I don’t know about that. My bottle of Jim Beam says on the label, “Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Distilled And Bottled By James B. Beam Distilling Co. - Beam - Clermont - Frankfort, Kentucky USA.”
I don’t know if any of those locations are in Bourbon County, but it is made in Kentucky.
I think you are thinking of Jack Daniels. IIRC, it is made in Tennessee.
Yep! I are stoopid and done gotten my cheap bourbons confoozeled.
Either way, and as another posted wrote, use the cheep bourbons (Beam and JD) for BBQ sauce.