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By Aimee Donnellan and Jonathan Guilford

LONDON/NEW YORK, July 2 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Follow on Apple or Spotify. Listen on the Reuters app.

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Whiskey distiller Brown-Forman’s $30 bln tie-up talks point to a broader problem. Older drinkers are disappearing, and younger ones have different, more moderate tastes. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists discuss the leaner future for alcohol purveyors.

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