{"id":1939377,"date":"2023-05-27T01:28:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T05:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trade-bud-light-for-bourbon-well-odds-are-your-favorite-liquor-brands-also-support-trans-activists-drag-queens\/"},"modified":"2023-05-27T01:28:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T05:28:06","slug":"trade-bud-light-for-bourbon-well-odds-are-your-favorite-liquor-brands-also-support-trans-activists-drag-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trade-bud-light-for-bourbon-well-odds-are-your-favorite-liquor-brands-also-support-trans-activists-drag-queens\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade Bud Light For Bourbon? Well, Odds Are Your Favorite Liquor Brands Also Support Trans Activists, Drag Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrade-bud-light-for-bourbon-well-odds-are-your-favorite-liquor-brands-also-support-trans-activists-drag-queens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1939377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It has not been a great year so far for beer giant Anheuser-Busch or its conservative customers. Bud Light, one of the company\u2019s flagship brands, ignited a national firestorm after it partnered with transgender activist and social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney back in April. Since the boycott began, Anheuser-Busch has reportedly lost almost $16 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/anheuser-busch-inbev-market-value-has-plunged-staggering-15-7-billion-since-mulvaney-fiasco-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">market value<\/a> as cases upon cases of the once-iconic beer languish on store shelves across the country. The situation is so bad that the company is practically <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/23\/bud-light-giving-away-free-beer-for-memorial-day-following-dylan-mulvaney-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">giving away<\/a> 15-packs for Memorial Day in an effort to unload product.<\/p>\n<p>Molson Coors, the producer of brands such as Miller Lite and Coors Lite, has profited significantly from Anheuser-Busch\u2019s plummeting sales, but the company also suffered backlash after a feminist commercial, released in March to honor Women\u2019s History Month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/miller-lite-responds-to-backlash-over-woke-feminist-beer-commercial-appreciate-the-humor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resurfaced<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<p>In response, many conservatives have switched to a less publicly woke brand of beer such as Yuengling, the nation\u2019s oldest operating brewery, or to a different kind of alcoholic beverage entirely \u2014 liquor.<\/p>\n<p>Anheuser-Busch\u2019s parent company, AB InBev, and Molson Coors own the top 10 best-selling beer brands in the country, and a similar situation exists in the liquor market. You may see hundreds of different brands on display if you walk into a relatively large liquor store, but odds are the vast majority of them are owned by five companies.<\/p>\n<p>And, perhaps unsurprisingly at this point, the biggest liquor companies in the world have used their brands to push transgender ideology and promote drag queens.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Diageo<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Diageo, a British company created in 1997 by the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, is the largest liquor company in the world not owned by the Chinese Communist Party. It produces 40% of the world\u2019s Scotch whiskey and owns the world\u2019s best-selling vodka (Smirnoff) and liqueur (Baileys Irish Cream).<\/p>\n<p>One of Diageo\u2019s top scotch brands, J&#038;B, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.out.com\/transgender\/2022\/12\/21\/whiskey-viral-commercial-trans-acceptance-video-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> an ad in Spain around Christmastime last year featuring an elderly man who secretly learns how to apply makeup. He then uses his newfound skills to make up his trans-identifying grandchild. The grandfather then shows off the now-feminine grandchild to the rest of the family, who happily embrace the two and celebrate by imbibing J&#038;B.<\/p>\n<p>A message in Spanish at the end of the commercial read, \u201cThe magic is not only in Christmas. It\u2019s also in us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another massive Diageo brand, Smirnoff, bragged about its \u201cdecades of commitment to the LGBTQUIA+ community\u201d when it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/smirnoff-calls-on-kings-queens-and-every-drag-performer-in-between-to-show-up-for-its-most-inclusive-drag-celebration-ever-301577247.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> its \u201cShow Up. Show Off!\u201d drag queen competition in June 2022. Shea Coule\u00e9, described by Smirnoff as \u201cdrag royalty,\u201d kicked off the competition in Chicago, and the winner received a $50,000 talent contract with the brand as well as an invitation to serve as an ambassador at Smirnoff Pride 2023, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>One participant in that competition, drag queen and transgender activist Maxine St. James LaQueene, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/05\/09\/smirnoff-drag-queen-partner-flashes-bystanders-at-texas-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protested<\/a> in the Texas state capitol earlier this month against a bill that would ban transgender surgeries for minors. LaQueene allegedly exposed his backside and genitals to bystanders as he was being taken into custody for disrupting the legislature. Smirnoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/smirnoff-vodka-partners-trans-woman-recently-disrupted-texas-legislature-anti-trans-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied<\/a> any official partnership with LaQueene in an email to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Transgender actor Laverne Cox has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/brand-marketing\/laverne-cox-smirnoff-womens-history-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared<\/a> in multiple Smirnoff ads over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Diageo also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diageo.com\/en\/news-and-media\/stories\/2022\/baileys-puts-inclusivity-at-the-heart-of-a-global-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hired<\/a> \u201cthree of the UK\u2019s most popular drag queens\u201d as part of a Halloween ad campaign for Baileys Irish Cream.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Diageo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eater.com\/drinks\/2016\/1\/26\/10830410\/liquor-brands-hierarchy-diageo-beam-suntory-pernod-ricard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best-known brands<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whiskey: Johnnie Walker scotch, J&#038;B scotch, and Crown Royal Canadian whiskey<\/li>\n<li>Vodka: Smirnoff, Ketel One, and C\u00eeroc<\/li>\n<li>Rum: Captain Morgan<\/li>\n<li>Tequila: Don Julio<\/li>\n<li>Gin: Aviation Gin, Gordon\u2019s, and Tanqueray<\/li>\n<li>Liqueur: Baileys Irish Cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Pernod Ricard<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Pernod Ricard is a French company founded in 1975 and second only behind Diageo based on overall production. Its premium vodka brand, Absolut, has frequently partnered with drag queens, including an annual event in Canada called Empire\u2019s Ball <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/absolut-empire-s-ball-celebrates-toronto-pride-with-showstopping-grand-finale-881403065.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featuring<\/a> drag queens from around the country. In the press release for the 2022 Empire\u2019s Ball, the Absolut brand was described as a \u201clong standing LGBTQ2S+ ally,\u201d and the brand promised to donate money to LGBT organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Pernod Ricard even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.just-drinks.com\/news\/pernod-ricard-releases-drag-queen-documentary-for-absolut-vodka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">produced<\/a> a documentary film in 2021 about the drag queen ball, entitled \u201cUnderneath the Empire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Absolut also collaborated with \u201cdrag icon\u201d Tayce for a fashion campaign designed to create \u201ca world where what you wear isn\u2019t tied to the binds of gender, seasonal trends, religious expression, or function,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pernod-ricard.com\/en\/locations\/uk\/media\/fashion-trio-serve-first-borntomix-collaboration-absolut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to a press release from Pernod Ricard.<\/p>\n<p>Absolut has also <a href=\"https:\/\/toronadosd.com\/absolut-vodkas-surprising-decision-to-stop-sponsoring-rupauls-drag-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsored<\/a> several seasons of the popular drag queen competition show \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of Pernod Ricard\u2019s best-known brands include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whiskey: Chivas Regal scotch, Glenlivet scotch, Jameson Irish whiskey, Redbreast Irish whiskey, and Jefferson\u2019s bourbon<\/li>\n<li>Vodka: Absolut<\/li>\n<li>Gin: Beefeater and Seagram\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Rum: Malibu and Havana Club<\/li>\n<li>Liqueur: Kahl\u00faa coffee liqueur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Beam Suntory<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Johannes \u201cJacob\u201d Beam began selling his homemade whiskey in 1795 and became one of the earliest bourbon distillers in the U.S. The whiskey brand went through several names until it settled on Jim Beam in 1943 in honor of James Beauregard Beam \u2014 who led the company through Prohibition. Meanwhile, Suntory was founded in Japan as a wine shop before its founder opened the country\u2019s first malt whiskey distillery in 1923. Beam Suntory was created after Suntory Holdings purchased Beam Inc. in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Jim Beam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/virginradio\/kelowna\/contests\/bring-it-to-the-ballroom-1.13871131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advertised<\/a> an event called \u201cBring It To The Ballroom!\u201d that featured several drag queens, including \u201cJimbo the Drag Clown,\u201d according to a post from iHeart Radio. The event was ultimately postponed due to concerns over COVID.<\/p>\n<p>Beam Suntory brand Hornitos tequila <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/lgbtq-activists-awarded-grants-from-hornitos-tequila-to-amplify-advocacy-work-301573280.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awarded<\/a> a series of grants to LGBT activists in June 2022, including one to Maria Louise Roman-Taylorson of the TransLatin Coalition. Each of the grantees received $10,000, and Hornitos noted that it had already given over $100,000 to the LGBT advocacy group GLAAD.<\/p>\n<p>Suntory hosts several Pride events around the world every year for Pride month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suntory.com\/topics\/2022\/08\/007901.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> Drag Trivia Quizzes in its Auckland, New Zealand, and Sydney, Australia, offices last year.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Beam Suntory\u2019s best-known brands include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whiskey: Jim Beam bourbon, Maker\u2019s Mark bourbon, Old Crow bourbon, Basil Hayden\u2019s bourbon, Knob Creek bourbon, Ardmore scotch, Laphroiag scotch, Suntory brand Japanese whiskeys, and Canadian Club whiskey<\/li>\n<li>Tequila: Sauza and Hornitos<\/li>\n<li>Vodka: Pinnacle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Bacardi<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bacardi is the largest family-owned liquor company in the world. Founded in Cuba in 1862, Bacardi fled the country after communist guerrillas led by Fidel Castro overthrew the government in 1959. The executive of the company at the time, Jose Bosch, became an ardent <a href=\"https:\/\/businessinsider.mx\/57-bacardi-and-the-long-fight-for-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opponen<\/a>t of the Castro regime.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the company has become the proud sponsor of leftist social policies in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Cabrera, a transgender activist and bartender who also identifies as nonbinary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liquor.com\/inclusive-space-award-2022-6363120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">became<\/a> the New York City brand ambassador for Grey Goose vodka, owned by Bacardi, in 2018. Cabrera facilitated Grey Goose\u2019s sponsorship of the annual drag queen pageant at the Stonewall Inn in 2019 \u2014 the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Bacardi then promoted Cabrera to the position of national LGBTQ+ ambassador in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Bacardi <a href=\"https:\/\/bacardilgfevents.com\/e\/bacard%C3%AD-inaugural-drag-ball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosted<\/a> its inaugural drag ball in New Orleans in July of last year, and the company <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/events\/582366663403012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosted<\/a> another drag queen event in Canada back in February dubbed \u201cCowboys Bacardi Carnival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bacardi, along with Diageo, is one of the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drinkstrade.com.au\/bacardi-diageo-proud-supporters-of-sydneys-big-gay-celebration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsors<\/a> of Sydney\u2019s annual Pride celebration, with the main Bacardi brand and the company\u2019s gin brand, Bombay Sapphire, hosting several drag queen events.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Bacardi\u2019s best-known brands include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rum: Bacardi and the U.S. rights to Havana Club<\/li>\n<li>Whiskey: Dewar\u2019s scotch<\/li>\n<li>Tequila: Patr\u00f3n<\/li>\n<li>Gin: Bombay Sapphire<\/li>\n<li>Vodka: Grey Goose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Brown-Forman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Brown-Forman Corporation was founded as a whiskey company in 1870, but only became one of the world\u2019s largest liquor companies after it acquired Jack Daniel\u2019s Tennessee whiskey in 1956. More than the other companies in this article, Brown-Forman depends on a single brand for its high position in the liquor market \u2014 Jack Daniel\u2019s is the second best-selling whiskey in the world after Diageo\u2019s Johnnie Walker.<\/p>\n<p>However, the company received increased scrutiny after a Jack Daniel\u2019s ad campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jack-daniels-drag-queen-campaign-faces-renewed-backlash-after-bud-light-and-dylan-mulvaney-brand-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featuring<\/a> drag queens resurfaced in the wake of Bud Light\u2019s Dylan Mulvaney debacle. Two years ago, the whiskey brand partnered with three drag queens for a series of videos promoting its Tennessee Fire brand. The partnership, referred to as \u201cDrag Queen Summer Glamp,\u201d showed the drag queens plan a Pride celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack Daniel\u2019s Tennessee Fire is honored to partner with Bebe, Trinity, and Manila on a campaign that reaffirms our commitment to the LGBTQ+ community,\u201d Jack Fire Brand Manager Lauren Richmond said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/jack-daniels-tennessee-fire-and-rupauls-drag-race-alums-celebrate-pride-301314390.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. \u201cThis series demonstrates our brand\u2019s holistic approach to engaging the consumers we serve through culture and unexpected partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the drag queens, who performs under the moniker Trinity the Tuck, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/jack-daniels-whiskey-boycott-calls-lgbt-campaign-1792890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cJack Daniel\u2019s gets drag culture\u2014which is all about celebrating individuality and inviting others to accept you as you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack Daniel\u2019s Canadian branch also partnered with a drag queen to promote its apple-flavored whiskey.<\/p>\n<p>Brown-Forman\u2019s vodka brand, Finlandia, <a href=\"https:\/\/louisvilledowntown.org\/event\/drag-queens-on-ice-december-4th-7-to-9-p-m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsored<\/a> a December 2022 event in Louisville, Kentucky titled \u201cDrag Queens on Ice,\u201d according to the Louisville Downtown Partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Brown-Forman\u2019s best-known brands include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whiskey: Jack Daniel\u2019s Tennessee whiskey, Woodford Reserve bourbon, Old Forester bourbon, and GlenDronach scotch<\/li>\n<li>Vodka: Finlandia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are by no means exhaustive lists of the brands owned by these companies or the trans- and drag queen-themed events they\u2019ve sponsored. Well over 100 different brands are owned by these five companies combined.<\/p>\n<p>There is slightly more competition in the liquor market compared to the beer market \u2014 just two companies own the top 10 best-selling beer brands in the country \u2014 but it is evident that there is no ideological competition in the alcohol industry. Practically every major company has expressed its support for transgender ideology and hosted drag queen events through one or more of its brands.<\/p>\n<p>And while discerning consumers can turn to microbreweries as a non-woke substitute for corporate beer, the home production of liquor is still strictly illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttb.gov\/distilled-spirits\/penalties-for-illegal-distilling#:~:text=While%20individuals%20of%20legal%20drinking,26%20United%20States%20Code%20(U.S.C.)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Treasury Department\u2019s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Producing your own liquor can result in a prison sentence of up to five years and a hefty fine.<\/p>\n<p>The dominance of the liquor companies by a handful of firms ensures that consumers have only the illusion of choice in the market and that their dollars will go to supporting leftist social policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has not been a great year so far for beer giant Anheuser-Busch or its conservative customers. Bud Light, one of the company\u2019s flagship brands, ignited a national firestorm after it partnered with transgender activist and social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney back in April. Since the boycott began, Anheuser-Busch has reportedly lost almost $16 billion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1548,"featured_media":1939378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4091,8949,9433,18499,7069,6920,5339,17765,10904,7071,3723,7221,7037,6791],"class_list":["post-1939377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-activists","tag-bourbon","tag-brands","tag-bud","tag-drag","tag-favorite","tag-light","tag-liquor","tag-odds","tag-queens","tag-support","tag-trade","tag-trans","tag-well"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}