Article: Historic Pottsville, Pa., Brewer Hosts Heir to Jim Beam Bourbon Dynasty.

By Patrick Burns, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 24--POTTSVILLE, Pa.-- Frederick B. Noe III's visit to the D.G. Yuengling & Sons brewery Tuesday was one for the history books.

Noe, a seventh-generation member of the Jim Beam bourbon family, joined sixth-generation beer brewer Debbie Yuengling Ferhat for a tour and tasting at Yuengling's original brewery in Pottsville as the nation's oldest family spirits distiller met its beer-brewing counterpart.

Jim Beam Brands Co. traces its Clermont, Ky., roots to 1795, while Yuengling was founded in 1829.

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