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Some background. "Old Crow" tied with Beam Suntory" now:
…These production problems couldn’t have happened at a worse time. Bourbon and aged whiskeys, in general, hit a cliff during the 1970s and 80s… When Jim Beam (now Beam Suntory ) purchased the brand in 1987, they closed the facility and began bottling Old Crow… in the Jim Beam portfolio. https://archive.is/wip/bsmYO
https://www.gentlemenranters.com/whiskey/review/old-crow-bourbon/
WIKI: On August 4, 2003, a fire destroyed a Jim Beam aging warehouse in BARDSTOWN, Kentucky … Burning bourbon spilled from the warehouse into a nearby creek. An estimated 19,000 fish died of the bourbon in the creek and a river.
On July 3, 2019 FRANKFORT, Kentucky - another warehouse caught ablaze which destroyed around 45,000 barrels … The estimated cost of the fire to Beam Suntory was around $45 million.
Fire destroys Jim Beam warehouse, bourbon flows into river https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/03/fire-destroys-jim-beam-warehouse-filled-with-bourb/ Bet it had a great insurance policy!
July 25, 2019 Beam Suntory building new craft distillery in (Clermont,) Kentucky
The company behind the world's top-selling bourbon, Jim Beam, is pouring tens of millions of dollars into a new Kentucky distillery to boost production of craft whiskeys. Beam Suntory, headquartered in Chicago, is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Ltd ., a Japanese beverage company. Its spirits lineup also includes Maker's Mark bourbon, Toki Japanese whisky, Teacher's Scotch whisky, Canadian Club whisky and Hornitos tequila.
ABC: https://archive.md/wip/7yJEZ (SHOCKED NOT CHYNA!)
Look at this résumé — Brett Hale, Vice President, Global Public Affairs of BEAM SUNTORY: … Prior to joining Beam Suntory, Brett ran global government relations for Yum! Brands and the company’s three major brands: KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Prior to joining Yum! in January of 2014, Brett spent four years as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Churchill Downs Incorporated, the publicly traded racing, gaming and entertainment company, and eight years as Vice President, Government Relations at the American Gaming Association in Washington, DC. He began his career on Capitol Hill, where his positions included legislative support roles for U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell and Slade Gorton, and chief of staff to Congressman Ed Whitfield of Kentucky. https://archive.md/wip/hERet
https://beamsuntorynalm.com/event-speakers/brett-hale/
NWO forbes hit piece on POTUS because "NAFTA & TT were SO great for the U.S.": Mar 25, 2021
Whiskey Wars: How Bourbon And Scotch Became Pawns In Global Trade Disputes
Global demand for Bourbon resulted from decades of negotiating free-and-fair trade deals like NAFTA and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment, which have been in place since the 90s….. But this record-shattering international growth came to a grinding halt in 2018 when Kentucky distillers became pawns in a much higher stakes game: Trade wars. Two separate trade disputes between the US and its trading partners have devolved into a messy multinational tariff battle… In 2018, the United States imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. In response, the EU and Mexico slapped 25% tariffs on American whiskey, which predominantly affects Kentucky Bourbon. Canada piled on with a 10% tax.
“We have become collateral damage in a trade war, plain-and-simple,” Says Eric Gregory, President of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. … targeted exports that would hit home for the United States' highest-ranking officials. This included Congressman and House Speaker Paul Ryan, whose home state’s Wisconsin cheese was explicitly taxed, and former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell from Kentucky, home to 95% of America’s Bourbon. Juncker’s tariffs were parried by the Trump administration, who responded by taxing other European spirits and wine, and the whole mess became a tit-for-tat battle that’s affected virtually every spirits category. Massive companies like Diageo (the world's largest distiller until being overtaken by China's Kweichow Moutai on 9 April 2017) , Pernod Ricard (France), and Beam-Suntory with spirits in multiple categories like Cognac, tequila, and vodka are taking a hit every possible way. Forbes: https://archive.md/wip/b5ias
Beam-Suntory 2012 contributions - Reek leads the way; followed by Turtle; a rabid never-Trumper who “unexpectedly resigned from Congress” in July, 2012 (yahoo: https://archive.md/wip/YpC83 ); and a voter fraud denier… https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/beam-suntory/summary?id=D000025881