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Informationen zum Autor JIM KOKORIS is spokesperson and publicist for the Beam family, and a longtime family friend. He traveled extensively with Booker Noe for more than ten years while he conducted bourbon tastings and supported the launch of the Knob Creek and the Small Batch Bourbon Collection. He is coauthor with Fred Noe of Beam, Straight Up , and author of four novels, including It's. Nice. Outside , The Pursuit of Other Interests , Sister North , and The Rich Part of Life . Klappentext "Making whiskey wasn't a job to him, it was a calling," Fred Noe writes in the Foreword about his father, the legendary master distiller Booker Noe. As the grandson of Jim Beam, it may seem logical for Booker to step in and run the family business. What could be easier than inheriting a bourbon empire? The Big Man of Jim Beam shows you no silver spoon came in Booker's tumbler as it unwinds the story of how a Kentucky boy, through hard work and perseverance, found his destiny leading an aging family business and in the process, revitalized an entire industry. The author who first shined a light on Fred Noe in Beam, Straight Up , now goes back a generation to examine the remarkable life of Booker Noe, whose name decorates the Boston, Kentucky distillery he helped build with his "Uncle Jere," T. Jeremiah, the only son of Jim Beam. From Plant Number Two, as it was originally called, Booker filled orders the main plant couldn't handle and soon started outpacing its production numbers. Through firsthand family stories, you get to know the hard-working man who learned how to distill bourbon from grain to barrel to bottle and then went beyond to do it better, even if it meant just one-tenth of a percent better. Without formal training in business, Booker instinctually learned and lived by the principles followed by the most successful business leaders to overcome such setbacks as significant inventory loss during the Kentucky tornado of '74 and a twenty-year market decline when the world lost interest in America's native spirit. Illustrative accounts of Booker's passion for making bourbon give you an insider's look at the complete process, including what happened on the fifth floor of the rack house in Plant Number Two to usher in the current bourbon boom with: Booker's Bourbon, uncut and unfiltered, just like the man himself The bourbon trio, Knob Creek, Basil Hayden's, Baker's, part of the original Small Batch Collection The Big Man himself, an American original who became an ambassador for his brands To make the best bourbon in the world, Booker Noe needed to redesign a dilapidated distillery, and The Big Man of Jim Beam shows you how he did both. Zusammenfassung Lessons on product! quality! innovation! and longevity from the "First Family of Bourbon" The Big Man of Jim Beam delves into the life and times of legendary distiller F. Booker Noe III! grandson of Jim Beam and father of the bourbon boom. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword vii Prologue: Booker Noe: The Big Man of Bourbon ix Chapter 1 Boyhood 1 Chapter 2 College Ain't for Everyone 17 Chapter 3 Fork in the Road 25 Chapter 4 Starting Out 35 Chapter 5 The Student 47 Chapter 6 Sweet Home Boston 53 Chapter 7 Proving Himself 59 Chapter 8 Dark Clouds on the Horizon 73 Chapter 9 The Party's Just Getting Started 81 Chapter 10 The Shutdown Years 93 Chapter 11 Mules on the Fifth Floor 103 Chapter 12 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 115 Chapter 13 Booker's Bourbon 123 Chapter 14 Mr. Ambassador 129 Chapter 15 Emeritus Man 137 Chapter 16 The Road Years 145 Chapter 17 Traits and Attributes 159 Chapter 18 Sunset 167 Epilogue 179 Author's Note and Acknowledgments 181 Jim Bean's Current Bourbon Lineup 183 Fa...
