Liquor Barn

HOLY MOTHER OF… LIQOUR!!!
I’m from Michigan and like to think we have a nice selection, but you haven’t LIVED until you’ve been to this place!
My MIL is a bourbon fan, as well as one of my best friends. We wanted to take home a bottle for our own liquor cabinet and a few for our family/​friends and the staff was very helpful asking questions and explaining some great choices. The three we choose were definite wins among our friends and family.
We also took home some moonshine, local craft beer, and wandered the aisles. We didn’t have a chance to see it all as our kiddos were waiting in the car, but I could spend a few hours here checking out all of their offerings. I wish we had one in Michigan. The variety and selection was amazing!

I“m a huge fan of the Liquor Barn in Hamburg! Here is an overview of what they have. deli-​great sandwiches, beer on tap along with a singles wall and tap takeovers on certain Fridays, shots of bourbon to try before buying, olive bar, cheese boats full of a variety of cheeses including beer cheese, Boar’s Head meats, gourmet foods, a walk’in cooler, wine and sometimes bourbon tastings in the evenings, huge selection of wines including their own preferred brands that have a money back guarantee, buy 6 or more bottles of wine not already discounted gets you a 10 percent discount, fresh breads delivered everyday but Sundays, an amazing selection of bourbons and other spirits, craft beers, balloons and gift baskets, pre-​made and custom made, and a cigar humidor, large selection of Kentucky proud products and Kentucky souvenirs. It’s clean and the staff is friendly and helpful! The mecca of alcohol!

They have a wonderful variety of liquor however the ladies at checkout did not put the wine I purchased in my cart. I spent 232.00 and thank goodness I realized it when emptying my cart and placing the purchase in my car. I am from out of state so leaving $ 80.00 of wine would not have been good. When I went back in to ask about it the lady states «You forgot to place this in your cart». So it’s must be a self service and she didn’t even try to catch me before I left as other retailers have. Buyers beware!

Very helpful staff! I love that they have a plethora of local bourbons to choose from and they were able to help me select to gift items by telling them what the mainstream tastes of those I was buying for. Everything I purchased was a huge hit! This is the largest liquor store I have ever been in.

I have to say this is one of my favorite places to shop for fun kentucky stuff, booze, deli items and snacks.
This place has it all. First, there are a couple isles with kentucky made sauces, bourbon smoked salts and sugars and Ale-​8 salsa.
Then move along to the cheese. There are so many cheeses. This is also a good place to pick up local beer cheese and kentucky made pimento cheese.
Next stop is the deli counter for prosciutto. I tend to get mine a little thicker than usual so it makes for a good meat tray. The olive bar is in this area. My favorite are the bleu cheese stuffed olives.
After that, there is the snacks, crackers, chocolate, pasta, pasta sauce, unique spices, chips, dip, olive oil. basically any dry good you might need to make a great meal.
So it is called liquor barn so naturally there is a boat load of wine, bourbon, beer and other spirits. There are very few things I haven’t seen here. Although the buffalo trace bourbon cream is ha

This place is one of the best liquor stores I have ever been in. If you are looking for Bourbons, including those hard to find ones, then Liquor Barn is your go to spot.
First off, this place is gigantic and I could have easily spent a couple of hours in here just wondering around and looking at everything they have. From crackers to cakes, from beer to bourbon if you want it they have it.
This place is super organized and super clean. You can easily find what you are looking for in a matter of minutes, or you can be like me and wander around and need to be put on a time limit to leave :-)
The staff is super duper friendly and helpful! We spent a good twenty to thirty minutes in the bourbon aisle with an associate who walked us through multiple different bourbons and helped us make our selections.
Tastings are available for a small fee. Prices are very competitive and they have some great sale prices!
I sooooo wish we had one of these closer to Cincinnati! However, I will definitely stop in here again!

This liquor store has a great selection and is well organized. They also carry many local and KY Proud foods, plus plenty of mixers, party supplies, etc. You can also purchase beer on tap, and they usually have a good selection. I primarily come here for wine and they often have discounted bottles as last of the bin specials, and I’ve gotten some good deals. Most of the staff are very friendly and helpful and they almost always give my 3 year-​old a free helium balloon. It has made for a few awkard moments when he tells people that Liquor Barn is his favorite store, but I appreciate their generosity. My husband does occassional home brewing and they do carry home brewing supplies and ingredients here, but the staff are not as helpful in this area as the staff in stores that specialize in home brewing. One other slight negative is that I’ve had several items ring up for the wrong price. I’ve always caught it and the staff is willing to correct it, but by the time they find somebody available to go find the item and verify the lower price, it takes quite a while. If you’re in a hurry (or wrangling small children), this is a significant frustration. All in all, this is probably my favorite liquor store in Lexington though, and we often stop by if on that side of town.

I was in the United States Air Force many many moons ago and I had the privilege to live in Germany. Germany is known for Sausage and Beer, well it is to me. I lived in a town called Bitburg and my apartment was directly across from a brewery that makes Bitburger Beer. I fell in love with it because the locals swear by it and I’m most places it your only option.
After leaving Germany I’ve been searching the states looking for this product. I manage to find a few bottles but it was the American import versions which is more bitter than the overseas product. I’ve been to this place many times but never when my Germany beer cravings are on ten. So needless to say I found my beer sitting on a massive wall of not so popular Germany beers.
If you can’t find what you are looking for here you are either very picky or looking for some homemade mountain hooch that your cousin billy made in the backyard. However I’m sure if you ask the manager he/​she may have connection to uncle bully and he can get you a few bottles.
This place is the holy grail of package stores.

A recent trip to Kentucky sent me in search for, what else– bourbon! I wanted a specific distillery that I had read an article about recently, but time did not permit visiting the distillery itself. So off to the liquor store we went, and wow what a liquor store! It’s like a liquor Wal-​Mart. They have every type of liquor you can imagine, as well as plenty of mixers, bitters, glassware, and bar accessories to go along with it. They didn’t have the size that I wanted, and I was disappointed… until my cousin told me there was another one! What?! There are three of these in Lexington! No one will ever run out of liquor again. The very helpful staff helped us find what we needed. I wish we had these in North Carolina!

Anything and everything you could ever want. More craft beer and foreign imports than I’ve ever seen anywhere. Great boars head sandwiches too.

Cashiers are very disrespectful. Wonderful store but service needs some work. Very disappointing.

Liquor Barn has been my go-​to place to stop when I’m on my way to friends’ house, when I need to bring a bottle of wine or possibly some kind of snack plate of cheese/​crackers/​meat or what have you. But our experience on Saturday for the Pappy lottery prompted this review.
I’ll start by saying this has been my first attempt at the crazy world of trying to obtain the elusive Pappy. Mostly because the idea of camping out for bourbon does not appeal to me. And we didn’t plan on doing it this year either. We had heard people started camping out on Thursday and we also heard a lot of different numbers being thrown around for how many bottles were even available, from 50 to 300. 300 seems too high so we figured we had no chance. We got a text from friends who arrived super early Saturday and they found out that the 300 number was correct and there were still less than 300 in line. So we showed up about 7:30am and got a numbered ticket. We found out the tickets would be drawn to determine the order of when you got to go in to pick which one you wanted to buy. Luckily, my number was drawn early enough for me to score a 20 year and my husband managed to get a 12 year.
I know people who had been waiting in line overnight (or longer) weren’t happy that last minute arrivals got to go in before they did but I honestly feel this lottery system is the most fair. Especially to those of us who can’t (or won’t) camp out. And I loved that they did it on a Saturday. We weren’t able to even try for the BTAC because it was on a weekday when we had to work. The whole thing was very organized and ran smoothly. When they announced numbers, it was hard to hear in such a large group of people and I was concerned that we’d miss our number. But I realized the system was set up so if a number was called and nobody came up to get in line with that number, they’d keep calling and wouldn’t let the group go in until the number was claimed.
It was a great event and I hope to participate again.

This is the best liquor store in Lexington! They have everything! They sell rare bourbons too, but those are scarce. This morning I participated in the Pappy Van Winkle raffle. I was so impressed at how organized it was! They only gave away as many raffle tickets that they had Pappy bottles. This year the release was 23, 20, 12, 15, and 10 year aged Pappy as well as the PVW Rye. The longer that bourbon ages, due to angel’s share (evaporation) the less yield there is, so that’s what makes aged a bourbon rare commodity. We arrived at around 6:30am, and the line for the raffle tickets was wrapped around the building. At first I thought, there was no way that they had a bottle for everyone of those people in line. Then we found out that there was a list. We were 247 and 248 on the list that went up to 302. Low and behold, there were 302 bottles. Even though I ended up scoring a 10 year Pappy, I think that I walked away a winner. I’ve not opened it yet, but I will be. Most people in line were talking about reselling their bottles on a secondary market… um, no!
They have bourbon tastings, so if you’re not sure about a bourbon before you buy it buy the bottle, to can try it first. The prices of the tasting vary, but there is a fee. They also have draft beer tastings, the same concept. They sell growlers, you pick the beer to fill it with and bring back the growler to refill. Wednesdays they offer $ 1 off growler refills.
They have a huge selection of Kentucky wines that I like too. Cheese, deli meats, the list goes on and on. Seriously, whatever you want, they have a huge selection of it. Today, I’ve obviously only got bourbon on the mind though.

It just does not get any better than this. One stop shopping for all your liquor needs and so much more. If I lived in Lexington I would live near this particular location. They have liquors, beers, a humidor filled with awesome cigars with supplies, a dehli, dairy, meats, produce, can goods and so much more. The selections are great and they have a very large selection of local products. This place is GREAT! I make it a point when I’m in Lexington Kentucky just to go here! Hands down the best of the best!

When you don’t have time for the bourbon trail, you can get a good sampling of the Bluegrass State’s finest and an education from their friendly local employees. We were probably the third people in an hour to ask the super-​nice lady what you can’t get in (New York, Chicago, Boston, etc.) She was happy to oblige us.
I got a bottle of Makers julep, a bottle of Kentucky Vintage, a bottle of Buck for a friend (It’s bottled in San Jose, so it’s available in her native CA) and Town Branch, which nobody raves about, but it’s a solid whiskey with only corn and barley, made in Lexington and not owned by the Japanese or a global conglomerate, and it makes a wicked banana pudding, since that’s its flavor profile, bananas and caramel corn.
Liquor Barn makes Lexington a reliable stop on a whistle stop tour of the South. If I had more time, I’d still stock up here, as well as spend the whole day at Keeneland.

This is the best experience in shopping for my spirits. They have a great deli with beer and high end liquor for sampling. This place always has some sort of tasting going on. So it is great to come in and try something new.

Liquor Barn was my first experience with looking for and buying alcohol in Kentucky. We originally came here with the intention of picking up a few bottles of wine from a local winery (that is now closed, boo) for a friend that used to live in the area. We found the wine. And soooooo much other liquor! Amazing selection of local and imported liquors, beers, wine, and whiskey (yes that deserves its own label). The moonshine delighted me because that’s not something you really see back in Chicago. Great prices, too. The staff is friendly and eager to assist, as well.
The place also offers cheese, meats, utensils, and everything else you might need for a party event (that provably includes alcohol). Seriously, this place blows other liquor stores out of the water. At least, the ones I’ve been to.
My only disappointment was that Liquor Barn did not, in fact, look like a barn. That would have been cool. Why don’t they do that?

All liquor is controlled by the ABC board in the state I live in, so this is a great change of pace. So much booze. Beer, liquor, wine, and even food all in the same store, what a crazy concept.
Although I did find a couple beers that were past their prime on the shelves, I have no other complaints. Super cheap bourbon prices, amazing beer selection with reasonable prices, and nothing wrong with the wine selection either. Add an extremely knowledgeable and helpful staff and I’ll be back, next time I’m passing through.

I was unable to buy anything due to being pregnant but while I was there with a friend I noticed their extensive collection of bourbons! It is lexington so I can see why, but after baby comes I will make a trip down to lexington to this store to try some different types of bourbon!
The other nice thing about this store is that there is food there as well! There olive selection is so extensive!!! They have so many different delicious snack options such as, Amish popcorn kernels!
Definitely impressed.

Bourbon tasting back in the deli section is so much fun! First time I have gotten to try Whistle Pig whiskey Very Smooth I must say not bad for outside of Kentucky. I love Liquor Barn’s selection of spirits and party items. If you are throwing down a Shindig this is
The place for eating utensils as well as meats cheeses, nuts, crackers and chocolates. An extra plus is the large humidor of cigars… Heaven in a cedar box!!! Takes me back to childhood smelling my dads cigars!!! Love this place!!!