"Lew Bryson" wrote in message
om...

Yes, it's not beer, but I know some of you are bourbon lovers, and I
thought
you'd like to know. Booker Noe, the distiller emeritus of Jim Beam and Jim
Beam's grandson, died in his sleep last night.

Sad news. My impression was that he was a big driver behind the whole
"small-batch" movement and the increasing respectibility of bourbon as
quality beverage. It's always tough on an industry when one of its
best-known spokesmen goes.

-Steve