Jim Beam, good ol' American whiskey
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Owned by the Japanese now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25712766

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Excerpt: "Japanese family-owned drinks firm Suntory is to buy the US beverage group Beam Inc, the company behind the Jim Bean bourbon brand.

Under the deal, worth $16bn (£9.7bn) in all, Suntory will pay $13.6bn in cash and take on Beam's debt.

It will make Suntory the world's third largest maker of distilled drinks.

The two companies have a previous partnership whereby they distribute each other's brands in different markets.

Beam's brands also include Maker's Mark bourbon, Sauza tequila, and Courvoisier cognac.

Suntory is best-known for the Japanese whisky brands Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Midori liqueur and Bowmore Scotch whisky..."
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