"Disproportionate" to threatening Canadian sovereignty? Fuck you and your whiskey.
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2025
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Dear Eric Gregory
Everything that your association produces is an optional, non-essential product.
For every specific product produced, there is a comparable or superior Canadian or European product available.
What you are going to find, is that we do not take threats to our sovereignty lightly. You are also going to learn that our memories are long. Donald can end the whole tariff fiasco today, and your sales will not recover.
You may wish to ask your president how alienating all foreign markets is supposed to make international sales easier.
What you are going to find, is that we do not take threats to our sovereignty lightly.
Are you sure? Because Trump has been doing it for months.
Are you sure? Looks like Trump the little bitch that he is, delayed the onset of tariffs on Canadian goods.
See if Canadian consumers stop actively seeking out Canadian substitute of American products.
Observe how rapidly we strengthen our international trade with our real allies.
But I was told the consequences wouldn't apply to meeeeee
So uh.. any guesses where this guy donates politically?
Mostly towards democratic candidates. You can look it up, opensecrets.org
Was being rhetorical. 😉
"Wait. They're allowed to hit back?"
Yesterday he said our sale accounted for about 1% of his total sales. They can handle that. Now he’s making announcements to reassure his workers.
“How well does bourbon pair with faces?” asked the leopard.
Two in the thoughts one in the prayers.
This happened, to a lesser extent, the last time Trump put tariffs in place.
Wait, 95%? I thought the requirement was to be made in Kentucky, so wouldn't that be 100%? Or are there weird carveouts in Tennessee or something? 🤔
Nope - it's a popular misconception. Bourbon can be made anywhere in the US. You could make it in Long Island if you wanted, provided you had the necessary permits. It's just that around 95% of it is made in Kentucky, so people think that it all has to be made there. Kentucky bourbon has a distinct taste mostly due to the water, which is often sourced from limestone-rich areas, so is quite alkaline.
It's a "gentlemen's agreement" between the distillers that bourbon comes from Kentucky and the same spirit produced in Tennessee is called Tennessee Whiskey. It's not a labeling requirement from any law or regulation; nobody is making anyone comply with the convention.
Yeah, and champagne can't be made anywhere but one place in France
Whoop de fucking do.
When I do drink, it's likely to be bourbon, but it isn't anything that can't be made anywhere in the world. It's not some mystical magical secret, it's just a process with the name "bourbon".
It is also a culture and tradition that goes back a long time, and it would be a loss for it to be killed
That's true.
But, I don't think the culture of bourbon making would disappear, only the brands.
There's people making illegal bourbon right now, and they'd still make it if every company out there collapsed. It's right there alongside moonshine culture. Those traditions aren't going to die because of tariffs. They'll just go back to a smaller scale of production.
That's a good point. My biggest worry would be for indie distilleries: people that are actually making a good product, and are part of the community
Word, they can only down size so much before they're gone because they already do small batches. Once the business goes bust, even though the actual expertise is still (word play intentional) in use, ramping back up to scale and all the costs that incurs is going to make them stay gone
Bourbon’s disgusting anyway. I haven’t had any in over a decade.
Right? Give me a scotch, anyday.