Jacob Beam sells his first barrels of corn whiskey as Old Jake Beam
- When
- around 1795
- Where
- Kentucky (unspecified site of first sales)
- Part of
- Founding of Jim Beam
Around 1795, Jacob Beam sold his first barrels of corn whiskey, then called Old Jake Beam, marking the enterprise's beginning.
The supplied source records that Jacob Beam sold his first barrels of corn whiskey around 1795, at which time the whiskey was called Old Jake Beam. The passages give no exact day or month and do not name the sale location, so the founding date is approximate and the site unresolved. The legacy row's precise January 1, 1795 date and its Clermont, Kentucky location are not supported by the retrieved passages and are corrected here.
Sources
- Jim Beam Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-08
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