March 5 (Reuters) - Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman’s CEO Lawson Whiting said on Wednesday Canadian provinces taking American liquor off store shelves was “worse than a tariff” and a “disproportionate response” to levies imposed by the Trump administration.
Several Canadian provinces have taken U.S. liquor off store shelves as part of retaliatory measures against President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Canadians are steering away from U.S. goods, sports events and trips following the recent imposition of tariffs, which have left them stirred, despite the deep ties between the two countries.
I am but a lone Canadian, but I’ll not buy a single American product, especially not from red states, until Tangerine Palpatine leaves office or dies, whichever happens first. We make fucking fantastic whiskey right here in Quebec.
“wow, if ain’t those the consequences of my own actions”.
Fucking deep cut 😂
Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.
That’s just fucking glorious. Have some Lemmy Gold.
Im pretty sure insulting our PM and threatening to annex us is worse but what do I know…
insulting our PM
threatening to annex us
One of these things is not like the other.
Disrespecting our PM by calling him Governor is functionally the same thing as my other point
Who cares if he insults a politician? How is that the problem?
The problem is that he is threatening your sovereignty. Yes I understand that calling him Governor is implying that Canada is merely a state. But that’s the problem, not some slight against a figurehead.
So re-read my latest comment. That was my implication
That wasn’t Jack Daniel’s! That was just their owners, their customers, Tennessee’s politicians, their voters, other red states…
Right? Gotta love these fuckers who only see the money side of this. The potato dick wants to occupy our communities and pillage our natural resources, and this shit stain thinks not being allowed to sell his rotten corn juice in out territory is a step to far?
We know he voted for this menace. All of these wastes of carbon did. This is what he voted for.
Feeling insulted when the PM is insulted seems weird. Do you think Americans feel insulted when someone calls Trump a clown?
You’re not the guy who put tariffs on Chinese cars to appease the American car manufacturers, the US president calling him a stooge of America for doing his own bidding is genuinely funny.
“Your country is so small and weak you might as well have a mayor instead of a real government. We should and will annex you because we can”
“Why are you offended, that seems weird”
Yes, nationalism is weird, why do you identify with the Canadian government? I sure as hell don’t identify with America’s actions.
If another country was threatening to invade your home, would you take joy in that?
I mean my home is also the evil empire pillaging the rest of the world, so if I believed them, on some level, yes.
But no, I’d laugh at them because of how absurd it would be.
But no, I’d laugh at them because of how absurd it would be.
We don’t have that luxury.
I mean my home is also the evil empire pillaging the rest of the world
So maybe don’t tell us we’re weird about our own nationalism/patriotism when said evil pillaging empire threatens to pillage us?
We don’t have that luxury.
Have you seen how big and white Canada is? There’s not going to be an invasion or even drone strikes.
So maybe don’t tell us we’re weird about our own nationalism/patriotism when said evil pillaging empire threatens to pillage us?
Canada has been helping us the whole time, I’m going to be even more flippant when Britain and the EU’s economies are next to be sacrificed to maintain the rate of profit.
Assuming you don’t work for Bombardier, neither of us has benefited from the spoils of empire.
Go on back to reddit, troll
You have the empathy of a snail.
There absolutely are Americans who get insulted when you make fun of Trump, you can meet them at any Trump rally. I’d also point out, Trump insulted the PM and the entirety of Canada.
OK, excepting the weirdo MAGAs, but I assumed the Canadian equivalent wouldn’t be on Lemmy. Do they even have internet in Alberta?
I’d imagine Alberta has a better grid than Texas. 0 celsius and the entire state goes dark
Probably, I just assume any right-wing weirdo would live there because of the confederate flag pickup trucks.
Funny thing, I just looked this up this morning. Texas is actually 47% Democrat and 38% Republican, but their gerrymandering is controlled by the GOP and drawn to hugely suppress the Dem vote. They are basically the poster child for suppressing the will of the voters.
Texas also gets its reputation from a sort of zealous immigrant effect. People who move to Texas are more likely to embrace a new identity of their perception of Texans. So you get people who moved to Texas 2 years ago and go around in cowboy hats and talking with a ridiculous accent, further reinforcing Texas’s reputation, even though those people are an extremely loud minority.
Literally could not care less what Jack thinks about us doing what we must.
we deserve it tho. if you’re gonna be dumb, you got to be tough
That’s how I build my DnD fighters.
It says right in the article, “Canada accounts for 1% of the sales…” So I’m not one to shit on good news but I don’t think thats a problem for them. But that’s just Jack Daniel’s. Across the whole spirits, liquors, and wines industry definitely will add up.
suck my dick jackie boy
If you’re pissed, put your influence against Trump and his horseshit tariffs. What was a disproportionate response was Canada doing nothing wrong, and America putting tariffs on their goods.
They only have Trump to blame
They also have the Project 2025 authors and the rest of the Republican Party to blame as well.
Republican voters*
I don’t care if they were duped, hoodwinked, brainwashed, lied to, conned, scammed, whatever. They need to take some fucking responsibility.
Not our problem your president broke the agreement.
I don’t know the guy’s politics, and I don’t care to know them, but if you have a super generic, easily replaceable export, you should avoid presidents who fuck around, because you’ll be the one who finds out.
It’s a terrible whiskey anyway. Go for a good Scottish or Irish single malt.
Bourbons have their place, you can’t really make an old fashioned with a scotch … I mean you can … but you shouldn’t. That said you shouldnt use Jack Daniels for one either.
Eh, Jack isn’t really a bourbon. It’s made with a starter but that’s still not really a bourbon. That would be Jim. I don’t particularly care for either, but when I was drinking, I preferred a good Irish or Scottish neat.
Occasionally I liked a cocktail with Cointreau, Tequila and lime on the rocks. I forget what it was called.
I’m staying out of the whiskey war, but…
Occasionally I liked a cocktail with Cointreau, Tequila and lime on the rocks. I forget what it was called.
This is just a margarita on the rocks, sometimes called a classic margarita. 👍
Thanks. You know American establishments often have their own names. I’ve had them made with Triple Sec and without any liquor so I really didn’t recall since it’s not in my priorities. But Cointreau tastes better than Triple Sec,imo.
Jack isn’t really a bourbon
It checks all of the legal boxes to be a bourbon, at least 51% corn, aged in new charred oak barrels, the aging and proof requirements, made in the US, etc.
Being “made with a starter” isn’t a requirement for bourbon, and I’m honestly not even too sure what you mean by that. I assume it’s probably some reference to it being a sour mash whiskey, but that’s not something that factors into the legal definition of bourbon.
The only thing that arguably makes it not a bourbon is the “Lincoln County Process” of charcoal filtering it before aging in the casks, which is a requirement to be called a “Tennessee Whiskey,” all the other requirements are pretty much the same as bourbon (and it’s worth noting that the 2nd biggest Tennessee Whiskey brand is Prichards, which is actually located in Lincoln County, and doesn’t use that process and has a grandfathered exception to that requirement)
The main nitpick is whether that Lincoln county process can be considered to add color or flavoring, because if it does that would disqualify it from being a bourbon. I’m personally of the opinion that if it’s a filtering process, it’s probably removing flavor and color if anything so not a disqualifier, and even if it did, in the relatively short time it’s in contact with the whiskey it’s probably pretty insignificant and not gonna be all that distinguishable from what the charred oak barrels are going to impact to it over the next 2+ years.
And Tennessee is really the only place that makes the Lincoln County Process a requirement for “Tennessee Whiskey” Pretty much any other government or trade organization (like NAFTA) that has a definition for it basically just leaves it at something like “a straight bourbon whiskey made in Tennessee”
That article pretty much just rehashes what I said, and doesn’t touch on what you said about “being made with a starter” so I’m not really clear on why you linked it.
The legal requirements for Tennessee Whiskey are the same as for bourbon + it must be made in Tennessee + charcoal filtering
And since bourbon can be made anywhere in the US, and at least until the next civil war kicks off, Tennessee is still in the US
And since the legal definition for bourbon doesn’t say that you can’t charcoal filter it, and since it’s purpose is to “remove impurities” I think it’s safe to say it’s not adding any color or flavor which would disqualify it. (And one of the big producers doesn’t even need to do it)
I think it’s safe to say that Tennessee Whiskey is bourbon. It just checks a couple extra boxes so it can be marketed as “Tennessee Whiskey” because it makes it sound a little extra special.
Maple. IDC if you want to call it bourbon. I just thought you may want to know the actual difference. Cheers and enjoy your bourbon.
Removing American products had very little to do with tariffs. It started after Trump threatened to invade Canada.
