<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000014693-11-000121.txt : 20111206
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20111206102219
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000014693-11-000121
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111125
FILED AS OF DATE:		20111206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20111206

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BROWN FORMAN CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000014693
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BEVERAGES [2080]
		IRS NUMBER:				610143150
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		850 DIXIE HWY
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5025851100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1080
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN FORMAN INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870816

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19840807

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN FORMAN DISTILLERY CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19670730

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Owsley Brown Frazier 2011 Irrevocable Trust #1
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001536465
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			KY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	002-26821
		FILM NUMBER:		111244694

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		850 DIXIE HWY
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		502-585-1100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		850 DIXIE HWY
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40210
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    <schemaVersion>X0204</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2011-11-25</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000014693</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BROWN FORMAN CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BFA, BFB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001536465</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Owsley Brown Frazier 2011 Irrevocable Trust #1</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>850 DIXIE HIGHWAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOUISVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>40210</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1229728</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Avish Agincourt, LLC</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1073105</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Avish Agincourt, LLC</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Diane M. Barhorst, Atty-in-Fact for Owsley Brown Frazier 2011 Irrv Trust #1</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-12-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>      POWER OF ATTORNEY



      The undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint each of Matt Hamel, Nelea A. Absher, Holli

      H. Lewis, Diane M. Barhorst and Laura H. Pulliam, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful

      attorney-in-fact to:



      1. prepare, execute and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including

      amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the

      "Act") and the rules thereunder;



      2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or

      desirable to prepare and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 (including amendments thereto) and timely

      file that Form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or

      similar authority, and provide a copy as required by law or advisable to such persons as the attorney-

      in-fact deems appropriate; and



      3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of

      the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of the

      undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

      undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and

      conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact's discretion.



      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform

      any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of

      the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

      could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and

      confirming all that the attorney-in-fact, or the attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do

      or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.



      The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and their substitutes, in serving in

      such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Brown-Forman Corporation (the

      "Corporation") assuming, (i) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the

      Act or (ii) any liability of the undersigned for failure to comply with Section 16 of the Act.  This Power of

      Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from the undersigned's obligations to comply with the

      requirements of the Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16

      thereunder.  The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on information

      furnished orally or in writing by or at the direction of the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact.



      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to

      file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by

      the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing

      attorneys in fact.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of attorney that the

      undersigned has previously granted.



      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this

      ____ day of __________, 2011.



      OBF 2011 IRREVOCABLE TRUST #1



      By:  _______________, Trustee



      BY: ______________________

          ______________________

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