US: Bourbon distillers up pressure for Kentucky tax reform
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 8 March 2011
Bourbon distillers, including Brown-Forman and Beam Global Spirits & Wine, have criticised tax laws in the US state of Kentucky for putting Bourbon at a competitive disadvantage to vodka and Scotch whisky.
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Bourbon distillers, including Brown-Forman and Beam Global Spirits & Wine, have criticised tax laws in the US state of Kentucky for putting Bourbon at a competitive disadvantage to vodka and Scotch whisky.
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