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  November 15, 2018 2:20 PM PST

  This is the best known history of Early Times Bourbon Whisky.

  1860 - Founded by Jack Beam (The uncle of Jim Beam) in Early Times Station, Kentucky

  1915 - Jack and Ed (his son) both died

  1920 - Prohibition closed

  1923 - Acquired by the Brown-Forman Company

  1923-1933 - Sold as medicinal products by a license held by Brown-Forman

  1940's - contained an ABV of 43% or proof of 86

  1942 - Release a Bottled in Bond Version 100 proof

  1953 - Became the best selling Bourbon in the world

  1980 - Released a 120th Anniversary Edition 90.4 proof called "Early Times Heritage" with a box

  1980's - Reduced the proof to 80

  1983 - Changed the product from a "Kentucky Bourbon" to a "Kentucky Whisky"

              (due to the used charred barrels instead of new oak)

  1987 - Early Times Mint Juleps marketed as the official drink of the Kentucky Derby

  2010 - Early Times 354 (in reference to is DSP number) released as a premium brand

  2014 - Early Times discontinues "premium brand" Early Times 354

  2017 - Released a Bottled in Bond version 100 proof

   

   

  Early Times Mashbill: 79% Corn, 11% Rye, 10% Malted Barley

  Aged a minimum of 3 years

  Early Times is aged in masonry warehouses in the Louisville suburb of Shively (observed in 2004)

   

   

  
  This post was edited by admin at November 15, 2018 3:21 PM PST