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    Stephen Beam

    Founder & Master Distiller, Limestone Branch Distillery

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    Portrait of Stephen Beam

    Portrait of Stephen Beam

    i. Biography

    Stephen Beam is the seventh-generation distiller and founder of Limestone Branch Distillery in Lebanon, Kentucky, where he helped resurrect the Yellowstone bourbon brand and continues as master distiller for selected expressions. him is the founder and a seventh-generation distiller, and Luxco/Yellowstone materials is the master distiller behind Yellowstone releases and the revival of Yellowstone Select Bourbon. He is publicly described as a descendant of the Beam and Dant distilling families, with whiskey work tied to his family’s Kentucky distilling heritage.

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