AP Spotlight Jim Beam closing Kentucky distillery for at least a year JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Dec 23, 2025 Dec 23, 2025 0 1 of 2 Shelves display bottles of bourbons for sale Jan. 22, 2022, at a fine wine and spirits store in Harmony, Pa. Keith Srakocic, Associated Press The Jim Beam visitors center is pictured Oct. 3, 2012, at its central distillery in Clermont, Ky. Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press SMS Email Print Copy article link Save JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Bourbon maker Jim Beam will halt production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year, the company announced this week.kAmy:> q62> D2:5 :? 2 DE2E6>6?E $F?52J E96 564:D:@? E@ A2FD6 3@FC3@? >2<:?8 2E :ED r=6C>@?E =@42E:@? :? a_ae H:== 8:G6 E96 4@>A2?J E:>6 E@ :?G6DE :? :>AC@G6>6?ED 2E E96 5:DE:==6CJ] %96 3@EE=:?8 2?5 H2C69@FD6 2E E96 D:E6 H:== C6>2:? @A6?[ 2=@?8 H:E9 E96 y2>6D q] q62> s:DE:==:?8 r@] G:D:E@CD 46?E6C 2?5 C6DE2FC2?E]k^AmkAm%96 4@>A2?JVD =2C86C 5:DE:==6CJ :? q@DE@?[ z6?EF4<J[ H:== 4@?E:?F6 E@ @A6C2E6[ E96 4@>A2?J D2:5]k^Am kAmQ(6 2C6 2=H2JD 2DD6DD:?8 AC@5F4E:@? =6G6=D E@ 36DE >66E 4@?DF>6C 56>2?5[Q E96 4@>A2?J D2:5 :? 2 DE2E6>6?E]k^Am People are also reading… Cardinals trade Willson Contreras to Red Sox for Hunter Dobbins and 2 prospect pitchers A look at the 3 prospects Cardinals are receiving from Red Sox in Willson Contreras deal These 51ºÚÁÏ area restaurants are open on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day Worthy: Illini freshman guard Keaton Wagler announced his presence in Braggin' Rights win Cardinals broadcast partner skips payment. Club says latest hiccup won't limit fan access. Kansas City Chiefs announce they will leave Arrowhead and relocate across the Kansas-Missouri border Edwardsville school chief ousted after unapproved pay cuts, poor leadership, report says School secretary killed in Ste. Genevieve car wreck always had a smile for students Judge ousts 51ºÚÁÏ Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from office New offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey takes pay cut to join Mizzou What comes next for Cardinals after Willson Contreras trade? Worthy: With Cardinals in a full-tilt rebuild, trading Nolan Arenado the next crucial move St. Luke’s sells Des Peres hospital site to an ex-board member's firm 'College football is sick': Mizzou's Eli Drinkwitz sounds alarm on NIL, lack of rules Mike Bush, longtime KSDK anchor, to retire in August kAmt>A=@J66D 2E E96 5:DE:==6CJ 2C6 36:?8 C62DD:8?65 H:E9:? E96 4@>A2?J 2?5 C:89E ?@H y:> q62> A=2?D ?@ =2J@77D[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 =@42= &?:E65 u@@5 2?5 r@>>6C4:2= (@C<6CD x?E6C?2E:@?2= &?:@? 492AE6C E92E C6AC6D6?ED E96 H@C<6CD]k^Am kAmq@FC3@? >2<6CD 92G6 E@ 82>3=6 H6== :?E@ E96 7FEFC6] y:> q62>VD 7=28D9:A 3@FC3@? C6BF:C6D 2E =62DE 7@FC J62CD @7 28:?8 :? 32CC6=D 367@C6 36:?8 3@EE=65]k^Am kAm(9:D<6J >2<6CD 2C6 562=:?8 H:E9 324<\2?5\7@CE9 2C8F>6?ED @G6C E2C:77D :? tFC@A6 2?5 :? r2?252[ H96C6 2 3@J4@EE DE2CE65 27E6C E96 %CF>A 25>:?:DEC2E:@? DF886DE65 2??6I:?8 E96 4@F?ECJ :?E@ E96 &]$]k^AmkAm~G6C2== 6IA@CED @7 p>6C:42? DA:C:ED 76== hT :? E96 D64@?5 BF2CE6C @7 a_ad 4@>A2C65 E@ 2 J62C 28@[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 s:DE:==65 $A:C:ED r@F?4:= @7 E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D] %96 >@DE 5C2>2E:4 564C62D6 42>6 :? &]$] DA:C:ED 6IA@CED E@ r2?252[ H9:49 76== gdT :? E96 pAC:=\E9C@F89\yF?6 BF2CE6C] k^Am kAmq@FC3@? AC@5F4E:@? 92D 8C@H? D:8?:7:42?E=J :? C646?E J62CD] pD @7 y2?F2CJ[ E96C6 H6C6 23@FE `e >:==:@? 32CC6=D @7 3@FC3@? 28:?8 :? z6?EF4<J H2C69@FD6D — >@C6 E92? EC:A=6 E96 2>@F?E 96=5 `d J62CD 28@[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 z6?EF4<J s:DE:==6CDV pDD@4:2E:@?]k^Am kAmqFE D2=6D 7:8FC6D 2?5 A@==:?8 D9@H p>6C:42?D 2C6 5C:?<:?8 =6DD E92? E96J 92G6 :? 564256D]k^AmkAmp3@FE hdT @7 2== 3@FC3@? >256 :? E96 &]$] 4@>6D 7C@> z6?EF4<J] %96 EC256 8C@FA 6DE:>2E65 E96 :?5FDECJ 3C:?8D >@C6 E92? ab[___ ;@3D 2?5 Sa]a 3:==:@? E@ E96 DE2E6]k^Am 0 Comments The business news you need Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story A look at the experts racing to decode Trump's tariff rules Few Americans were exposed as exhaustively to every fluctuation of trade policy as customs brokers. Jim Beam Halts Production At Main Distillery For A Year Jim Beam will suspend production at its main distillery for all of 2026, starting January 1, according to the James B. Beam Distilling Co. In …
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