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Income Taxes (Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015
Apr. 30, 2014
Apr. 30, 2013
Reconciles our effective tax rate to the federal statutory tax rate in the United States      
U.S. federal statutory rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State taxes, net of U.S. federal tax benefit 1.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Income taxed at other than U.S. federal statutory rate (0.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (2.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (1.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Tax benefit from U.S. manufacturing (2.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities (2.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities (2.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities
Amortization of deferred tax benefit from intercompany transactions (1.60%)bfb_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxBenefitofIntercompanyTransferofAssetsAmortization (0.40%)bfb_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxBenefitofIntercompanyTransferofAssetsAmortization 0.00%bfb_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxBenefitofIntercompanyTransferofAssetsAmortization
Other, net 0.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective rate 31.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 30.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 31.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations