Beam Global Bought Out!

Yes I heard about this. Interesting development. As long as they leave my Booker's alone I have no issues with it...

Heard about this on the radio in the morning. Was news to me that both Teacher's and Laphroaig may be controlled by the new deal as well. Hopefully quality won't suffer.

I agree with Nozinan, don't touch the Bookers!

I don't think it'll affect quality at all, however I'm very excited to see another big boy come onto the scene. This means Suntory will give Diageo a run for it's money!

I think it will be quite similar to when the Belgium company bought Budweiser and it's stable of products. Nothing from the production side should change just who gets paid at the end is now different.

????????????????? - just came back from the local LCBO - all the labels have been changed - this what you must look for to find Knob Creek SB Reserve. The Japanese are extremely efficient, they don't waste a lot of time.

@paddockjudge Really? This must have been well planned to have labels change so quickly. @cheeserandyburg I agree, as long as quality doesn't suffer. I didn't know Teachers and the oh so lovely Laphroaig was a part of the deal.

@paddockjudge @GotOak91 The labels have been changed for a while....I noticed the Laphroaig bottles and Courvoisier bottle changes early last spring......it should be interesting what happens with the new takeover. They interviewed the mayor of Bardstown on the news....he anticipated that there would be more jobs. Must have to pump more volume out for the thirsty Asian market. I wonder how prices will be affected? I'm no business analyst. Sorry guys. :)

The idea of pumping out more volume can't be good for all Beam products (Bookers does come to mind). Either quality will have to suffer or the price will increase to meet the demand. The demand has always been there, but now the powers that be can now try to meet that demand by churning out more product. What can you do?

As many of you already know, I'm certainly not in favor of any multinational getting even bigger! Having said that though, if it must happen I prefer it being a Japanese company like Suntory... There is very little chance quality will suffer.

@CanadianNinja, I think that you are very correct that Suntory will be, well, Japanese, about their mangagement of Beam: cautious and careful. Now if only someone could talk them into selling some Alberta Premium at Cask Strength...

@Victor @CanadianNinja the takeover might be a good strategic move by Suntory to gain greater control of the North American and European beverage market....this could possibly be good for us consumers, as we might see more Japanese whiskies sold in our stores. At present, the LCBO has a minimal selection when it comes to Japanese whiskies.

I think it is a shrewd move by Suntory, especially in light of their timing (after Beam's acquisition of Cooley) which now provides them a presence in the strong U.S and improving Irish whiskey markets.

Multinationals:bad :: Malty-nationals:good

Woooo! word play!