Jimmy Bedford
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James Howard Bedford (January 30, 1940 – August 7, 2009) was responsible for overseeing the production of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey and ensuring the consistent flavor of the product in his 20 years serving as the distillery's sixth master distiller.
Early life
Bedford was born on January 30, 1940 in Franklin County, Tennessee and grew up on a farm in Lynchburg, Tennessee. There he attended Moore County High School. He attended Tennessee Technological University, where he met his future wife, graduating from the school in 1962.
Career
Following graduation from college, he and his wife returned to Lynchburg, where they started working at the Jack Daniel's Distillery in 1968. He learned the intricate details of the production process and was named as the company's sixth master distillery in 1988, where he was responsible for supervising the whisk's "milling, yeasting, fermentation, and distillation" involved in making the whiskey using a network of fermenters, stills, and vats. He had "one of the most enviable careers imaginable," according to his obituary in The New York Times, making sure Jack Daniel's Old No. remained unchanged. 7 Tennessee Whiskey tasted just as good as it had since 1866.' Bedford will test new batches with old batches by sipping, but not swallowing, samples of the product to ensure that "it never changes" and that Jack Daniel's Old No. 21 is among the oldest in the United States. "The most constant in Lynchburg" was 7.
Bedford was featured in advertisements describing his career and held international tasting seminars. Bedford oversaw the introduction of two brand extensions: Jack Daniel's Single Barl, which was less sweet and smoky than the original, and Gentleman Jack, which was launched in 1988 as a "superpremium" brand. After being the subject of a $3.5 million sexual harassment lawsuit, he left the distillery in 2008. Jeff Arnett, Jack Daniel's seventh master distiller, was his replacement.
In 2007, Whisky magazine named Bedford with the Icons of Whisky Lifetime Achievement Award.