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[–] [email protected] 91 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Less Scotch whisky going to American and less American whiskey coming over here? I'm struggling to see a downside.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As a Canadian I’ll pick up the slack and buy more of your EU whiskey.

I like Irish — Jameson was my first whiskey and Red Breast is a favourite of mine. If Jameson brings back Crested I will purchase an entire case in day 1, I loved that one.

Currently I’ve got tons of Scotch — a few bottles of Oban, a couple Lagavulins, Bowmore 15, the Balvenie, Laphroig Lore, Edradour, Tomintoul, Cutty Sark, Glen Scotia…

I buy Macallan too but my shelf has too much on it to stock up right now.

[–] Coldcell 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You sound like someone in need of a Dalmore 18 or 15. I can't recommend it enough!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I will keep an eye open for it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Aberlour 15.

[–] Noel_Skum 10 points 4 days ago

Nice to see whisky and whiskey both used correctly. One of the wildest spelling rules I know of…

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Who even likes American whiskey? So many better options...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There are great options everywhere, including American whiskey. But with so many options, losing one is not a big deal.

I'd be curious how many people go looking specifically for American whiskey purposely looking past all other alternatives because that's exactly what they want.

[–] loutr 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Jack Daniel's is pretty popular here in France, though I doubt people are willing to pay a 200% tax on it and will just switch to other brands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Like with many things there's a degree of default-ism with American goods, and a lot of cocktail recipes call specifically for certain whiskeys. Even more generally than specific brands - bourbon, which is PDO. Could you use other whiskeys (if you can even find a non-bourbon corn whiskey), sure - but are you "following the recipe"? Is this bad because the recipe is bad, or because you picked a bad sub?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

When it comes to whisky/whiskey they vary a lot in flavor, but have many similarities based on the region due to all kinds of factors. Bourbons in particular tend to have noticeable vanilla notes, which may or may not be lacking in other types. You can use bourbon or rye, or really any other whisky in an old fashioned, but you probably wouldn't want to use an Islay single malt (well I wouldn't, but maybe you do, I don't know) but I think that's specific to Islay, and I mostly would be fine having one made with any type of whisky.

Anyway, my point is that unless you're looking for something specific about bourbon that you can't find elsewhere, alternatives are at least as good regardless of where they come from. I like a good bourbon, but at least for the time being, I wouldn't buy any.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

The majority of pizza served in the US is revolting to the Italians...are they "following the recipe"? Nope. Do they like and buy their pizza? Yes. Same will apply to drinks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

They taste different and I wouldn't even really compare. My pallet can't stand scotch, but corn and rye whiskeys from the US and Canada are great. That doesn't mean scotch is all trash, I just don't like the taste.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

The only thing american whisky has going on for it is that it's the cheapest. I guess that won't be tha case with the tariff, so I don't know why would anyone buy it.

[–] Kellamity 1 points 4 days ago

BUT a lot of peated whisky is aged in bourbon casks imported from the US. I wonder if that's included in any tariffs or separate?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, for the rest of us outside the US, the price of that good Euro shit should go down.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Scotch isn't from EU though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Scotland, UK, which is not in the EU.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

🤦‍♂️, ah yes, my bad.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Stop playing around dude, just put 1000% on everything from everyone and go play golf. Surely that won't burn everything to the ground and cause him to get dragged into the street by an angry mob...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Can’t form mobs if everyone sits indoors

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Why stop there. Just put a million, billion, infinity +1 tariff and watch trump say infinity +2!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

The guy is doing this as micro aggression than anything, I don't see an economical strategy here just a stupid message from him

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lmao, taxes/tariffs or not; everyone's boycotting your shit anyway. Fuck you America!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I just want to point out Trump does not equal America. But, unfortunately, we kinda suck in other ways and have been fucking over other parts of the world for a while, so... 🤷

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As an American, please boycott us (and Israel), this Fascist empire needs to crumble quickly

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Yup. I can only agree with this sentiment.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The American people voted that into office, either directly or by not bothering to vote against it.

America collectively chose this.

I feel for those that actually wanted different, but until you can get through to your friends, family, and neighbours to fix this mess; America is going to be judged by the actions of the representatives they voted for.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Well, we are one of the most heavily propagandized countries on the planet. So, uh, wish me luck?

But, for what it's worth, I stand with the common citizens of any country. Even Russia. At least in that I don't bear ill will towards the commoners anywhere.

America desperately needs class solidarity. But, so does the planet. My two cents anyway.

[–] earphone843 1 points 5 days ago

There were massive amounts of blatant election interference, and Trump straight up admitted that they rigged the election.

It's super disingenuous to say that America collectively chose this.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Oh no, a 200% tariff that he'll recall 48 hours later? How scary! Anything but that!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Did the EU tarrif American alcohol or does trump think Canada is is in Europe?

Quick edit:

EU out a 50% tarrif on US whiskey yesterday, it's still unknown if Trump thinks Canada is in Europe tho

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It probably depends on the moment.

I feel it oscillates from "basically already a state" to "European nation that happens to be next to us" to "damn Canadians won't give me Greenland, must be the left."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Greenland is basically Trans-Europe; born American but won’t admit it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

"One billion percent tariffs!" - DJT next week

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If you find yourself in a hole remember it's a great hole.

~Donald Trump

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm ... kinda ok with this particular, but my father was an abusive alcoholic. Although, his vice of choice was vodka which probably doesn't apply.

But fuck Trump tarrifs still, I just want a heavy booze tax, not some stupid man baby hissy fit with the rest of the world.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The problem with that is people, especially alcoholics, are still going to drink. If its prohibitively expensive, they'll turn to bootleg liquor which is probably contaminated.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/istanbul-tainted-alcohol-people-dead/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yup, I know. Actually, when they did this with cigarettes they did see it go down a little with adults but the main thing was that it helped reduce youth smoking. Teens have a tighter budget for these things.

But the bootlegging is unique to booze, so yeah.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Untaxed cigarettes are absolutely a thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean, in some places. The tax is generally a disencentive to start the habit. I'd be curious to see a natural experiment comparing places with and without it as the US dropped it's smoking rate to low teens (at least, until vaping became a thing).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yea, unfortunately selling vapes in gas stations got Americas kids hooked again. We almost beat it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

What about mouthwash? What about huffing paint?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago

But non-alcoholics might start looking to thc instead. This could hit booze corporations with a double whammy of a hard hit to their bottom line while forcing a lot of their customers to seek alternative adulterants.

[–] lka1988 10 points 5 days ago

What an absolute fucking man-child.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's abundantly clear by the state of our nation that we need to drink a whole lot less alcohol and smoke a whole lot more weed.

One amplifies hatred, the other dispels it. Blow Marijuana in a Republican's face, it's your civic duty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I see Jameson's, I upvote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Noooooooooooooooooooooo