Who were Johnny Walker, Jim Beam , George Dickle, and Ezra Brooks?

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and why were spirits named after them?

Answer 1

Johnny Walker:
The brand is a legacy left by John ‘Johnnie’ Walker after he started to sell whisky in his grocer’s shop in Ayrshire, Scotland. The brand became popular, but it was his son Alexander Walker and grandson Alexander Walker II who were largely responsible for establishing the whisky as a widely popular brand.
John Walker died in 1857, but his legacy was assured as the Walker family developed the business and grew the Johnnie Walker brand to become world famous.

Jim Beam:
In 1795, Jacob Beam, farmer and grain-mill operator, sells his first barrel of "Old Jake Beam Sour Mash." Friends and family call it a "fine dram." In 1820, Jacob's son, David Beam, takes over as Master Distiller. He produces the family's increasingly famous bourbon whiskey for 30 years. In 1850, David Beam retires, leaving his son, David M. Beam, grandson of Jacob, in charge. In 1894, James Beauregard Beam, the third son of David M., becomes the new head of the family business. He is a straightforward man who prefers simple to fancy, and he insists on being called "Jim." In 1919, Prohibition begins. Jim Beam leaves the distilling business to grow citrus in Florida, then takes up coal mining and later runs a limestone quarry. Prohibition marks the only time from 1795 to the present day that the Beams do not distill whiskey. In 1933, Prohibition is repealed. Jim Beam, who is now 70, rebuilds the family's distillery, by hand, in just 120 days. In 1934, Jim Beam is so dedicated to protecting the family recipe that he seals a portion of the yeast culture in a jar and takes it home with him every weekend. Just in case. The family continues to sell Jim Beam today.

George Dickel:
George A. Dickel was a successful merchant living in Nashville when he visited Tullahoma with his wife Augusta in 1867. It was in Cascade Hollow that George Dickel dreamed of creating the finest, smoothest sippin’ whisky in the United States. In 1870, Dickel’s dream came true, and a company which bore his name was opened at Cascade Hollow, Tennessee on the Cascade Creek (located between Chattanooga and Nashville, six miles northeast of Tullahoma). It was also at this time that George declared that because his whisky was as smooth as the finest scotch, he would always spell the “whiskey” in George Dickel Tennessee Whisky without an “e”, keeping with the Scotch whisky tradition. After George Dickel’s death in 1894 at the age of 76, his wife Augusta managed the whisky business with her relatives, the Schwabs. George and Augusta had no heirs, but the whisky production continued under the Schwabs’ management.

Ezra Brooks
Ezra Brooks is a St. Louis, Missouri product... and not much else to find out about them.

In all these brands, these were men who produced, distilled, and had their famillies continue with the legacy of their liquors. The spirits were not named after them for any other reason but they were the inventors.

Answer 2

johnny walker is an expression in a story like a dear john letter

Answer 3

They were the biggest drunks in their town

Answer 4

the best alcogolicks in the world

Answer 5

They were my dads old drinking buddies.

Answer 6

gods

Answer 7

they are my best friends ;)

Answer 8

THEY WERE ALCOHOLICS