You seem to like "marks' and since I have 25 years experience designing corporate marks I figured I would do a few that would be original and unique. Besides the crown seeing part of the Monarchy, history show most Kings used to have a "royal staff" or by there side, I though it would be nice to play with the "staff" which translates well when used with the crown, .... and in order to soften sharp edges and give the mark some playfulness I incorporated a 'swirl/knob" which I found while researching Kings and came upon the the thrones! The arms rests on the royal thrones or the kings chair, have wonderful carved wood hand grips, which I used in a most interesting way.... it all tied together perfectly, I especially like #63 as a corporate mark, it would serve you well for years to come.
Actually this script logo was my original thinking behind your logo, ie beverage company falls into entertainment/parties, etc. so your logo could be an intelligent script (ala Vegas logo) fun and celebrative, but still classy. When I saw the logos you were ranking top five, you were looking more like a bank or finance company! So I thought that's what you wanted.
This script is actually aging very well and the more I look at it the better it holds up..especially when you put the crown with it as support, it becomes something special.