Ron Paul’s offspring still doing worm things, as usual. Being bought by Big Distillery (?) is probably the least of the dirt on him anyway? Found owners of the biggest ones, but can’t find crap about pol contributions, just “PR” stuff, such as:
Largest distillery in KY: Heaven Hill Brands, owned by Shapira family For keks: Join The Temple Brotherhood for their first BRO TALK with Max Shapira, President of Heaven Hill Distillery. https://archive.is/hBuhF https://www.thetemplelouky.org/featured/bro-talk-with-max-shapira/
Buffalo Trace in Frankfort, KY. owned by Sazerak Co., owned by William Goldring and his family. It is one of the two largest spirits companies in the United States, with annual revenue of about $1 billion… “Over 450 of the world's most extraordinary alcohol brands are part of the Sazerac family”
Sazerac values all kinds of cultural diversity in our workforce and we strive to have diverse communities and consumers represented across all of our teams. https://archive.is/wip/nDkA3 https://www.sazerac.com/our-company/community-engagement.html
(They ~~use~~ abuse the three required Communist keywords. Even “fresh”, & “premium” in modern-day crap marketing aren’t as over-used. Lost count of “community”ies in the four short paragraphs, under ten sentences.)
Previous turtle stuff: OLD CROW: 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 ‘’’Japan-owned Beam Suntory' ) purchased the brand in 1987, they closed the facility and began bottling Old Crow… in the Jim Beam portfolio. https://archive.is/bsmYO https://''www.gentlemenranters.com/whiskey/review/old-crow-bourbon/
WIKIpedia: 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.
July 3, 2019 : FRANKFORT, Kentucky - another warehouse caught ablaze which destroyed around 45,000 barrels… The estimated cost of the fire to Beam Suntory (JAPAN-OWNED) was around $45 million;
Fire destroys Jim Beam warehouse, bourbon flows into river https://archive.is/fPXH1 https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/03/fire-destroys-jim-beam-warehouse-filled-with-bourb/ Bet they 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 is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Ltd., a Japanese beverage company. Its spirits lineup also includes Maker's Mark bourbon ABC: https://archive.md/7yJEZ (SHOCKED NOT CHYNA!)
Nice résumé (from 2021) kek — 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, spent four years as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Churchill Downs Incorporated, the publicly traded racing, gaming and entertainment co., 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/hERet https://beamsuntorynalm.com/event-speakers/brett-hale/ https://archive.is/hERet