Barton 1792 Founders
(NOTE: FOUNDERS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
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William Friel
The youngest son of David Beam was John H. "Jack" Beam, born in 1839. At the age of 21, he built his own distillery near Bardstown in 1860. He stayed a distiller until his death in 1915, at the age of 75. The name of Jack’s distillery and the name of the whiskey they made there, was Early Times. Eventually the brand was acquired by Brown-Forman. Early Times continues to be a leading seller throughout the world.
Jack Beam
THIS FOUNDERS HISTORY WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON
Oscar Getz
Oscar Getz was amazed with the history of distilling in Kentucky. He was also a prolific collector of whiskey memorabilia. Getz was so enamored with bourbon making he wrote a book called, "Whiskey: An American pictorial history," which came out in 1978 and became the definitive reference to everything in the Bourbon business for the next two decades.
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Benjamin F. Mattingly
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Danny Kahn
Today as the Master Distiller and Distilling and Aging Operations Manger he leads the distilleries building of flavor at every level, and has been instrumental in developing several 1792 special releases and their Thomas Moore line including helping to develop their finishing processes.
Thomas S. Moore
In 1874 Tom Moore at the age of 22 married Mary Virginia (Jennie) Collings, who was 18 and the daughter of John and Mary Collings of Nelson County. That same year he went to work for the Willett family in its distilling business. There he met another new employee Ben Mattingly, they would go on to work closely together for years. In 1876 Tom & Ben christened their operation Mattingly & Moore Distillery.