Whiskey Maker Close to Releasing Bids on $28 Million Distillery Expansion in Kentucky

SUGAR LAND--June 11, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Jim Beam Brands Company, a business unit of Fortune Brands Incorporated (NYSE:FO) (Deerfield, Illinois), has begun construction on an expansion of a distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Jim Beam is investing $28 million in a liquor blending and bottling project at Frankfort site.