What Versailles Brewing Company does

Versailles Brewing Company is a privately held craft brewery and full-service restaurant operating from a single taproom at 513 Marsailles Road in Versailles, Kentucky. Founded on December 29, 2017 by Gary Jones and Curtis Congleton, the business combines an on-premise small-batch brewery with a farm-to-table restaurant menu anchored by Woodford County Angus beef sourced exclusively from co-founder Congleton's 300-acre Deuce Springs farm. The company brews a rotating portfolio of approximately a dozen core and seasonal beers, including a flagship Kentucky Common Ale (Common Bond), a West Coast IPA (Clint Westwood), a Hazy IPA (Held Hopstage), a Belgian Witbier (WoCo), and seasonal co-developed SKUs such as Rock Castle Common (barrel-aged with Barrel House Distilling Co.) and Cold Brew Common (coffee-aged with Lexington Coffee Company).

The business generates revenue through three primary streams: on-site taproom craft beer sales, full restaurant food service (burgers, sandwiches, tacos, pizza, salads, appetizers, weekend brunch), and private event space rental available seven days a week from 11am to 11pm. Distribution is entirely direct-to-consumer through the physical taproom and the Toast Tab online ordering platform; there is no wholesale distribution, multi-location footprint, or external investor backing disclosed in the source materials. The company employs 9 people and operates with extended hours Thursday through Saturday, marketing primarily through TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and its website at vbctaproom.com. It is registered as Versailles Brewing Company Restaurant LLC in Kentucky, USA, and is wholly founder-owned and operated.

Name

Versailles Brewing Company

Legal name

Versailles Brewing Company Restaurant LLC

Website

https://vbctaproom.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Versailles Brewing Company is a privately held craft brewery and farm-to-table restaurant in Versailles, Kentucky, founded in 2017, serving small-batch beers, locally-sourced American fare, and private events to local residents and visitors of Woodford County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Brewery

NAICS

Breweries (312120), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082)

akta.pro primary industry

Brewpubs & Taprooms (On-site Beer Service) (THAFALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Craft Beer Bars & Taprooms (THAFAEAG), Taprooms & Brewpubs (CRANACAF), Beer, Brewery & Craft Beverage Tastings (THAJAGAE)

Keywords

• Craft beer brewing
• Small-batch brewery
• Restaurant dining
• Private event venue
• Locally sourced ingredients

Headquarters

HQ city

Versailles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Craft Beer Sales: On-site taproom sales of craft beers brewed in small batches
2. Restaurant/Taproom Food Sales: Full restaurant service with locally-sourced American fare including burgers, sandwiches, tacos, pizza, salads, and appetizers
3. Private Event Rental: Event space rental for corporate lunches, dinners and private rentals available seven days a week, 11am-11pm

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Versailles Brewing Company is a craft brewery and restaurant that brews small-batch craft beers in its own taproom facility and serves a full restaurant menu featuring locally-sourced Woodford County Angus beef from co-founder Curtis Congleton's 300-acre Deuce Springs farm. The company operates a dine-in taproom and restaurant, an online ordering channel for carry-out, private event space rentals, brewery tours, and guided beer tastings.

Product overview

Versailles Brewing Company is a craft brewery and restaurant located in Versailles, Kentucky, brewing craft beer and serving local Woodford County Angus burgers since 2017. The company offers a portfolio of small-batch handcrafted beers including flagship offerings such as Common Bond Kentucky Common Ale, WoCo Belgian Witbier, Clint Westwood West Coast IPA, Held Hopstage Hazy IPA, and Cold Brew Common (coffee-infused variant). The beer lineup spans core year-round offerings (lagers, ales, IPAs, stouts, porters) and seasonal releases (Oktoberfest, peach radler, Mexican lager, barrel-aged variants). Food service includes a full menu of appetizers, salads, sandwiches, burgers, tacos, pizza, pasta, and weekend brunch, with ingredients sourced locally from the co-owner's farm. Additional services include private event space rental, brewery tours, and beer tastings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of meals distributed annually through soup kitchen partnership with God's Pantry, Kroger, and local churches

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Barrel House Distilling Co.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Rock Castle Common - Barrel Aged KY Common Ale. This variation on a KY Common Ale features notes of caramel, vanilla, and brown sugar from its 8-week barrel aging process at Barrel House Distilling Co.
• Lexington Coffee CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Cold Brew Common - Coffee Aged KY Common Ale. Aged on Lexington Coffee Company's Signature 35 roast and infused with vanilla, creating a beer that evokes the aroma and flavor of a coffee house experience.
• Deuce Springs Farm (Curtis Congleton)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCurtis's 300-acre farm provides exclusive Woodford County Angus beef for the restaurant. Vegetables for daily menu specials are also sourced from the farm. This partnership creates a closed-loop local supply chain supporting the agricultural community.
• Local Hog FarmerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpent grain from the brewing process is repurposed and given to a local hog farmer. The resulting meat is then purchased back for the brewery's offerings, creating a sustainable agricultural cycle.
• Kentucky KernelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChicken tenders are fried in Kentucky Kernel breading, supporting a regional food supplier for menu items.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mirror Twin Brewing: Lexington, KY craft brewery with taproom and food service offering experimental and seasonal small-batch beers. Closely comparable taproom-plus-food format in the same Kentucky market.
• Blue Stallion Brewing: Lexington, KY craft brewery with taproom serving German-style and other small-batch beers. Similar size and brewpub operating model in the same competitive geography.
• Country Boy Brewing: Lexington, KY craft brewery with taproom and public house offering small-batch beers. Competes for the same Central Kentucky craft drinker and visitor with similar flagship-and-seasonal portfolio approach.
• Ethereal Brewing: Lexington, KY craft brewery with on-site taproom serving rotating small-batch beers. Directly comparable brewpub/taproom format targeting overlapping regional clientele.
• West Sixth Brewing: Lexington, KY-based craft brewery operating its own taproom and beer hall with a comparable small-batch, locally-rooted model. Most direct Kentucky analog serving an overlapping regional customer base within a short drive of Versailles.

Regional players

• Alltech's Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Kentucky-based craft brewery and distillery (makers of Kentucky Ale) operating with broader distribution and a tourism-oriented taproom. Comparable Kentucky craft identity, but at significantly larger scale.
• Goodwood Brewing: Louisville, KY craft brewery with taproom positioning around wood-aged and bourbon-barrel beers. Comparable Kentucky craft identity and taproom-centric distribution, but located in a different metro area.

Broad incumbents

• BrewDog: Multinational craft brewery operating taprooms and broad distribution. Represents the scaled craft-brewery model with portfolio breadth across IPAs, lagers, and seasonal styles that defines customer expectations VBC must meet.
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Large established U.S. craft brewer with taproom and broad distribution. Not a direct small-market competitor, but represents the broad-incumbent craft brewery benchmark VBC's portfolio (IPAs, stouts, porters, lagers) competes against stylistically.

Others

• Woodford Reserve Distillery: Adjacent beverage tourism anchor in Versailles/Woodford County. Not a competitor but a shared visitor-traffic ecosystem player; VBC's local bourbon-distillery collaborations (Barrel House) signal potential partnership/sponsorship adjacency with major Woodford County bourbon tourism brands.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wix
• Instagraminstagram.com/wix
• TikToktiktok.com/@versaillesbrewingcompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/versailles-brewing-company

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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