Jim Beam

A group of German immigrants moved to America during the 18th century. The first distillery was founded by one of them, Johannes Jacob, from the German Boehm family. The family name has changed to the more Anglo-American Beam. Jacob Beam had land in Kentucky and quickly noticed how well the area was suitable for growing cereals. He grew corn and grain, which he eventually began to use for distillation. In 1795, Jacob began selling his whiskey under the name Old Jake Beam from his Old Tub distillery.

In 1820, Jacob Beam's son, David, began running the distillery at the age of 18. He soon began to expand with this brand. The distillery moved to Nelson County as there was a valuable rail network and increased distribution opportunities. After the end of the Prohibition, Colonel James B Beam ran the business and rebuilt it in 1933 in Clermont, Kentucky. Colonel Beam also lent his name to the form, and so the whiskey became known as Jim Beam Bourbon. In 1935, James B Beam Distilling Company founded a syndicate, including Jeremiah Beam, who soon became the sole owner. In 1954, he founded another distillery near Boston, Kentucky and, with the help of Jimberlain Joseph Quinn, developed the brand.

In 1960, Booker Noe was named master mixer at a factory in Boston, and in 1987 he launched a bourbon brand that bore his first name. Booker's was the first bourbon with barrel power. At the time, the Jim Beam brand launched a number of different bourbons, including the world's best-selling premium bourbon, Knob Creek, named after a creek south of the distillery once played by young Abraham Lincoln. In addition to Vin and Spirit AB, Jim Beam belonged to the so-called "Brands that made millions" in 2001, various wine and hard alcohol brands owned by the company and operated by the holding company Jim Beam Global.