Jim Beam, the world’s number one-selling Bourbon whiskey, celebrated the 75th anniversary of its historic Clermont, Ky, facility today. Together with the seventh generation Jim Beam family distiller Frederick “Fred” Booker Noe III and more than 500 employees, the company recognized the importance of this historic site.
“For 75 years, the Jim Beam Clermont Distillery has stood strong amidst the Kentucky landscape,” said Jeff Conder, Vice President, Americas Operations, Beam Global Spirits & Wine. “Today we celebrate the role the Distillery has played in shaping Jim beam Bourbon into the world’s number-one selling bourbon and its continued significant contribution to Kentucky Tourism through our commitment to a multi-million dollar tourism development project.”
The Jim Beam Clermont facility employs more than 300 people and welcomes over 80,000 visitors annually. A new state-of-the-art Welcome Center complex-scheduled to be completed by fall 2012, will be able to accommodate approximately 200,000 visitors annually.
Visitors to the distillery can tour the Master Distiller’s Home on top of Beam Hill and see where several of the Beam family distillers lived.
“Technology has obviously helped our production capacity,” says Noe. “We produce a lot more whiskey than we did back in 1935. But the formula of our family bourbon has stayed true. It’s been a standard since 1795.”
