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- Jan 1, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Dec 31, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Jim Beam Pauses Distilling at Its Main Kentucky Distillery for 2026
- Distillation at the main distillery on the James B. Beam campus in Clermont paused from 1 January 2026 through the end of the year, which the company said it would use to invest in site enhancements[1]
- The campus makes more than 10 whiskeys, including Jim Beam, Knob Creek, Booker's, Baker's, Basil Hayden and Old Grand-Dad; bottling, warehousing and the visitor centre, which draws more than 100,000 guests a year, stay open[1]
- Distilling continues at the Fred B. Noe Craft Distillery in Clermont and the larger Booker Noe distillery in Boston, Kentucky[3]
- The pause followed US Treasury data showing whiskey distillers produced 55 million fewer proof gallons through August 2025 than a year earlier, while Kentucky held a record 16.1 million ageing barrels of bourbon[1]
- Suntory later scrapped a planned £150 million Scotch maturation site as whisky demand fell[2]
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- [1]90%thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/12/jim-beam-distillery-ceases-production-for-2026thespiritsbusiness.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Jan 1, 2026 ✓· Ends Dec 31, 2026 ✓· 46% of score
The Spirits Business[2] reports the campus 'will pause production at its main distillery from 1 January to the end of 2026', and the company statement says it plans 'to pause distillation at our main distillery on the James B Beam campus for 2026'.
- [2]75%Suntory scraps plans for £150m whisky sitethespiritsbusiness.com· Published Mar 27, 2026· 22% of score
Three months later Suntory also dropped a planned £150 million Scotch maturation site in East Ayrshire amid an industry-wide fall in whisky demand, and restates that the Jim Beam pause runs until the end of 2026.[1]
- [3]80%Jim Beam to 'Pause Distillation' at James B. Beam Distilling Co. for 2026 while Investing in Site Enhancementsdistillerytrail.com· Published Dec 31, 2025· 16% of score
Reproduces the company statement: distilling continues at the Fred B. Noe Craft Distillery in Clermont and the larger Booker Noe distillery in Boston, Kentucky, while the main distillery pauses for 2026; more than 1,000 employees across Kentucky sites.[1]
- [4]75%Jim Beam to close one of its distilleries for a yearfoxbusiness.com· Published Dec 23, 2025· 16% of score
Fox Business reports the Clermont production pause from Jan. 1 through the end of 2026, with production shifting to the Booker Noe distillery in Boston, Kentucky.
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