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you rika da jim beam?

you rika da marky mark?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/sns-beam-inc-being-bought-by-suntory-20140113,0,7385981.story

>> No.5098346
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>>5098336
BEEP BEEP

Don't really care, just passing by


>$16 billion
jesus I need to get into the whiskey market

>> No.5098359

I've never had suntory but japanese whisky has a very good reputation, not sure what you're complaining about.

Beam has some ok products (their rye, old overholt) and mark wahlberg is a decent bourbon but neither are anything to write home about

>> No.5098379

Suntory already owns Morrison Bowmore Distillers and a cognac house or two.
I don't think they're looking to change anything, just to own things for the sake of ownership.

>> No.5098390

>>5098359
who's complaining?

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>>5098336
Best beam out there

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>>5098547
>flavored whiskeys

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>>5098336

>obligatory.

>> No.5098604

Since the old one is on auto-sage, whiskey thread? Whiskey thread.

Read mostly negative things about Johnnie Walker, but tried a sample of the Black Label and it was pretty damn good. Not sure if it's $40 good, but I really enjoyed it, especially the smokiness. Where do I go from here, and would Red Label be worth picking up despite it being considered shit-tier if I liked the Black Label so much?

>> No.5098608

>>5098604
red label's only worth picking up if you can find a bottle from the '70s.

>> No.5098611

>>5098604

Get the green label. It's the only one not mixed with neutral grain spirits.

>> No.5098625

>>5098604
Red Label is shit, and at the Black Label and beyond's prices, you may as well just try to find a good single malt you like

>> No.5098655

>>5098625
>implying single malts are automatically superior to blends

>> No.5098914

Most Japanese whiskys are far better than Jim anyway; if anything the distilleries could learn a thing or two from Suntory.

Besides if I want bourbon I tend to go with Buffalo Trace for myself, or Evan Williams for something cheap to drink with friends.

Maker's is pretty damn good, but it probably won't change much. The Japanese are snobbish over the quality of whiskeys; they aren't looking to degrade its quality as that would hurt them both domestically and abroad. With Jim's debts covered, maybe the distillery can now try out some new stuff, like other higher-quality labels analogous to Maker's. Or at least I'd like to see that.

>> No.5099193

>>5098655
They generally are. Blended malts don't count.
>>5098914
After what Kirin has done with Four Roses, I'm really hopeful about Beam, Inc.'s future

>> No.5099214

>>5098588

Pretty much my first thought too.

>> No.5099268

>wasting money on jim beam
>not drinking old crow

>> No.5100324

>>5098346
Jim >>>>>>> Jack

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>>5098655
I've never tasted a blend that warranted a $40 dollar price tag

I'm drinking Bernheim's right now. Also not quite worth what I paid for it.

>> No.5100594

>>5098336
Marky mark is a rapper OP

he's in some alright movies

>> No.5102228

>>5100324
no it's not

fuck youuuuuuuuuu!

>> No.5102238

>>5098336
well, atleast it's not jack
but if you don't count expensive whiskey
johnnie walker

>> No.5102271

>>5102228
>>5100324
People, people... can't we agree they're BOTH terrible?

>> No.5102275

Fuckin A. I don't want my hard earned money going to slants over in nipland...

Jim Beam is American, dammit!

>> No.5102298

>>5102275
Not any more.

>> No.5102311

Good, my two least favorite bourbons.
Also the Japs are making some good whiskeys and scotches these days.

>> No.5103138

>>5102271
eh, I can stand Jim Beam if I have to, not Jack

>> No.5103144

I'd be concerned if the company wasn't Japanese. They love them some bourbon.

>> No.5103762

Whisk(e)y drinker living in Tokyo for the past few years. Just for curiosity sake, here are some prices (assuming 100yen to the dollar):
Jim Beam White Label - $12
Green Label (used to be mentioned as 5yr, now no age statement) - $15
Black Label (used to be 8yr, now no age) - $19
Maker's Mark - $23

Amazingly reasonable for 750ml of quality distilled product...

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>>5103762
>Green Label (used to be mentioned as 5yr, now no age statement) - $15
>Black Label (used to be 8yr, now no age) - $19

Is there a much of a bootleg problem in Tokyo, or are Johnnie Walker products just different there? The Green Label, which they don't anymore, was aged 15 years, and the Black Label is 12.