Overview
- The company says the pause begins January 1 and is to allow site enhancements at its main James B. Beam campus in Clermont, which will remain open to visitors.
- Distilling will continue at the Fred B. Noe craft distillery in Clermont and at the larger Booker Noe distillery in Boston, Kentucky.
- The Clermont site accounts for roughly one third of Jim Beam’s annual output of about 26.5 million gallons, according to reporting cited by The Week.
- The Distilled Spirits Council reports a 9% drop in U.S. spirits exports in Q2, including an 85% plunge to Canada after retail removals linked to trade tensions.
- Kentucky warehouses hold a record 16.1 million aging barrels, and state barrel taxes reached about $75 million this year, increasing carrying costs for distillers.