Say it isn't so!

[badrose]

Beam, the maker of Jim Beam and Maker's Mark bourbons along with other liquor brands, has agreed to be acquired by Japan's Suntory Holdings Ltd. for approximately $13.62 billion.


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BEAM_ACQUISITION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-13-07-19-30

[dan_bgblue]

Good. Maybe they will improve that rot gut

:poke:

[uklandrn]

Breaks my heart. I hate seeing a KY product go to foreign interests. Nothing against the Japanese - just wish it could have stayed "in the family" so to speak. Guess it is hard to turn down that much money though.