com/experiences?skip=0&take=24&sortingOrder=tickets.desc&distilleryIds%5B0%5D=2

11/09/2024

🚀 We're Back & Excited to Reconnect! 🚀

It’s been a while, but we’re back with fresh energy and exciting content! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be shining the spotlight on our incredible partners who make what we do possible.

🔗 What to Expect: Each week, we'll introduce you to one of our amazing partners, sharing their stories, innovations, and the value they bring to the community. We can’t wait to show you how they’re shaping the spirits tourism industry and beyond!

👥 Stay Tuned: Follow along for inspiring features, industry insights, and updates from The Kentucky Hug. Whether you’ve been with us since the start or just joining the journey, we’re thrilled to have you in our community.

11/01/2024

The Kentucky Hug is gearing up for an incredible 2024 season. First and foremost our Wefunder: wefunder.com/thekyhug has raised an incredible $90,500 and the campaign will be closing out tomorrow--if you or someone you know would like to be a part of our journey please act fast as we only have a few more hours left to invest. We are so grateful to all the folks who chose to invest in us.

We wanted to give you all a few additional updates as well for the start of the year. Our booking system is now available for distilleries and tourism partners throughout the state. We began demos of this brand new system built for and by Kentucky distilleries in late November. We have also been added as a Industry Champion for the Kentucky Distillers Association and we are honored to be a part of such an integral piece of the Kentucky Bourbon Industry. We have several partners who we hope to have onboarded to our new booking system in the next few weeks. This will begin to diversify our marketplace which we launched in August of last year.

We were also just chosen as the featured start up for Venture Connectors yesterday and were honored to present to such an amazing group here in the start up community. We have also been nominated as one of the 2024 Kentucky Inno Startups to watch. We are looking forward to the event later this month on January 30th.

We are hope to have many exciting announcements over the coming weeks for everyone. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about what we have coming up please reach out.

Cheers!
Eddie Fieldhouse CEO and Co-founder

Invest as little as $100 in startups and small businesses. Wefunder is the largest Regulation Crowdfunding portal.

15/10/2023

Our CEO and Co-founder 🙌representing our company at the 10th annual Vogt Awards hosted by . We were so honored to represent the startup community here in Kentucky. Cheers to a bright future for state tourism and development 🥃🎉👏

09/10/2023

Max Shapira of kicking off with his incredible stories of lived history. Let’s celebrate the founders of our industry and the indigenous peoples who created the grain that bourbon is known for 🌽🥃

20/09/2023

We are so excited to receive a Web Excellence Awards for the The Kentucky Hug! Check out more information here:

The Kentucky Hug is an application that simplifies the booking process for distillery experiences. This innovative platform aims to transform the bourbon tourism industry by streamlining the planning and reservation process.

16/09/2023

It’s a beautiful weekend to be in Kentucky! 🥳 Kentucky Bourbon Festival is one of the premier September events here in the state. Gorgeous weather, great bourbon, amazing people. Bardstown KY the Bourbon capital of the world.

16/08/2023

We are honored to be a part of this incredible group of winners and entrepreneurs. We are officially a Vogt award winner! Beyond ecstatic to represent part of the Louisville startup community.

The Community Foundation of Louisville is thrilled to announce the recipients of our 23rd Vogt Invention and Innovation Awards! 🎉

Affinna
Feedcoyote: Freelance.Together
Gamerabble
Immersive Hearing Technologies
My Food My Choice
The Kentucky Hug

These six early-stage businesses will receive $25K in grant funding, a 10-week accelerator program, startup coaching, mentorship from industry veterans, strategic introductions, and recognition, all designed to boost their growth and elevate their businesses.

📲 Learn more about these recipients and the program at the link in our comments.

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01/08/2023

It's official! The Kentucky Hug is now live and bookable for bourbon experiences! Check us out at KYhug.com https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/inno/stories/profiles/2023/08/01/the-kentucky-hug-scheduling-bourbon-fieldhouse.html

“We are here to help the industry first, and the customer by proxy. The customer is having a tough time, but the distilleries are having a much harder time,' said Eddie Fieldhouse, co-founder of The Kentucky Hug, which launches Aug. 1.

21/07/2023

Answering Questions for Investors

11/07/2023

Hi Folks! We have just launched out Wefunder campaign. We want to invite you to be a part of our journey. Check out the link below to read more information on how to be part of the investment team reinventing Kentucky travel! Wefunder.com/thekyhug

Invest as little as $100 in startups and small businesses. Wefunder is the largest Regulation Crowdfunding portal.