How Japan Created the Modern American Bourbon Market

URL would not open for me, but we aided that growth. Suntory now owns many foreign and US brands, such as Beam and Makers Mark. The Japanese whiskey I tried while there in 78/79 was not so hot. That's why there was a limit on how much we could buy at package store every month. It was dirt cheap and a fifth of Jim Beam would easily bring $30 or more out in town. Scotch was more like $50. It's black marketing and illegal, but some did it.