Top bourbon maker Beam dips into white whiskey

Published March 1, 2013 6:50pm ET



CLERMONT, Ky. (AP) — The world’s largest bourbon producer is dipping into moonshining’s colorful past to create its own batches of white whiskey.

Beam Inc.’s newest spirit is called Jacob’s Ghost in honor of Jacob Beam, founding distiller of its flagship Jim Beam brand. Jacob’s Ghost resembles the potent concoction that flowed from the pioneering whiskey-maker’s still in the 1790s or from a moonshiner’s still today.

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