A-B InBev will handle Beam Suntory Bourbon Jim Beam in Brazil
The brewer s Brazilian subsidiary, AmBev, confirmed the move to just-drinks yesterday following reports in local media. Beam Suntory also confirmed the decision, which adds to the company s existing Brazil distribution through Beam Suntory s in-house team and Brazilian cachaça producer Companhia Muller de Bebidas.
Muller de Bebidas started distributing Teacher s Scotch whisky in selected Brazilian markets in July last year, an agreement that will continue unchanged, Beam Suntory said.
The AmBev deal expands Beam Suntory s existing footprint in Brazil and adds sales points for Teacher s as well as Bourbons Jim Beam and Maker s Mark along with Spanish gin Larios. Beam Suntory entered Brazil with its own route-to-market distribution in 2019.