After starting a distillery just four years ago, Jackson Purchase Distillery is launching its first bourbon.

Opening a distillery, even in Kentucky where 90% of the world’s bourbon is produced, doesn’t guarantee success. But under the guidance of Craig Beam, a seventh-generation bourbon distiller from the legendary Jim Beam family, and Terry Ballard, formerly of the luxury Willett Distillery, Jackson Purchase has become one of the fastest growing distilleries in the commonwealth….