Early Times is a brand of Kentucky whiskey distilled in Shively, Kentucky by the Brown-Forman Corporation, one of the largest North American-owned companies in the spirits and wine business. The company also markets Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, Finlandia Vodka, Tuaca, Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Canadian Mist, Old Forester, Korbel champagne, and Chambord.While Early Times is marketed outside the U.S. as bourbon, the whiskey does not meet all the U.S.