Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Craft Distillers Fuel American Whiskey Renaissance

Craft Distillers Fuel American Whiskey Renaissance WBUR
American whiskey is experiencing a renaissance. Production used to be dominated by a handful of companies, but in recent years, craft distillers have ...

Bourbon catching on in US

Bourbon catching on in US The Japan News
Jiji Press NEW YORK (Jiji Press)—Bourbon whiskey, a flagship product for U.S. spirits maker Beam Inc., which beverage giant Suntory Holdings Ltd.

Bourbon industry plans 4-day event in Louisville

Bourbon industry plans 4-day event in Louisville Huntington Herald Dispatch
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's bourbon industry is planning a four-day event this spring that will offer an up-close look at one of the state's ...

MacDuff International set to make IAADFS show debut in March

MacDuff International set to make IAADFS show debut in March MoodieReport
At this year's show MacDuff will showcase its leading Scotch whisky brands Islay Mist, Grand Macnish and Lauder's. All three brands are available ...

UK spirits verification scheme comes into force

UK spirits verification scheme comes into force SecuringIndustry.com
The Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme (SDVS) is designed to help consumers in the UK and abroad identify genuine Scotch whisky and other spirits of ...

Scotch Malt Whisky Society redesigns deluxe new membership case

Scotch Malt Whisky Society redesigns deluxe new membership case Marketing A clamshell case containing illustrations from Joe Wilson, a whisky journal, three one-of-a-kind Scotch Malt Whisky Society whiskies are designed to

Reign On! NBA, Bright Side of the Sun and Crown Royal Canadian ...

Reign On! NBA, Bright Side of the Sun and Crown Royal Canadian ... Bright Side of the Sun
Crown Royal Canadian Whisky has entered into a partnership with the NBA, and Bright Side of the Sun is proud to announce their participation in the ...

Top 10 spirits trends for 2014

Top 10 spirits trends for 2014 The Spirits Business
From innovation in Irish whiskey and vodka, to the continued rise of all things premium, the spirits market in 2014 has some exciting trends in store.

Scotch Society has a very full calendar

Scotch Society hasa very full calendar Charlotte Observer
March 28, Irish Whiskey. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the society will feature the Irish branch of the Whiskey family, an event featured each March, ...

Burgeoning Whiskey Renaissance Boosts Drinks Sector Exports

Burgeoning Whiskey Renaissance Boosts Drinks Sector Exports FFT.ie
Burgeoning Whiskey Renaissance Boosts Drinks Sector Exports ... As part of the continued resurgence of Irish whiskey, more than €300 million has ...

Ireland's top ten drinks of choice

Ireland's top ten drinks of choice IrishCentral
The most common types of whiskey distilled in Ireland include single malt, single grain and blended whiskey. Examples of Irish whiskey include Black ...

Teeling predicts future bright for Cooley under new Japanese owner ...

Teeling predicts future bright for Cooley under new Japanese owner ... Irish Times
Mr Teeling told The Irish Times he welcomed family-owned Suntory ... “They love Irish whiskey and they previously spoke to Cooley about buying us ...

My Old Osaka Home: Suntory of Japan to Buy Maker of Jim Beam

My Old Osaka Home: Suntory of Japan to Buy Maker of Jim Beam New York Times
Beam instead was claimed by Suntory, a privately held concern whose beverage empire already encompasses Yamazaki Japanese whisky and ...

Japan's Suntory to buy US spirits make Beam for US$13.6b cash

Japan's Suntory to buy US spirits make Beam for US$13.6b cash The Malay Mail Online
Casks of Suntory Holdings whisky are seen at its Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto town, Osaka prefecture December 15, 2013. — ReutersLONDON ...

Japan's Suntory to buy US spirits maker Beam for S$17.2 bln cash

Japan's Suntory to buy US spirits maker Beam for S$17.2 bln cash TODAYonline
Japan's Suntory to buy US spirits maker Beam for S$17.2 bln cash ... Hibiki and Kakubin Japanese whiskies, Bowmore Scotch whisky and Midori ...

Japanese company buys spirits maker Jim Beam for $13.6B

Japanese company buys spirits maker Jim Beam for $13.6B Greenville News
Japanese drink giant Suntory's whisky Hakushu (R), Yamazaki (2nd R), Hibiki (3rd R) and US beverage giant Beam's bourbon whisky Jim Beam (3rd ...

Australia's Overeem whisky sold to Lark Distillery

Australia's Overeem whisky sold to Lark Distillery The Spirits Business
Old Hobart Distillery, which was founded in 2005, currently produces around 8,000 bottles of whisky a year, most of which is matured in cut-down 100 ...

Suntory Holdings to Acquire Beam in $16 Billion Transaction

Agreement Represents a Premium of 25% Over the Closing Price on January 10, 2014 and a Multiple of More Than 20 Times Beam's Latest 12 Months' EBITDA 1 Creates the World's #3 Premium Spirits Player with Portfolio of Leading Brands Across Key Spirits Categories, Enhanced Global Reach and Unparalleled Expertise in the Fast-Growing Whisky Category ...

How to Drink Quinoa

Can't get enough quinoa? Here are 10 inventive products that use it, like Corsair Distillery's quinoa whiskey .

Upcoming Drink Trends: What To Expect In 2014

Bottle-serviced Grey Goose and Cognac, watch your back. You now have competition from high-end tequilas, ranging from decent to delicious, and all designed to attract the nightclub crowd.

Whiskey insiders: Ky. bourbon truly American, even when foreign companies own distilleries

The planned $13.62 billion acquisition of the owner of Jim Beam and Maker's Mark by a Japanese company adds two more classic brands to the lineup of bourbon staples tied to foreign-based parent companies.

Why Beam's Liquor Is So Valuable, Especially in Asia

The purchase price is also a 25 percent premium to Beam's closing price on Friday, reflecting above all the popularity of bourbon and the growth Beam and other distillers have seen as they've experimented with whiskey flavorings to expand the market.

How Burns Suppers are celebrated around the world

With Robert Burns' most famous ditty Auld Lang Syne paying tribute to old and absent friends, and given the historically far-flung Scottish diaspora, it's hardly surprising that expat Scots and those of Scottish descent have taken the Burns Night or Suppers to heart, with celebrations around 25 January taking place in any country one cares to name.

Some Americans Are Threatening To Stop Drinking Jim Beam Now That It's Owned By A Japanese Company

So yesterday, when Japanese liquor giant Suntory announced it is purchasing Beam Inc. - which distills Jim Beam and Maker's Mark - Americans did the only thing that seemed right.