[7] In December 2011, Beam Inc. agreed to buy the only independent Irish whiskey distiller that existed at the time, the Cooley Distillery, for $95 million.

[5] In November 2015, the company sold Harveys Bristol Cream sherry, as well as the brandy brands Fundador, Terry Centenario, and Tres Cepas, to Grupo Emperador Spain S.A., part of the Alliance Global Group for €275 million.

[13][14][15][16] In March 2016, the company announced it would move its headquarters to the Merchandise Mart building on Chicago's Near North Side;[17] Beam Suntory is subleasing 110,000 sq.

[22] Suntory Global Spirit beverage brands include:[23] American whiskey: Bourbon whiskey: Baker's, Basil Hayden's, Beam's Eight Star, Booker's, Jim Beam, Kessler, Knob Creek, Legent, Maker's Mark, Old Crow, Old Grand-Dad Rye whiskey: Jim Beam Rye, Knob Creek Rye, Old Overholt Blended whiskey: Beam's Eight Star, Kessler, Canadian whisky: Alberta Premium, Canadian Club Irish whiskey: Connemara, Kilbeggan, The Tyrconnell Japanese whisky: Chita, Hakushu, Hibiki, Kakubin, Yamazaki, Toki (a blend of two single malts and a single grain)[24] Scotch whisky: Single malt Scotch: Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Bowmore, Glen Garioch, Laphroaig Blended Scotch whisky: Teacher's Highland Cream Spanish whisky: DYC whisky Gin: Larios, Sipsmith, Roku Liqueur: DeKuyper, Midori, Sourz Rum: Cruzan Tequila: El Tesoro de Don Felipe, Hornitos, Sauza, Tres Generaciones, 100 Años Vodka: Effen, Haku, Pinnacle, Vox Chūhai: Strong Zero In addition to brands produced directly by the company and its subsidiaries, Suntory Global Spirit imports and markets some brands produced by others, such as the DeKuyper cordial and formerly the coffee liqueur Kamora.

"[25] In October, 2020, Beam Suntory Inc. agreed to pay a criminal monetary penalty of $19,572,885 to resolve a United States department's investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Beam entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement with the Criminal Division's Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois in connection with criminal information unsealed in the Northern District of Illinois charging Beam with one count of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery, internal controls, and books and records provisions of the FCPA.