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Empty shelves at B.C. liquor stores as American booze pulled in response to tariffs (www.ctvnews.ca)

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Shelves that held bottles of Kentucky bourbon, Jack Daniels whiskey and Bacardi rum are sitting empty at government-run liquor stores in B.C. Sunday – where bottles of booze have been replaced with signs saying, ‘Buy Canadian Instead.’

The move follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.

Premier David Eby, in response, pledged to pull American liquor off the shelves and said provincial stores will stop purchasing it. The premiers of Ontario and Quebec have done the same.

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[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The Jack Daniels and Bacardi really aren't a loss to anyone. You are all better off without them.

Kentucky Burbon though:

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Bourbon is appellation protected - it's all from Kentucky. That's the reason Jack Daniels is "Tennessee Whiskey".

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago

Contrary to popular belief, bourbon may be made anywhere within the US:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey

“Tennessee Whiskey” has its own standards, most notably that it should be from Tennessee:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_whiskey

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Common misconception! There are rules when it comes to making bourbon, but location isn't one of them. Check out Koval bourbon from Illinois, and I'm sure there's plenty of good stuff coming out of Oregon and California.

Edit: It does have to be made in the US, not a specific state or county.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I bought a freshly dumped bourbon barrel from Woodinville Whiskey in Oregon.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Holy shit it’s gonna be like traveling with blue jeans in the 80s all over again. Isolationism sucks :(

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is there any ill that fireball can't cure?

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think it causes more ills than it could ever cure.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Diabetes

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ahaha, my thoughts exactly. One of the best parts about Biden winning, for me at least, was ending my embargo of bourbon.