First taste: Meet Jackson Purchase Distillery's private label bourbon

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Jackson Purchase Distillery, led by a member of the Jim Beam family, is launching its first private label bourbon.

The distillery, known for contract distilling, has quickly become one of Kentucky's fastest-growing.

The new bourbon, aged four years, will initially be available in Kentucky starting in September.

After starting a distillery just four years ago, Jackson Purchase Distillery is launching its first private label bourbon.

Opening a distillery, even in Kentucky where 90% of the world’s bourbon is produced, doesn’t guarantee success. But under the guidance of Craig Beam, a seventh-generation bourbon distiller from the legendary Jim Beam family, and Terry Ballard, formerly of the luxury Willett Distillery , Jackson Purchase has become one of the faste