you joke, but in Alabama the alcohol lobby successfully bought the state legislation in banning hemp, except for those companies licensed by - guess who - the alcohol board.
Yeah can confirm. What a joke. I drive into Tennessee to go buy and find different drinks because the state stores and even independents that try like Windmill beverages cant figure out anything cooler than "all the different bourbon."
The booze industry has responded with a scary amount of 'novelty' type drinks targeted directly at very young would-be drinkers.
Bright colors, truckloads of sugar, 'tastes like candy but fucks you up' everywhere.
At the grocery store near me, which is solidly in suburbia, they've started putting those mini Buzzballz, Fireballz mini-bottles right at eye-level as 'impulse purchase' items at the register.
They really, really want/need the new generation to get hooked on their poison.
That actually is part of the problem. Liquor sales are down a lot. Zoomers are also the people under 30 these days and they don't like to drink nor go to bars. When they do drink, they prefer beer or wine and not bourbon.
Symptom but not the actual problem though. The main issue is disposable income, most people don’t have it and have to make what little they have stretch. Booze is just one of the many victims at least here in the US anyway.
Not just money, alcohol is a social drug. People aren't socializing as much anymore. The people who are "partying age" now grew up socializing online and I'm sure having your formative years in covid lockdowns didn't help.
The other part I feel like a lot of people don’t mention (other than affordability) - their lives are recorded at all times.
Getting drunk and stupid was a good time in 2008 because at worst there might be a blurry poor quality camera phone video, or some pictures shared around Facebook.
Now any dumb decision you make while drinking will absolutely be captured by somebody in high quality video, and immediately shared across multiple aggregators. If it’s stupid enough it’ll pick up momentum and get reshared for years.
And that’s how they’ve grown up. So why would they ever start drinking at all.
I don’t really have any regrets in how hard I partied in college. It was the time to do it. Some embarrassing moments, but a ton of great stories as well.
I still enjoy having a few drinks on the weekend as well. I just don’t really go out to bars anymore. It’s either having some drinks with friends or walking around some kind of local event.
Looking back, standing around a packed bar wasn’t the best experience, but I do think there’s a community aspect that hopefully doesn’t get lost with the younger crowd not going out as much
Another big contributing factor is politics right now. Canada is a huge American whiskey and bourbon market. Because of all the political hoopla right now, Canadians are boycotting American spirits. Jack Daniel’s had done a huge amount of layoffs this year as well.
Of the $40b of goods Kentucky exports on a normal year, $9b was exported to Canada. Multiple provinces have stopped selling US booze at all, and of the ones still importing from the States, sales are way down.
Tourism along the border has fallen off a cliff, too. I get ads all the time telling me, "Washington misses you, Vegas wants you back, please visit California!" As if I would risk my safety and my freedom entering the US. I've gone from at least 2 trips across the border a year to not knowing when (or if) I will go back.
I've cut 90%+ of the American products from our regular shopping. If there's a Canadian alternative, even if it costs more, I buy it. I'll pick something made in another country if there's no Canadian option. So many new items are already available compared to a year ago, as stores diversify their offerings in response to the demand. It will be even better once we have more interprovincial trade.
These new habits Canadians have been forming for the last year won't just revert back once this administration is gone. I'm not going to flip a switch and start buying American again. This isn't a boycott anymore. This is a lifestyle change.
And while he's stopped bringing it up with the same frequency, you better believe Canadians haven't forgotten the repeated threats to our sovereignty. Knowing that a sizable portion of the population is on-board with the things Trump has done and said has destroyed my trust and goodwill towards the American people. I will never look at y'all the same.
I can't speak for all of Canada but Kentucky Bourbon was popular here in Toronto, and it's not like we don't have Canadian distillers. In the LCBOs (one of the biggest purchasers of alcohol in the world) there was always to good representation of American Whiskey/Bourbon, and it's definitely dwindled
From all the reading I did on canadian subs, and I did a lot, they were pretty upset with the constant threats of invasion, and have been boycotting american products, the tariffs are just the cherry on top.
Never in my entire Canadian life have I seen this country as united and pissed off as when the orange buffoon started his 51st state nonsense.
I heard white collar, suburban dwelling Joe’s talking about how “it’s not that hard to make homemade bombs” when discussing the threat of American occupation.
The kindest, most nonviolent people I know have openly stated things about Trump that would magically transform my comment into [ Removed by Reddit ] if I were to repeat them here.
Same. The transition has been swift and extreme. Compared to most, I was off the charts harsh in 2016 with my views of what Republicans were doing and now there's conservative farmers and soccer moms that make me look like Neville Chamberlain with the things they say.
Turns out even the most mild mannered people can turn pretty nasty when you threaten their sovereignty. Who woulda thought? You’d think us Americans would understand.
What really sucks is not even that he talks about in the first place, it’s the way that he goes about it. He first talks about it for a few days, stops, randomly brings it up months later to remind everyone about it, stops, then brings it up again. Rinse and repeat. It’s like the stupid-ass Greenland situation. Unfortunately Democrats have a horrific messaging problem on the national level so there’s still a 50% chance that JD Vance becomes president in ‘28, despite being the world’s biggest black hole of charisma
Yep, it's absolutely something most media misses out on. Maybe they're just trying to sanitize the dialogue. Every time you see tourism is down because of the trade war or whatever it's glossing over the part about threatening to invade us. There was a while that even people who weren't that worried could see the parallels with Putin's rhetoric about Ukraine.
The trade war is stupid politics. People lose jobs and suffer, but it's not an existential threat. But you start putting thoughts of our cities being turned to rubble and yeah, we're going to stop spending money on American stuff.
I think the biggest difference is last time Canadians were willing to try to keep it to red states. This time it's everything, because we want even the blue places that agree with us to get off their asses and do something. A place being 55% Democrat isn't enough. A place that complains online while Trump ruins the world isn't enough.
Yep, it's absolutely something most media misses out on.
I don't think they miss it. Mainstream American media is not independent any more. They are told what they can and can't report on. It's as simple as that.
Canadian here, bourbon is my favourite drink, I used to spend about 60-200/month on it depending on what I was drinking at the time. I haven't bought a bottle of bourbon since all this bullshit started, I've found Canadian alternatives. Maybe if something drastic changes my feelings toward the US I'd consider buying the occasional bottle of bourbon if I see something I really want but really I'm happy with my Canadian alternatives and don't see a need to go back to bourbon.
Uk here. I run a bar. The feeling isn’t as anti US as it should be. But I’ve stopped ordering us spirits and mixers where I can (still gotta make money). US needs to return to sanity! People still have the power!
I mean between the not wanting to and the it actively being more difficult and dangerous. If the choice is "get sent to an offshore torture prison because I liked the wrong meme in 2014" or "stay home", I know what I pick.
Our govt run liquor store in Ontario is the largest purchaser of alcohol in the world. Jack Daniel’s will lose a billion in sales as a result of this boycott.
We literally don’t care about tariffs, those are your right as a country to help domestic production. Threatening invasion like we’re fucking Iraq or Afghanistan is unacceptable and we’ll never forget it.
Where I live (in the states) Jack Daniels pulled all their donations to Pride events, so the local LGBTQ bars stopped buying it and I stopped drinking it. My favorite whiskey, and I switched to something else too. They’re also feeling it in their wallets. Looks like it’s more “get woke or go broke”.
Reminds me of Subaru, but in reverse.
Around 1990, Fuji Heavy Industries (now known as the Subaru Corporation) acquired full ownership of Subaru of America. The executives at Fuji wanted to increase sales in the US. They didn't have a ton of money for advertising and needed to target carefully. So, they ran some market research and found that Subaru's were popular among homosexuals, especially lesbians.
This was mostly accidental, as I said, they didn't have a ton of money to advertise, they couldn't spend the money like Ford or Toyota to get into US Today or Time, so they ended up in smaller niche magazines, like ones catering to outdoor living or the LGBT community. It also just so happened that lesbians of the late 80s and early 90s were the exact niche that Subaru designed their vehicles for: young, professional, outdoorsy and needing an affordable all-wheel drive vehicle that could take them out to the woods for a weekend of camping and kayaking, but efficiently take them to work each day.
They continued to focus on their other demographics, but they started to lean into the LGBT community. Now they're considered the top LGBT car brand.
they’re also the perfect counterexample to the purely performative rainbow capitalism we see. when they found out they were popular in the queer community, they started to address queer equality within the company, including extending spousal benefits to domestic partners/civil unions since this was in the days before gay marriage was legalized.
Most fascist countries had terrible economies with massive debt and deficits and high levels of “command economy”. Basically the only real buyers of anything are the elites and the government buying things for the military, not exactly a representative economy but they don’t really care about that kind of thing.
Canadian here. Bourbon was my go to spirit. When it came off the shelves I changed my routine. I've really gotten into Gin neat and there's a bunch of good ones produced locally. For a bourbon-like drink Lot 40 is my go to now. I even got into making my own infused drinks using Cruxx which is like a Canadian Everclear.
Even if relations correct, my habits have been changed. Putting Kentucky whiskey back on the shelf won't just turn the sales back on, this will have permanent lasting effects.
I randomly met a Canadian in an airport bar and he could not wait to shit talk bourbon to me. Definitely an attitude of 'ok keep it then' up there and good for them.
This is what I admire about Canada. They all collectively said "nah fuck that" and boycotted American whiskey because they were standing up to policies they knew were not in their best interests. Boycotts work when the dollar is the only vote that seems to count anymore. Couldn't be American citizens doing this, oh no, just blindly consume and spend.
They all collectively said "nah fuck that" and boycotted American whiskey
We're doing that and so much more.
For many of us, it's not just boycotting American products across the board but it's avoiding the US as a vacation spot too. In some cases, permanently.
In my 54 years, I've never seen Canada so pissed off and united.
As an American who lives in a border state that relies a lot on Canadian tourism, keep it up. No matter what I say to "these folks" it will fall on deaf ears. But, the one thing they can't ignore is their bottom line, because no matter what the politicians or TV personalities say about how amazing the US economy is, they aren't seeing it. It's the one overt influence on their life they can't ignore or explain away, and I have already observed the cognitive dissonance it causes. Business owners or farmers are going on the news here and saying "Gosh, revenue is way down, I've had to reduce hours or sell assets just to keep afloat." and then when asked about the tariffs or border relations, you can see on their face how uncomfortable they get. They'll hem and haw, they might not admit it. But they know. Deep down, they know, because no amount of political rhetoric will balance your books.
My uncle, a three time Trump voter who worked at a cross border shipping warehouse, just lost his job three weeks before Christmas. The company cited "tariffs and decline in Canadian contracts" as the reason for declaring bankruptcy. Made the Thanksgiving dinner interesting. They won't admit they are wrong, but they know. So keep it up, please.
My friends and I have all sworn off of crossing the border effective at least until Trump is out of office. There's a good chance I'm never going back, personally.
And if you do come back, which you don’t need to and as a Californian I’m not saying you should, you know the areas to visit now in the US. You can look at a breakdown of who voted for this shit. Disneyland is seeing an influx of tourists who would normally have gone to Disneyworld because of the issues with Florida.
Many of us have boycotted as many American products as possible. I almost never buy American foods in the grocery at this point, and was surprised that before all this, 90% of my shopping cart was US based. If there's a non-American alternative, I go with that. Otherwise, if I don't need it, i leave it.
Honestly it's not just Canada. There's a whole lot of the world who now see the US as like, that unhinged racist mad uncle you see at Christmas.
Like sure, kinda family, but also kinda not worth the effort any more, even if you wish they would 'get it straight' and become the kind of person you remember enjoying spending time with.
I mean, the US has a lot of good things going on, it's just having elected an unhinged nutter for the second time, everyone's sort of decided that the 'checks and balances' are broken, and nothing stops that happening again and again.
(Which is not to say other nations are immune to this - where the US leads, other countries follow, and I'm terrified what that means to international politics)
Legalization probably has a significant impact as well.
Ohio is rolling back legalization to help out the booze industry. Gotta make sure we protect all the kids from a harmful plant because it can be made into things that would be appealing to our youth.
They’re also trying to force the people who insist on smoking that they have to buy from their buddies they gave all the weed licenses to who charge insane prices for garbage product.
Rec weed is legal in Ohio. Rec weed is legal in Michigan. Don’t you dare get caught buying Michigan weed, and bringing it back to Ohio though! That’s against the law!
I’m sure it has absolutely nothing to do with a normal 80+ percent cart costing 3$ in Michigan, and a cart half that size, anywhere from 10-30 percent lower, costs 40$ in Ohio.
I’m just about to leave on a Michigan run actually. Crazy it’s cheaper for me to drive 4 hours round trip, stop to eat for two, and it’s still cheaper to go to Michigan then it is to go to a dispensary 15-20 mins from my house.
Its not even that they care less to drink honestly. Its down for sure, dont get me wrong, but even the people who do drink seem to treat it as an event thing and not something you just do.
Drinking is down, but only really in the last couple years, at least in the U.S. . It’s been fluctuating in the 60-70% range for adults who claim to consume alcohol and dropped from 62% to 58% to 54% the last three years.
According to the article, Jim Beam’s costs for barrel storage are up 27% from last year to this year. Judging by those numbers, I would guess that the decline in drinking is a relatively minor issue compared to tariffs.
many provinces have done this, not Canada as a whole (despite what their trade representative guy was piping off about as a trade irritant). And it's just bourbon - it's all US alcohol.
Some provinces did this as a reaction to unjustified US tariffs and constant talk of 51st state by the leader of the US.
It’s wild that we are seeing American icons like Jim Beam shutting down production lines because of policies that were supposed to 'save' American manufacturing
The issue is people would rather have a child rapist with felonies than a woman as president. Which is a crazy thing to say, but saddly true in America.
I think more than that, people are just dumb enough to think the president controls things like inflation.
So, instead of voting for the candidate who ran on tackling the price gouging and who never raped anyone, we went with the one guy who actually would have direct influence on prices—by making them go up, the only possible outcome with the tariffs.
Truly makes no sense, since childhood we are all instilled in schools, churches etc to go vote and be heard. How do the lowest IQ command so much power in government when the smartest people should be voting as well. Metric after metric shows this, and truly shows the effect of not voting, is a vote against your own best interest.
Most people think they're smarter than they really are, and tend to take actions to enforce the delusion.
This leads to below-average people thinking they know best, and confidently vote for self-destruction
But it also leads to average and even above-average people trying to inflate their egos by being contrarian and "not participating in the system" which is equally self-destructive, just jumping through more hoops
Spoiler alert, kids: You don't need to participate in the system for the system to participate in you
the plan will make sense when private equity tied somehow to Trump purchases the struggling companies. The goal isn’t to increase manufacturing, it’s to consolidate ownership.
Best part is, they probably won’t get back anywhere near all of the sales they lost, once tariffs and shit are straightened out. Trump is doing long term economic damage to these companies and the country. Canadians will find replacements. China will find replacements. And these replacements will offer a stability the US can no longer offer.
I still buy American, because I'm in America, but I've switched completely over to small local breweries & distilleries in my state or right next door, rather than these huge billion-dollar corporations. Turns out, the Mid-Atlantic US has a lot of small producers, making pretty much everything you could want. And there's a lot of bars and restaurants that prioritize serving local.
Booze is expensive in general, so if I'm spending $8.00 on a glass of beer it may as well go to the family-run operation down the road rather than the Anheuser-Busch conglomerate. $14 for a cocktail? I'd rather it go to the cool meadery in our neighboring county, that uses local honey from the dude we see at the farmers market.
I switched to this habit decades ago. Big alcohol doesn't need my money, but local producers of quality stuff sure do. All depends on where you live, but here in BC there are tons and tons of local beer, wine and spirits producers. And hey, it keeps the money local instead of going to some billionaire running a multi-national.
People always just bought Jim Beam and Wild Turkey well because that's what we knew of bourbon and that's what was typically on the shelf.
But ever since the higher costs from reciprocal tariffs, threat to invade Canada/Greenland, and general batshittiness, lotta ppl I know have been trying other bourbons and whiskeys like those from Canada and I think we've realised tbh we're happy to keep buying them.
Now the onus is on the American brands to convince ppl to switch back and atm there really isn't any good reason why people abroad would.
Sorry America you shat in your bed and now you gotta lie in it. Not our job to clean it up for you.
That is one of Trump's many big weaknesses - he cannot think strategically and long term. He only thinks transactionally and short term. I bet he truly believed that Canada was going to capitulate within a week of his tariff announcement.
You have a person who has rarely met any real consequences to his actions and has been able to get away with a LOT of shady behavior. He also has a long history of capitulating when someone pushes back. And he's had people around him to take care of all the details while he's apparently illiterate and has the attention span of a goldfish.
He's a textbook model of a malignant narcissist born on 3rd base thinking he hit a triple.
And depressingly, it seems a lot like he will get away with all his stuff. He's now old enough that he'll never spend a meaningful amount of time suffering consequences of actions.
Opening a distillery or brewery is not rocket science. It’s all marketing, brand recognition, and familiarity. Once other countries fill the gap there is no going back.
They gambled and lost. They knew numbers were already in trouble because young Americans are drinking less year over year. Then they pulled for the wrong team in hopes of cornering the market to themselves and effectively killed off the only people who were drinking. Bunch of idiots who couldn't read the room. Anyone who thinks America first is doomed to fail in a global economy.
The EU, between the Chinese supply shortages during the pandemic and American stupidity, are actively increasing manufacturing and production locally, attempting to be a self-contained economic powerhouse not dependent on foreign whims. I support their endeavors.
US is a liability in post 2025 world. Nobody buying. Who talks about installing a kill switch in military hardware and expects to be trusted? Oh ya yankees do lol
The government loves giving out handouts to the right people, namely corporations and billionaires, just not handouts to those who need help or assistance
“Whiskey and spirit makers have had to deal with retaliatory tariffs from the trade war sparked by Trump’s tariffs, and with consumers pulling back on discretionary spending amid an affordability crisis.”
You can thank Trump for the rising prices all over the country. The American people voted in the convicted felons and insurrectionist because they thought he would lower prices, but he literally ran on raising prices through tariffs.
And Kentuckians still won’t learn anything from this when 2028 rolls around. I live here and it’s exhausting at times to hear people say out loud “I don’t like Trump but I’ll never vote for a Democrat”
It's amazing that people just keep doing things a certain way because they have always done it like that. Their dad did it like that, and his dad before him. The idea of stopping and using thinking skills to determine if something is actually working for them is a non-starter.
It's all about culture wars. The GOP knows they can never succeed in the long run on their policies, so they've spent the past few decades crafting a culture war platform as their primary strategy.
Always reminds me of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."
"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in.“
Driving down the highway last week I saw a huge banner hanging from someone's house that said, "I will never vote for a DEMONcrat!". Its very strange to feel like you need to tell others your voting presence so badly you decide to hang a 50 foot long declaration across your home...
The only thing that sucks is that the alcohol lobby is responding by trying to ban weed again instead of suing the people who put them in this mess. These people will never learn anything.
States earn more money in taxes on weed than alcohol
The fed is missing out on all that cash ...that's why it's going to be approved nationwide soon ...then they can get their cut ...like the don of every other mafia organization
This is from the same country that tried Prohibition for a decade.
Never underestimate how vocal fanatics with connections can absolutely do something incredibly unpopular with minimal pushback. It's pretty much the entire Republican platform at this point
The US cares more about money than religion. The ultra rich identified that the religious right in this country are all gullible and without morals so for now the two work hand in hand.
It’ll be kept in limbo so they can continue make money off of it and start making money more off booze again, but it will still criminalized to some degree for them to weaponize it against whoever they want.
My buddy's favorite alcohol is bourbon. He hasn't touched it in 10 months. I'd like to see how much Canadian, Scottish and Irish whisky sales have risen this year.
Canadian sales dropping by 90% has taken a few percentage points off the bourbon distilleries' bottom lines. Add in the contracting European market and there's a couple more points. It's tough for any business to satisfy its public or private ownership when they lose 5% of their revenue in the span of a few months.
The big cities went for Harris but all of the rest of KY went for Trump. I feel for those who voted against this, but that's the way she goes when you live in KY.
My parents have lived in Kentucky for nearly 40 years and I swear the people there just hate themselves. Constantly voting against their interests and electing people into office that actively work to strip away their federal benefits. All the while they're living paycheck to paycheck in a trailer screaming at the TV about how the Democrats are out to get them.
As a Canadian, Jim beam bourbon has been my go to drink for a decade. Ever since the 51st state bullshit, I won’t spend a solitary penny on American booze and I’ll raise a glass of Canadian whisky when Jim Beam goes out of business. Fuck with the North? the North remembers.
I am just confused why anyone thinks Jim Beam is good whiskey or whiskey you should buy?! I say that as an American, it is/was some our of cheapest and shittiest stuff.
I knew there would be results when I gave up drinking, but damn!
“Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking!”
"By this time, my lungs were aching for air..."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."
Glue stocks up
The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of bourbon only. There is no exports in the red zone.
You gave up drinking during a trump presidency? Damn that must've been tough.
Don’t worry the media will see the issue and immediately address the real problem, Millennials not drinking enough. /s?
Millennials are killing the alcohol industry.
Cannabis is ruining the alcoholism this country was built on!
you joke, but in Alabama the alcohol lobby successfully bought the state legislation in banning hemp, except for those companies licensed by - guess who - the alcohol board.
Yeah can confirm. What a joke. I drive into Tennessee to go buy and find different drinks because the state stores and even independents that try like Windmill beverages cant figure out anything cooler than "all the different bourbon."
Fine by me, beats alcoholism.
My alcohol intake is down but my Pringle intake is through the roof!
Still better than alcohol.
How can you say that with confidence? Have you even tried having a crippling alcohol dependency?
I have 👋
It made my bones hurt
Yes, I damn near died from it multiple times. Can confirm, THC is much better
It seriously has.
The booze industry has responded with a scary amount of 'novelty' type drinks targeted directly at very young would-be drinkers.
Bright colors, truckloads of sugar, 'tastes like candy but fucks you up' everywhere.
At the grocery store near me, which is solidly in suburbia, they've started putting those mini Buzzballz, Fireballz mini-bottles right at eye-level as 'impulse purchase' items at the register.
They really, really want/need the new generation to get hooked on their poison.
look i am nearing my midlife crisis... it's the gen z kids who are to blame for everything now.. thank you.
Millennial here. Don’t really drink much anymore. I’m doing my part
Same, it’s got way too expensive specially going out for dinner if you add alcohol it’s an extra $70, no thanks
That actually is part of the problem. Liquor sales are down a lot. Zoomers are also the people under 30 these days and they don't like to drink nor go to bars. When they do drink, they prefer beer or wine and not bourbon.
Symptom but not the actual problem though. The main issue is disposable income, most people don’t have it and have to make what little they have stretch. Booze is just one of the many victims at least here in the US anyway.
Not just money, alcohol is a social drug. People aren't socializing as much anymore. The people who are "partying age" now grew up socializing online and I'm sure having your formative years in covid lockdowns didn't help.
That's part of it, but also zoomers just think alcohol is a bad drug.
The other part I feel like a lot of people don’t mention (other than affordability) - their lives are recorded at all times.
Getting drunk and stupid was a good time in 2008 because at worst there might be a blurry poor quality camera phone video, or some pictures shared around Facebook.
Now any dumb decision you make while drinking will absolutely be captured by somebody in high quality video, and immediately shared across multiple aggregators. If it’s stupid enough it’ll pick up momentum and get reshared for years.
And that’s how they’ve grown up. So why would they ever start drinking at all.
They aren’t wrong about that for sure.
The increased legality and availability of marijuana has probably hurt alcohol, too.
They’re not wrong
I’m a millennial and it makes me cringe thinking back to how hard I partied in college & in my 20s. Now I have like 2 drinks a year maybe lol
I don’t really have any regrets in how hard I partied in college. It was the time to do it. Some embarrassing moments, but a ton of great stories as well.
I still enjoy having a few drinks on the weekend as well. I just don’t really go out to bars anymore. It’s either having some drinks with friends or walking around some kind of local event.
Looking back, standing around a packed bar wasn’t the best experience, but I do think there’s a community aspect that hopefully doesn’t get lost with the younger crowd not going out as much
Another big contributing factor is politics right now. Canada is a huge American whiskey and bourbon market. Because of all the political hoopla right now, Canadians are boycotting American spirits. Jack Daniel’s had done a huge amount of layoffs this year as well.
Of the $40b of goods Kentucky exports on a normal year, $9b was exported to Canada. Multiple provinces have stopped selling US booze at all, and of the ones still importing from the States, sales are way down.
Tourism along the border has fallen off a cliff, too. I get ads all the time telling me, "Washington misses you, Vegas wants you back, please visit California!" As if I would risk my safety and my freedom entering the US. I've gone from at least 2 trips across the border a year to not knowing when (or if) I will go back.
I've cut 90%+ of the American products from our regular shopping. If there's a Canadian alternative, even if it costs more, I buy it. I'll pick something made in another country if there's no Canadian option. So many new items are already available compared to a year ago, as stores diversify their offerings in response to the demand. It will be even better once we have more interprovincial trade.
These new habits Canadians have been forming for the last year won't just revert back once this administration is gone. I'm not going to flip a switch and start buying American again. This isn't a boycott anymore. This is a lifestyle change.
And while he's stopped bringing it up with the same frequency, you better believe Canadians haven't forgotten the repeated threats to our sovereignty. Knowing that a sizable portion of the population is on-board with the things Trump has done and said has destroyed my trust and goodwill towards the American people. I will never look at y'all the same.
Is a spin on "bourbon sales drop". Looks like backing a candidate in hopes that tariffs will eliminate your competition didn't work out that well.
I can't speak for all of Canada but Kentucky Bourbon was popular here in Toronto, and it's not like we don't have Canadian distillers. In the LCBOs (one of the biggest purchasers of alcohol in the world) there was always to good representation of American Whiskey/Bourbon, and it's definitely dwindled
Who would had thought that damaging your relationship with one of biggest trade partners would be bad for the economy
From all the reading I did on canadian subs, and I did a lot, they were pretty upset with the constant threats of invasion, and have been boycotting american products, the tariffs are just the cherry on top.
Never in my entire Canadian life have I seen this country as united and pissed off as when the orange buffoon started his 51st state nonsense.
I heard white collar, suburban dwelling Joe’s talking about how “it’s not that hard to make homemade bombs” when discussing the threat of American occupation.
The Dale Gribble approach.
All I need is a roll of toilet paper and a stick of dynamite.
Throw in some trusty pocket sand and you're good to go Shhh shhaw
The kindest, most nonviolent people I know have openly stated things about Trump that would magically transform my comment into [ Removed by Reddit ] if I were to repeat them here.
We know what we did in WWI and are willing to go there again should the need arise.
Edit: prepared --> willing
I've already stocked up on canned goods!
Same. The transition has been swift and extreme. Compared to most, I was off the charts harsh in 2016 with my views of what Republicans were doing and now there's conservative farmers and soccer moms that make me look like Neville Chamberlain with the things they say.
Turns out even the most mild mannered people can turn pretty nasty when you threaten their sovereignty. Who woulda thought? You’d think us Americans would understand.
As an American I have to say I'm happy to hear that.
I've been around for a while, and I've never seen anyone
pisshonk off Canadians more that the orange commode.What really sucks is not even that he talks about in the first place, it’s the way that he goes about it. He first talks about it for a few days, stops, randomly brings it up months later to remind everyone about it, stops, then brings it up again. Rinse and repeat. It’s like the stupid-ass Greenland situation. Unfortunately Democrats have a horrific messaging problem on the national level so there’s still a 50% chance that JD Vance becomes president in ‘28, despite being the world’s biggest black hole of charisma
Trump obviously doesn’t know his U.S. History if he thinks Canada is just going to roll over and accept U.S. annexation
Yep, it's absolutely something most media misses out on. Maybe they're just trying to sanitize the dialogue. Every time you see tourism is down because of the trade war or whatever it's glossing over the part about threatening to invade us. There was a while that even people who weren't that worried could see the parallels with Putin's rhetoric about Ukraine.
The trade war is stupid politics. People lose jobs and suffer, but it's not an existential threat. But you start putting thoughts of our cities being turned to rubble and yeah, we're going to stop spending money on American stuff.
I think the biggest difference is last time Canadians were willing to try to keep it to red states. This time it's everything, because we want even the blue places that agree with us to get off their asses and do something. A place being 55% Democrat isn't enough. A place that complains online while Trump ruins the world isn't enough.
I don't think they miss it. Mainstream American media is not independent any more. They are told what they can and can't report on. It's as simple as that.
Canadian here, bourbon is my favourite drink, I used to spend about 60-200/month on it depending on what I was drinking at the time. I haven't bought a bottle of bourbon since all this bullshit started, I've found Canadian alternatives. Maybe if something drastic changes my feelings toward the US I'd consider buying the occasional bottle of bourbon if I see something I really want but really I'm happy with my Canadian alternatives and don't see a need to go back to bourbon.
Uk here. I run a bar. The feeling isn’t as anti US as it should be. But I’ve stopped ordering us spirits and mixers where I can (still gotta make money). US needs to return to sanity! People still have the power!
Oh....they aint just boycotting american products. They are boycotting american tourism also. Can't blame them one bit either.
I mean between the not wanting to and the it actively being more difficult and dangerous. If the choice is "get sent to an offshore torture prison because I liked the wrong meme in 2014" or "stay home", I know what I pick.
Liquor stores across the country straight up pulled all USA liquour from stores.
People are also NOT travelling to the US
Not just Canada. Europe, UK etc. The world, the sane parts, hate Fascism.
Our govt run liquor store in Ontario is the largest purchaser of alcohol in the world. Jack Daniel’s will lose a billion in sales as a result of this boycott.
We literally don’t care about tariffs, those are your right as a country to help domestic production. Threatening invasion like we’re fucking Iraq or Afghanistan is unacceptable and we’ll never forget it.
They're actually a gross violation of the trade agreement that TRUMP HIMSELF SIGNED
Where I live (in the states) Jack Daniels pulled all their donations to Pride events, so the local LGBTQ bars stopped buying it and I stopped drinking it. My favorite whiskey, and I switched to something else too. They’re also feeling it in their wallets. Looks like it’s more “get woke or go broke”.
Tangential comment:
Reminds me of Subaru, but in reverse. Around 1990, Fuji Heavy Industries (now known as the Subaru Corporation) acquired full ownership of Subaru of America. The executives at Fuji wanted to increase sales in the US. They didn't have a ton of money for advertising and needed to target carefully. So, they ran some market research and found that Subaru's were popular among homosexuals, especially lesbians.
This was mostly accidental, as I said, they didn't have a ton of money to advertise, they couldn't spend the money like Ford or Toyota to get into US Today or Time, so they ended up in smaller niche magazines, like ones catering to outdoor living or the LGBT community. It also just so happened that lesbians of the late 80s and early 90s were the exact niche that Subaru designed their vehicles for: young, professional, outdoorsy and needing an affordable all-wheel drive vehicle that could take them out to the woods for a weekend of camping and kayaking, but efficiently take them to work each day.
They continued to focus on their other demographics, but they started to lean into the LGBT community. Now they're considered the top LGBT car brand.
And most people have no idea.
I did have a lot of fun explaining it to my conservative father when he bought a Subaru a few years back though.
they’re also the perfect counterexample to the purely performative rainbow capitalism we see. when they found out they were popular in the queer community, they started to address queer equality within the company, including extending spousal benefits to domestic partners/civil unions since this was in the days before gay marriage was legalized.
And the first thing Subaru makes me think of is "Fuck your Subaru, I have a horse outside!"
I’m a fan of “go fash, lose cash” but yours works just as well.
Most fascist countries had terrible economies with massive debt and deficits and high levels of “command economy”. Basically the only real buyers of anything are the elites and the government buying things for the military, not exactly a representative economy but they don’t really care about that kind of thing.
Big govt went fash but still ended up with kash
Kashapp PayPal looks like a lemur who just railed an 8 ball.
Especially after personally arranging a trade deal with them to replace NAFTA and hyping it as the best trade deal ever!
Canadian here. Bourbon was my go to spirit. When it came off the shelves I changed my routine. I've really gotten into Gin neat and there's a bunch of good ones produced locally. For a bourbon-like drink Lot 40 is my go to now. I even got into making my own infused drinks using Cruxx which is like a Canadian Everclear.
Even if relations correct, my habits have been changed. Putting Kentucky whiskey back on the shelf won't just turn the sales back on, this will have permanent lasting effects.
I don't drink whiskey too much these days but always liked Lot 40. Good choice
I randomly met a Canadian in an airport bar and he could not wait to shit talk bourbon to me. Definitely an attitude of 'ok keep it then' up there and good for them.
This is what I admire about Canada. They all collectively said "nah fuck that" and boycotted American whiskey because they were standing up to policies they knew were not in their best interests. Boycotts work when the dollar is the only vote that seems to count anymore. Couldn't be American citizens doing this, oh no, just blindly consume and spend.
Plenty of times boycotts have worked in America - Target has been hit really hard since they caved to this administrations nonsense immediately.
We're doing that and so much more.
For many of us, it's not just boycotting American products across the board but it's avoiding the US as a vacation spot too. In some cases, permanently.
In my 54 years, I've never seen Canada so pissed off and united.
As an American who lives in a border state that relies a lot on Canadian tourism, keep it up. No matter what I say to "these folks" it will fall on deaf ears. But, the one thing they can't ignore is their bottom line, because no matter what the politicians or TV personalities say about how amazing the US economy is, they aren't seeing it. It's the one overt influence on their life they can't ignore or explain away, and I have already observed the cognitive dissonance it causes. Business owners or farmers are going on the news here and saying "Gosh, revenue is way down, I've had to reduce hours or sell assets just to keep afloat." and then when asked about the tariffs or border relations, you can see on their face how uncomfortable they get. They'll hem and haw, they might not admit it. But they know. Deep down, they know, because no amount of political rhetoric will balance your books.
My uncle, a three time Trump voter who worked at a cross border shipping warehouse, just lost his job three weeks before Christmas. The company cited "tariffs and decline in Canadian contracts" as the reason for declaring bankruptcy. Made the Thanksgiving dinner interesting. They won't admit they are wrong, but they know. So keep it up, please.
"We gotta lay you off because of tarrifs and Canadians hate us now. Our entire business was built around Canada wanting our shit."
Dude's uncle: why won't you tell me the real reason?!
My friends and I have all sworn off of crossing the border effective at least until Trump is out of office. There's a good chance I'm never going back, personally.
And if you do come back, which you don’t need to and as a Californian I’m not saying you should, you know the areas to visit now in the US. You can look at a breakdown of who voted for this shit. Disneyland is seeing an influx of tourists who would normally have gone to Disneyworld because of the issues with Florida.
The opposite holds true too, plenty of Americans like me making a point to go to Canada in solidarity with our northern brothers and sisters.
I’m ashamed of my country, but Canada deserves to feel the love from us.
Many of us have boycotted as many American products as possible. I almost never buy American foods in the grocery at this point, and was surprised that before all this, 90% of my shopping cart was US based. If there's a non-American alternative, I go with that. Otherwise, if I don't need it, i leave it.
Honestly it's not just Canada. There's a whole lot of the world who now see the US as like, that unhinged racist mad uncle you see at Christmas.
Like sure, kinda family, but also kinda not worth the effort any more, even if you wish they would 'get it straight' and become the kind of person you remember enjoying spending time with.
I mean, the US has a lot of good things going on, it's just having elected an unhinged nutter for the second time, everyone's sort of decided that the 'checks and balances' are broken, and nothing stops that happening again and again.
(Which is not to say other nations are immune to this - where the US leads, other countries follow, and I'm terrified what that means to international politics)
Everything in this post resonates with me.
If the 2016 election was a wake-up call for me, the 2024 election was a wake.
Dwindled? American booze and wine are completely gone from the LCBO stores in my area.
Ontario government is sitting on stockpiles of the stuff and are considering auctioning it off to raise money.
Boycott working as planned. Elbows up! 🫡🍁
All aboard mate 🇦🇺
To be honest, I actually prefer Canadian whiskey to bourbon. Unfortunately, we have a glut of bourbon now and Crown Royal is subject to tariffs.
CNN’s new MAGA-friendly spin on headlines.
Gotta kiss the Dear Leader's ass or you get sanctioned.
I mean… only an idiot would think this is a good headline… so, checks out..
Jim Beam winning so bigly that they don’t even need to produce any more!
Gaslighting everywhere you look
Legalization probably has a significant impact as well.
Ohio is rolling back legalization to help out the booze industry. Gotta make sure we protect all the kids from a harmful plant because it can be made into things that would be appealing to our youth.
Good thing booze causes zero issues in society! 👍
They’re also trying to force the people who insist on smoking that they have to buy from their buddies they gave all the weed licenses to who charge insane prices for garbage product.
Rec weed is legal in Ohio. Rec weed is legal in Michigan. Don’t you dare get caught buying Michigan weed, and bringing it back to Ohio though! That’s against the law!
I’m sure it has absolutely nothing to do with a normal 80+ percent cart costing 3$ in Michigan, and a cart half that size, anywhere from 10-30 percent lower, costs 40$ in Ohio.
I’m just about to leave on a Michigan run actually. Crazy it’s cheaper for me to drive 4 hours round trip, stop to eat for two, and it’s still cheaper to go to Michigan then it is to go to a dispensary 15-20 mins from my house.
Yeah, I miss bourbon but after the election I decided US companies don't need my money right now. I'm guessing a lot of people feel the same.
Sales dropping, yes.
But this is bourbon that was produced in 2021 and earlier.
Distillers ramped up production in the early 2020s. Some are just now getting new facilities up and running.
With that being said, they can stop distilling right now and if they continue to bottle, their inventories will rise.
What will likely happen is they will bottle what they need and continue to age what they don't need.
But yes, this absolutely has to do with Trump's stupid trade wars with the whole world.
Drinking is down across the bored. The younger generation doesn't care to drink which is a good thing
Board. Across the board...
No, no, the bored are turning to cannabis now (half /s).
He's a Norm McDonald fan.
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Its not even that they care less to drink honestly. Its down for sure, dont get me wrong, but even the people who do drink seem to treat it as an event thing and not something you just do.
Can't afford to be going out multiple times a week
Drinking is down, but only really in the last couple years, at least in the U.S. . It’s been fluctuating in the 60-70% range for adults who claim to consume alcohol and dropped from 62% to 58% to 54% the last three years.
According to the article, Jim Beam’s costs for barrel storage are up 27% from last year to this year. Judging by those numbers, I would guess that the decline in drinking is a relatively minor issue compared to tariffs.
also canada has shut down all bourbon imports.
Boycott working as planned 🫡🍁
many provinces have done this, not Canada as a whole (despite what their trade representative guy was piping off about as a trade irritant). And it's just bourbon - it's all US alcohol.
Some provinces did this as a reaction to unjustified US tariffs and constant talk of 51st state by the leader of the US.
I guess it's working too.
Theres only two of ten provinces who haven't pulled US alcohol. Won't comment on why.
And here I thought my 4 year sobriety finally caught up with the economy…
Congrats on 4 years!
It’s wild that we are seeing American icons like Jim Beam shutting down production lines because of policies that were supposed to 'save' American manufacturing
The policies were just to con rubes into voting for them. They were never going to save anything.
Too bad the dumbest people in the country are the ones smart enough to actually go vote
The issue is people would rather have a child rapist with felonies than a woman as president. Which is a crazy thing to say, but saddly true in America.
I think more than that, people are just dumb enough to think the president controls things like inflation.
So, instead of voting for the candidate who ran on tackling the price gouging and who never raped anyone, we went with the one guy who actually would have direct influence on prices—by making them go up, the only possible outcome with the tariffs.
The president does have an impact on inflation if they do dumb things.
Yes. We elected the guy who told us he was going to do dumb things, and he delivered.
Truly makes no sense, since childhood we are all instilled in schools, churches etc to go vote and be heard. How do the lowest IQ command so much power in government when the smartest people should be voting as well. Metric after metric shows this, and truly shows the effect of not voting, is a vote against your own best interest.
Most people think they're smarter than they really are, and tend to take actions to enforce the delusion.
This leads to below-average people thinking they know best, and confidently vote for self-destruction
But it also leads to average and even above-average people trying to inflate their egos by being contrarian and "not participating in the system" which is equally self-destructive, just jumping through more hoops
Spoiler alert, kids: You don't need to participate in the system for the system to participate in you
Until the CEO bows to Trump and US taxpayers subsidize their losses for the next 10 years. Then they’ll merge with another giant.
They already did, they were bought out by Japanese Godzilla monster company Suntory around 2011.
the plan will make sense when private equity tied somehow to Trump purchases the struggling companies. The goal isn’t to increase manufacturing, it’s to consolidate ownership.
canada was #1 importer of US whiskey and they've put a boycott on it. actions have consequences.
Distillers are now in the Find Out phase...
This isn't a boycott. It's a divorce.
I don't think Americans comprehend the seething anger they've provoked in Canadians.
that's good. i as american, support our canadian and mexican brothers. fuck usa at this point in history.
Best part is, they probably won’t get back anywhere near all of the sales they lost, once tariffs and shit are straightened out. Trump is doing long term economic damage to these companies and the country. Canadians will find replacements. China will find replacements. And these replacements will offer a stability the US can no longer offer.
Once people change their habits, they need strong incentives to change them back.
I'm certainly not missing american products. I've found local alternatives for almost everything, and when I can't buy Canadian, I buy not-american.
I still buy American, because I'm in America, but I've switched completely over to small local breweries & distilleries in my state or right next door, rather than these huge billion-dollar corporations. Turns out, the Mid-Atlantic US has a lot of small producers, making pretty much everything you could want. And there's a lot of bars and restaurants that prioritize serving local.
Booze is expensive in general, so if I'm spending $8.00 on a glass of beer it may as well go to the family-run operation down the road rather than the Anheuser-Busch conglomerate. $14 for a cocktail? I'd rather it go to the cool meadery in our neighboring county, that uses local honey from the dude we see at the farmers market.
I switched to this habit decades ago. Big alcohol doesn't need my money, but local producers of quality stuff sure do. All depends on where you live, but here in BC there are tons and tons of local beer, wine and spirits producers. And hey, it keeps the money local instead of going to some billionaire running a multi-national.
Just give me a couple cans of Hey Ya’lls and I’m good honestly
Outkast has a booze now?
I’m sorry Ms. Jackson, it is spiked Iced Tea.
Same here in the UK.
People always just bought Jim Beam and Wild Turkey well because that's what we knew of bourbon and that's what was typically on the shelf.
But ever since the higher costs from reciprocal tariffs, threat to invade Canada/Greenland, and general batshittiness, lotta ppl I know have been trying other bourbons and whiskeys like those from Canada and I think we've realised tbh we're happy to keep buying them.
Now the onus is on the American brands to convince ppl to switch back and atm there really isn't any good reason why people abroad would.
Sorry America you shat in your bed and now you gotta lie in it. Not our job to clean it up for you.
That is one of Trump's many big weaknesses - he cannot think strategically and long term. He only thinks transactionally and short term. I bet he truly believed that Canada was going to capitulate within a week of his tariff announcement.
You are making the mistake of acting like Trump cares about the US. He doesn't.
You have a person who has rarely met any real consequences to his actions and has been able to get away with a LOT of shady behavior. He also has a long history of capitulating when someone pushes back. And he's had people around him to take care of all the details while he's apparently illiterate and has the attention span of a goldfish.
He's a textbook model of a malignant narcissist born on 3rd base thinking he hit a triple.
And depressingly, it seems a lot like he will get away with all his stuff. He's now old enough that he'll never spend a meaningful amount of time suffering consequences of actions.
Opening a distillery or brewery is not rocket science. It’s all marketing, brand recognition, and familiarity. Once other countries fill the gap there is no going back.
They gambled and lost. They knew numbers were already in trouble because young Americans are drinking less year over year. Then they pulled for the wrong team in hopes of cornering the market to themselves and effectively killed off the only people who were drinking. Bunch of idiots who couldn't read the room. Anyone who thinks America first is doomed to fail in a global economy.
The EU, between the Chinese supply shortages during the pandemic and American stupidity, are actively increasing manufacturing and production locally, attempting to be a self-contained economic powerhouse not dependent on foreign whims. I support their endeavors.
Canadians have already found replacements.
We have shaken the dust off our sandals and moved on.
US is a liability in post 2025 world. Nobody buying. Who talks about installing a kill switch in military hardware and expects to be trusted? Oh ya yankees do lol
maybe they'll get bailed out like the farmers.
kinda funny from a government that hates giving out handouts.
The government loves giving out handouts to the right people, namely corporations and billionaires, just not handouts to those who need help or assistance
Well they do have $18 TRILLION in tariff money to hand out /s
From the linked article:
“Whiskey and spirit makers have had to deal with retaliatory tariffs from the trade war sparked by Trump’s tariffs, and with consumers pulling back on discretionary spending amid an affordability crisis.”
You can thank Trump for the rising prices all over the country. The American people voted in the convicted felons and insurrectionist because they thought he would lower prices, but he literally ran on raising prices through tariffs.
Now, you reap what you sow.
2024 Presidential Election results for Kentucky:
Trump - 64.47% Harris - 33.94%
You get what you voted for!
And Kentuckians still won’t learn anything from this when 2028 rolls around. I live here and it’s exhausting at times to hear people say out loud “I don’t like Trump but I’ll never vote for a Democrat”
It's amazing that people just keep doing things a certain way because they have always done it like that. Their dad did it like that, and his dad before him. The idea of stopping and using thinking skills to determine if something is actually working for them is a non-starter.
It's all about culture wars. The GOP knows they can never succeed in the long run on their policies, so they've spent the past few decades crafting a culture war platform as their primary strategy.
Always reminds me of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..." "You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?" "No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford. "It is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards?" "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in.“
Funny thing is, if they'll "never vote for a Democrat" then the kind of Republicans they'll get will continue to get worse and worse.
Encourage them to vote 3rd party.
Driving down the highway last week I saw a huge banner hanging from someone's house that said, "I will never vote for a DEMONcrat!". Its very strange to feel like you need to tell others your voting presence so badly you decide to hang a 50 foot long declaration across your home...
Mitch McConnell has been in office since 198fucking5. They voted for this, for 40 years.
Actions, meet consequences.
The only thing that sucks is that the alcohol lobby is responding by trying to ban weed again instead of suing the people who put them in this mess. These people will never learn anything.
Obviously isn't going that well after last weeks news
What was last week's news?
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/trump-marijuana-classification-21250396.php
Trump decree to rescheduled cannabis. Biden started this years ago, was stalled in the approval process , and then Trump issued this last week.
Cheeto reclassified weed. It's not legal but it's less illegal now.
Marijuana rescheduled to a schedule 3 drug from schedule 1.
Too late to put that genie back in the bottle
States earn more money in taxes on weed than alcohol
The fed is missing out on all that cash ...that's why it's going to be approved nationwide soon ...then they can get their cut ...like the don of every other mafia organization
This is from the same country that tried Prohibition for a decade.
Never underestimate how vocal fanatics with connections can absolutely do something incredibly unpopular with minimal pushback. It's pretty much the entire Republican platform at this point
The Puritan right will not go down without a big fight on this. Soon may not come as soon as you think.
The US cares more about money than religion. The ultra rich identified that the religious right in this country are all gullible and without morals so for now the two work hand in hand.
It’ll be kept in limbo so they can continue make money off of it and start making money more off booze again, but it will still criminalized to some degree for them to weaponize it against whoever they want.
They are gonna soft launch the lay offs
Stopping production will give them a better excuse to lay off the hundreds of workers they have across Kentucky
“Well if we ain’t making they ain’t selling packing and labeling”
That'll teach you to piss off 40 million alcoholic hosers
My buddy's favorite alcohol is bourbon. He hasn't touched it in 10 months. I'd like to see how much Canadian, Scottish and Irish whisky sales have risen this year.
There are Canadian bourbons, they just can't legally call it that.
We call it bourbouns with the extra 'u'
But technically they're just sparkling whiskeys
Europe are boycotting American goods too. Australia likewise. trump crapped on America’s friends.
“as bourbon inventories rise”
Who wrote this, Bari Weis ?
Bourbon takes years to age, but market cycles move way faster. That mismatch is finally showing.
It turns out we drink a lot more up here than I realized.
It really does seem to be making an impact on your distillers.
Canadian sales dropping by 90% has taken a few percentage points off the bourbon distilleries' bottom lines. Add in the contracting European market and there's a couple more points. It's tough for any business to satisfy its public or private ownership when they lose 5% of their revenue in the span of a few months.
The big cities went for Harris but all of the rest of KY went for Trump. I feel for those who voted against this, but that's the way she goes when you live in KY.
My parents have lived in Kentucky for nearly 40 years and I swear the people there just hate themselves. Constantly voting against their interests and electing people into office that actively work to strip away their federal benefits. All the while they're living paycheck to paycheck in a trailer screaming at the TV about how the Democrats are out to get them.
Absolutely wild.
its almost as if the LCBO (thats Ontario, Canada) is the largest buyer of alcohol in the world...
Fuck your MAGA bourbon.
Sorry not sorry
-Canada
Oh fuck yeah, bud.
As a Canadian, Jim beam bourbon has been my go to drink for a decade. Ever since the 51st state bullshit, I won’t spend a solitary penny on American booze and I’ll raise a glass of Canadian whisky when Jim Beam goes out of business. Fuck with the North? the North remembers.
I am just confused why anyone thinks Jim Beam is good whiskey or whiskey you should buy?! I say that as an American, it is/was some our of cheapest and shittiest stuff.
Agree on this — so many great quality whiskies out there, no need to waste your limited alcohol processing capabilities on Jim Beam.
Amusingly, Jim Beam is not even owned by an American company anymore. Since 2014 it’s been owned by a Japanese company.
The Hershey’s chocolate of whiskeys.
Sweden here. I am not buying any American booze
Canadians used to drink a lot of Kentucky bourbon…
Have the day you voted for.
Womp womp
But why is the rum gone?
You get what you vote for.
That Canadian boycott on American bourbon must really be stinging.
Something something supply vs demand. Time to slash prices or close a plant.
Request for bailout coming soon.