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New Administrator & New Moderator and Moderator Promotion
Posted by Mark on 09 May 2009 11:50
I have posted this in this thread found here but I also wanted to make an announcement about it as well.
In light of what has happened with a few spammers lately it has become necessary to have a few more eyes and ears out there to help watch out for the site. Besides watching the site for these type of people it's also a way to reward people for their time and dedication to not jsut the site but everything they do for their love of bourbon and friendship.
It is our honor to make BourbonV an Admin on the site!  Also, we are proud to promote Brewer to a Global Moderator and also help us welcome Mozilla as a new Moderator!
Chris and I think that with some changes made, some which will be made and with the help of our staff (who as you know all do this in their own time to help out the community) BourbonEnthusiast will be safer from the exploits of these... Well, I'll put it politely, scumbags. 
Thank you all for your patience and understanding!
Mark and Chris
Problems with search fixed
Posted by Chris on 17 Oct 2008 09:18
It looks like there was a problem with the search not returning older results. I believe it is fixed now. The problem probably there since we upgraded our forum software earlier this year.
Downtime
Posted by Chris on 12 Aug 2008 10:51
It looks like our webhost's junk SQL server had some issues last night and this morning... It looks like things are working again.
Upgraded forum software
Posted by Chris on 16 May 2008 14:03
We upgraded to the latest version of our forum software today...I'm sure there will be some issues from the conversion, if you notice anything, please bear with us and make a post to let us know.. thanks.
Problems registering? Does it say your email is banned?
Posted by Mark on 20 Mar 2008 17:39
To all the new members who may be trying to register and are having problems:
Is it saying your email address has been banned? That's because unfortunately some time ago we had to disallow email addresses from many 'free' based sites such as hotmail, yahoo, gmail etc. The spam/porn people creating bs accounts became too numerous to deal with. We do not do anything with your email address, heck we never even look at them, so please feel safe using your regular email from your isp. For example roadrunner, aol, comcast, any email that works except like I said, from the free email sites.
Thank you for your understanding in these matters and we sincerely hope you can understand why we have had to enact this. It has and will continue to make a more pleasurable site for everyone. 
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Diageo cuts ties with Johnnie Walker past
Posted by mozilla on 02 Jul 2009 09:35
UK: Diageo cuts ties with Johnnie Walker past
2 July 2009 | Source: just-drinks.com editorial team
Johnnie Walker to lose Kilmarnock link
Diageo's plan to chop more than 10% of its workforce in Scotland marks the end of an era for the drinks giant's Johnnie Walker whisky brand.
Diageo plans to close its packaging facility in Kilmarnock, ending ties with the town that spawned the Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky label almost 200 years ago.
The Kilmarnock plant is to be closed down over a two-year period, with 700 jobs expected to be lost in the area, Diageo said yesterday (1 July). The move is expected to force Diageo to change the wording on labels for Johnnie Walker bottles. John Walker opened a shop in Kilmarnock in 1820, before moving on to blend whisky in the town, laying the first stone of a path that has led to Johnnie Walker selling 16.2m nine-litre cases worldwide annually.
The whisky is one of Diageo's "global priority brands", alongside the likes of Smirnoff an...more | Liquor Group Files Breach Of Contract Claims Against...
Posted by mozilla on 01 Jul 2009 16:51
Liquor Group Files Breach Of Contract Claims Against Drinks Americas
Press Release
Source: Liquor Group Wholesale
On Wednesday July 1, 2009, 3:33 pm EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liquor Group Wholesale, Inc. (OTCBB:LIQR - News) filed claims exceeding $1,000,000.00 of damages against Drinks Americas Holdings, LTD. (OTCBB:DKAM - News).
Liquor Group commenced representation of Drinks Americas Michigan, which was swiftly amended to include Florida and Sixteen (16) additional states (all NABCA.org listed Control States except MS) of exclusive representation of brands marketed by Drinks Americas including: Trump Vodka & Trump Flavored Vodkas, Willie Nelson’s Old Whisky River Bourbon, Damiana Liqueur, Bo Dietl’s Casa BoMargo Wines, Cohete Rum & Agulla Tequila and other Drinks Products as they become available. These agreements utilize Liquor Group’s patent pending Bailment method for the sale of alcohol products to the state level.
On or about December 19...more | US: A-B Inbev sells beverage can plants to Ball
Posted by mozilla on 01 Jul 2009 16:13
1 July 2009 | Source: just-drinks.com editorial team
A-B InBev raises more funds to cut debt
Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to sell four beverage can plants to Ball Corporation, the global packaging giant, for US$577m in cash.
A-B InBev said today (01 July) that the metal beverage can and lid production plants are part of the brewer's US subsidiary, Metal Container Corporation (MCC).
The agreement takes A-B InBev a step nearer to its stated aim of using disposals to pay off the bulk of a US$7bn bridge loan taken out to finance InBev's $52bn takeover of A-B last year.
As part of the transaction, Ball Corporation will enter into a long-term supply agreement to continue to supply A-B InBev with metal beverage cans and lids from the divested plants.
Ball has also agreed to offer employment to each active employee of the plants, A-B InBev said.
Production at the four plants is geared towards packaging for soft drinks, the brewer said.
There are no plans to sell MCC's seven remai...more | MillerCoors opens HQ in Chicago
Posted by mozilla on 01 Jul 2009 11:08
Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 4:31pm MDT
MillerCoors opens HQ in Chicago
Denver Business Journal
MillerCoors officially opened its corporate headquarters in Chicago Tuesday.
The brewing company, a joint venture between London-based SABMiller plc and Denver-based Molson Coors Brewing Co., was created in 2008. It signed a 15-year lease agreement on 130,000 square feet of downtown Chicago office space to serve as its headquarters.
The headquarters will include about 325 of the company’s senior executives, as well as its marketing, human resources, legal, finance, information technology and communications divisions, according to a news release from the city of Chicago....more | Diageo cuts 900 jobs, closes distillery
Posted by mozilla on 01 Jul 2009 09:07
Diageo to cut 900 jobs as it restructures Scottish operations, closing 199 year-old distillery
By Jane Wardell, AP Business Writer
On Wednesday July 1, 2009, 8:31 am EDT
LONDON (AP) -- Diageo PLC, the world's biggest spirits maker, said Wednesday it is cutting 900 jobs as it shutters a 199 year-old distillery and packaging plant as part of a cost-cutting restructure of operations in Scotland.
Diageo, which makes brands including Guinness stout, Smirnoff vodka and Johnnie Walker whisky, said that the restructuring will trim costs by some 40 million pounds ($66 million) in 2012.
The company said that the job cuts, to be made over the next two years, will be partly offset by the creation of around 400 new jobs through the expansion of another Scottish packing plant and a new cooperage.
The 120 million pound restructuring plan comes on top of a 200 million pound program announced in February, which the company expects to cut costs by 100 million pounds in the financial year to ...more | Inver House Distillers launches oldest Old Pulteney
Posted by mozilla on 30 Jun 2009 10:32
UK: Inver House Distillers launches oldest Old Pulteney
30 June 2009 | Source: just-drinks.com editorial team
Old Pulteney 30 year old will sit alongside the brand's 12, 17 and 21 year old variants
Inver House Distillers has unveiled the oldest variant of its Old Pulteney single malt whisky brand.
The company, which is part of the international arm of ThaiBev, said today (30 June) that Old Pulteney 30-year-old will be backed by an online competition, offering the winner a bottle of the Scotch. The competition can be found at the Old Pulteney website.
Senior brand manager Iain Baxter said: "For a malt whisky with so much age and depth, it's still incredibly approachable."
Old Pulteney 30-year-old will retail at GBP250 (US$415) per bottle in the UK and will only be available from specialist stores.
Late last year, Inver House's parent unit, International Beverage Holdings, expanded its commercial team, which will take responsibility for the development of the group's brands, including Old Pulteney, Balblair and Thai Chang Beer....more | United Spirits raises funds to pay down debt
Posted by mozilla on 30 Jun 2009 10:30
30 June 2009 | Source: Kevin Jacobs & just-drinks.com editorial team
United Spirits has begun a deleveraging process, raising INR11bn (US$180m) in two deals to help pay off debt from its takeover of Scotch whisky firm Whyte & Mackay.
United Spirits said today (29 June) that it has raised INR9bn by Shaw Wallace selling all of its 10.3m shares in the group, via the Mumbai Stock Exchange. A further share sale on the National Stock Exchange raised INR2bn.
The fresh finance will be used to meet a September payment on a US$625m loan taken out to fund the acquisition of Whyte & Mackay, bought for $1.18bn in 2007.
The move marks the beginning of a fresh deleveraging strategy by United Spirits (USL), which is part of Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya's UB Group and controls more than two thirds of India's spirits market.
USL's consolidated debt was INR75bn before today's deals.
On Friday, a USL source told just-drinks that two of the world's top five private equity firms have offered to invest US$200-300m in the group.
Talks with Diageo over a potential stake sale are also ongoing, the source confirmed....more | CASTLE BRANDS SHIPMENTS GROW 1% IN THE U.S.
Posted by mozilla on 29 Jun 2009 16:59
Wine and Spirits Daily
June 29-09, by Megan Metcalf
In the twelve months ended March 31, Castle Brands U.S. case sales increased 1% to 206,532 nine liter cases despite a volatile U.S. retail environment. Shipments for Gosling's rums increased 16%, the company’s bourbon brands increased 27%, Pallini liqueurs increased 11% and Brady's Irish Cream increased 17%. While sales decreased slightly on Knappogue Castle Whiskey, revenue per case increased significantly, as the brand was “repositioned to better compete with premium single malts.” Finally, while Boru vodka shipments were down -17%, price related spending decreased by -21% as the company “focused more on profitable markets.” Castle Brands also noted that the U.S. now accounts for 71% of total case sales “as the company focused on more profitable brands and markets.”
John Glover, coo said: "Our results show the immediate benefit of focusing sales and marketing on our more profitable brands. We continue to concent...more | Liquor Group Adds Adamba Portfolio...
Posted by mozilla on 29 Jun 2009 13:08
Liquor Group Adds Adamba Portfolio In Five Western Control States
Press Release
Source: Liquor Group Wholesale
On Monday June 29, 2009, 12:24 pm EDT
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liquor Group Wholesale (OTCBB:LIQR - News) expanded contracts with Adamba Imports (http://www.Adamba.com) to include Control States of Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Iowa. Adamba President Adam Bak expanded Liquor Group representation as "…a natural outgrowth from solid performance that Liquor Group provides our portfolio in key markets." Liquor Group's VP for Control States Steve Dodge said, “Our firm is pleased that sales goals achieved led to additions in these states."
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The Adamba portfolio is dominated by the popular Luksusowa Potato Vodka and Bak's Bison Grass Vodka, both Polish impo...more | Diageo Joins Forces With Chinese Company
Posted by mozilla on 26 Jun 2009 23:42
Diageo Joins Forces With Chinese Company To Release New Vodka
Published:24-June-2009: Drinks Business Review By Staff Reporter
Diageo, a producer of spirit drinks, has joined forces with Shui Jing Fang to produce new vodka in China, reported Reuters.
Shui Jing Fang produces baijiu, which is also known as Chinese distilled white spirit.
London-based marketer of Smirnoff vodka, Johnnie Walker whisky and Guinness beer released a new vodka, Shanghai White, in Hong Kong. The recommended retail price per bottle is $60.
Kenneth Macpherson, managing director of Diageo's Greater China, said: "Shanghai White's roots are firmly in Asia, a tribute to the vast and centuries-old distilling heritage found in this region."
Diageo stated earlier that China is the most resilient market in Asia and that it would look to expand in the mainland, as reported by Reuters....more | | |
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