Editing Kentucky Colonel (section)

=== Bourbon whiskey ===
The Kentucky colonel title in business marketing is seen in the ongoing historic association between Kentucky and [[bourbon whiskey]] production. As of 2013, approximately 95 percent of all bourbon was produced in Kentucky, and the state had 4.9 million barrels of bourbon in the process of aging.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/17/makers-mark-restore-proof/1926081/ Maker's Mark to restore alcohol content of whiskey], ''[[USA Today]]'', February 17, 2013.</ref><ref>Schreiner, Bruce, "[http://www.brandonsun.com/business/breaking-news/kentucky-bourbon-trail-expands-to-include-stop-in-downtown-louisville-206820581.html?thx=y Kentucky Bourbon Trail Expands to Include Stop in Downtown Louisville] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130628200445/http://www.brandonsun.com/business/breaking-news/kentucky-bourbon-trail-expands-to-include-stop-in-downtown-louisville-206820581.html?thx=y |date=2013-06-28 }}", ''[[Associated Press]]'', May 9, 2013.</ref> The historic distiller James B. Beam is referred to as "Colonel James B. Beam" for the marketing of the [[Jim Beam]] brand (the largest-selling brand of bourbon).<ref>[http://www.beveragenet.net/cheers/1998/0998/998burbn.asp Beveragenet Reference] URL last accessed April 11, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501085333/http://www.beveragenet.net/cheers/1998/0998/998burbn.asp |date=May 1, 2006 }}</ref> The [[Sazerac Company]] similarly refers to the distiller Albert Blanton as "Colonel Blanton" for their marketing of the [[Blanton's]] brand. In both cases, the "Colonel" title refers to being a Kentucky colonel. A brand of Kentucky bourbon called Kentucky Colonel was produced in the 1980s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeswhiskyclub.com/whiskies/kentucky-colonel-distillery-co/kentucky-colonel-4-year-old-1980s-whiskey/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002160454/http://www.timeswhiskyclub.com/whiskies/kentucky-colonel-distillery-co/kentucky-colonel-4-year-old-1980s-whiskey/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 2, 2013|title=Kentucky Colonel 4 Year Old - 1980s|access-date=October 21, 2017}}</ref> and at least two current brands of Kentucky bourbon have the word "Colonel" in their name, the [[E. H. Taylor|Colonel E. H. Taylor]] and [[Barton Brands|Colonel Lee]] bourbon brands. In 2020 the Neeley Family Distillery (a craft bourbon distiller) in [[Sparta, Kentucky]] filed for the trademark "Old Kentucky Colonel" to bring back the original Kentucky Colonel brand.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Neely|title=Old Kentucky Colonel (Trademark)|url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=90333342&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch|access-date=March 10, 2021|website=Trademark Status|publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office}}</ref>