Jim Beam's Fred Noe: Stuck at Home and Planning a Farewell Tour

Fred Noe became Jim Beam's seventh master distiller in 2007 when
his father, the legendary Booker Noe, retired. 13 years later,
he's getting closer to the day when he'll hand things over to his
son Freddie - but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed his plans for a
"farewell tour" with Freddie this year. Instead, Fred's been
cooped up at home in Bardstown, Kentucky, wearing a mask when he
leaves the house at the insistence of his family and hoping to be
able to go on that tour of Australia and Europe next year. In the
meantime, he and his team have revived the Beam family's Old Tub
Bourbon brand for a limited-edition release celebrating the 225th
anniversary of Jacob Boehm's first whiskey, along with a
limited-edition 15-year-old Knob Creek Bourbon. We'll catch up
with Fred Noe on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news,
the trade war between the U.S. and Europe is heating up again
while England prepares to reopen pubs this coming week as parts
of the U.S. close bars as the pandemic flares up. We'll have the
latest on new whiskies, say goodbye and thanks to a couple of
retiring friends, and look at the way whisky barrels are stored
on Behind the Label.