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James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits - Beam Suntory Extends Strategic Partnership with $9.3 Million Donation

Beam Suntory and James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits Extend Partnership with Additional $9.3 Million Investment

March 16, 2024 / Distillery Trail / Beam Suntory, James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, Jim Beam, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky began offering a Distillation, Wine, and Brewing Studies (DWBS) certificate in

James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits - Grand Opening Celebration August 7, 2023

The James B. Beam Institute of Kentucky Spirits Celebrates Opening the Nation’s Premier Distilled Spirits Hands-on Classroom

August 13, 2023 / Distillery Trail / Independent Stave Company, James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, Joseph & Joseph Architects, Koetter Construction, University of Kentucky, Vendome Copper & Brass Works

Let’s face it, you can’t rush the good stuff. Legally once a whiskey that meets

Seth DeBolt Director James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits Interview

10 Questions: A Q&A with ‘James B. Beam Institute of Kentucky Spirits’ Program Director Seth DeBolt [VIDEO]

May 2, 2023 / Distillery Trail / James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, University of Kentucky

Watch as Professor Seth DeBolt explains what will make the new James B. Beam Institute of Kentucky Spirits unique in spirits education.

James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits - Distillery, Vendome Copper & Brass, Joseph & Joseph + Bravura Architects, Dr. Seth DeBolt

Watch as the ‘James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits’ 30′ Still is Installed in 60 Seconds (Time-lapse Video)

April 25, 2023 / Distillery Trail / Independent Stave Company, James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, University of Kentucky, Vendome Copper & Brass Works

Watch the video as Vendome Copper & Brass Works air lifts the still using a 80 crane to drop it in as smooth as a good pour of whiskey.

James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits - Distillery, Vendome Copper & Brass, Joseph & Joseph + Bravura Architects, Dr. Seth DeBolt

30’ Column Still Arrives at University of Kentucky as School Preps to Be Nations 1st Grain to Glass Teaching Distillery

April 25, 2023 / Distillery Trail / Independent Stave Company, James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, Joseph & Joseph Architects, University of Kentucky, Vendome Copper & Brass Works

There are no distilled spirits without agriculture. They are inherently tied together. The University of

James B. Beam Institute - Vendome Copper & Brass Works to Enhance Teaching and Research Mission at UK

James B. Beam Institute and U.K. partner with Vendome Copper & Brass Works to Enhance Teaching and Research Mission

March 23, 2021 / Aimee Nielson / James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, University of Kentucky, Vendome Copper & Brass Works

Having a working distillery on campus at the University of Kentucky will help train the

Koetter Construction - K-RAX Barrel Storage System Donated to the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits

Koetter Group Donates Unique Barrel Storage System to UK’s James B. Beam Institute for Research & Education Project

December 30, 2020 / Distillery Trail / Barrels, Independent Stave Company, James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, Joseph & Joseph Architects, Koetter Construction, University of Kentucky

The James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits is a collaboration between the UK Colleges

Independent Stave Company - ISC Barrels and the Boswell Family to Donate $1 Million to Build Research 600 Barrel Warehouse

Independent Stave Co. Donates $1 Million to University of Kentucky to Build a 600 Barrel Research Warehouse [VIDEO]

March 1, 2020 / Distillery Trail / Independent Stave Company, James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, Jim Beam, University of Kentucky

In the fall of 2018 the University of Kentucky announced the creation of the Kentucky

Maker's Mark Distillery - Maker's Mark, Independent Stave and University of Kentucky Partner together to Study White Oak Genome

No Quercus alba, No Bourbon – Maker’s Mark, Independent Stave & UofK to Study White Oak Genome

October 17, 2019 / Distillery Trail / Independent Stave Company, Maker's Mark, University of Kentucky

Distillers have been storing distilled spirits in oak (Quercus alba) barrels for centuries. At some

University of Kentucky and Jim Beam Partner to Create the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits

Jim Beam Distillery Donates $5 Million to University of Kentucky to Create the ‘James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits’

April 17, 2019 / Distillery Trail / James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, Jim Beam, University of Kentucky

Putting its money where its mouth is Jim Beam Distillery will donate $5 million to the