Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 author Fred Noe discusses and signs Beam, Straight Up: The Bold Story of The First Family of Bourbon at Lexington, Kentucky’s Joseph-Beth Booksellers at 7 pm.

This is the first book written by a Beam about the family behind the 217-year whiskey dynasty and makers of one of the world’s best-selling bourbons. This book features family history and the evolution of bourbon, including Fred’s childhood “growing up Beam” in Bardstown, Kentucky.