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Hardin’s Creek Colonel James B. Beam is a bourbon produced by James B. Beam Distilling Co. in 2022. It is aged for a relatively short two years. It was released in 2022 alongside Hardin’s Creek Jacob’s Well as the inaugural releases in the Hardin’s Creek brand family.
Colonel James B. Beam is a tribute to the challenge faced by its namesake to restart the Clermont Distillery after the repeal of prohibition. It took only 120 days to get the distillery up and running again, and Freddie Noe was inspired by the style of bourbon that was being made at the time of the restart. This bourbon used a longer fermentation process and came off the still at a lower distillation proof, and is intentionally aged for a very short two years, “proof that quality isn’t solely defined by time.” It’s bottled at the same 108 proof as Jacob’s Well.
Colonel James B. Beam was officially announced on June 1, 20221Press Release
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