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2410403 - Disclosure - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Expected Benefit Payments) (Details)
(http://www.brown-forman.com/role/PensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitsExpectedBenefitPaymentsDetails)
TableSchedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000014693 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-04-30
Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures, Defined Benefit Plans [Axis]
Pension Benefits [Member]Medical and Life Insurance Benefits [Member]
Expected benefit payments over the next 10 years
 
 
2017
51,000,000  
3,000,000  
2018
52,000,000  
3,000,000  
2019
53,000,000  
3,000,000  
2020
54,000,000  
3,000,000  
2021
56,000,000  
3,000,000  
2022-2026
303,000,000  
18,000,000