Tariffs are always good unless you don't care about American industries and only want the least expensive goods available. It will be painful, but we have to stop relying on potential enemies for the goods we require to survive.
Nowadays I get my whisky from Filey Bay which is about forty miles from where I live in East Yorkshire, England. The water and barley come from a nearby farm. Stonyground.
Fah! This story is an official statement that the "Kentucky Distillers Association" is a bunch of greedy lyin' bastards. No Bardstown jobs will be lost due to a drop in foreign bourbon sales. The giant mega-distilleries will still make huge profits, just not as huge margins as they projected. Domestic demand for every KY Bourbon is insane. If they don't ship the booze overseas, I guarantee domestic prices won't go down. They can't make enough whiskey to keep up! People have gone nuts over bourbon the past 20 years. Where do you think all that's going?
The one whiskey that would be affected by tariffs is a Tennessee brand which exports 65% of its products overseas. When furiners want American whiskey, they think "Jack and Coke" and not "Eagle Rare", "Henry McKenna 10 Year", "Woodford Double Oak", or "Russell's Reserve 10 Year".
But I have zero sympathy for Brown-Forman, which owns Jack Daniels. To target that huge foreign market and maximize profits, they cut the "Old No. 7" proof from 90% to 86% back in the early 90s, then again in 2006-ish from 86% to 80%. They made a lot of money, but they ruined the whiskey in the process. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
I work in infrastructure, specifically water/wastewater. Our lead times for materials has gone from 4-6 weeks for smaller diameter fittings to 20 weeks. Larger stuff going way further. Specialty fitting a year or more. We cannot keep up like this. The infrastructure will collapse due to the lack of materials
Don't drink it, don't care. Pass me another Shiner Bock please.
ReplyDeleteTariffs are always good unless you don't care about American industries and only want the least expensive goods available. It will be painful, but we have to stop relying on potential enemies for the goods we require to survive.
ReplyDeleteNowadays I get my whisky from Filey Bay which is about forty miles from where I live in East Yorkshire, England. The water and barley come from a nearby farm.
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Good thing there's no tax or tariff problem with Moon Shine
ReplyDeleteFah! This story is an official statement that the "Kentucky Distillers Association" is a bunch of greedy lyin' bastards. No Bardstown jobs will be lost due to a drop in foreign bourbon sales. The giant mega-distilleries will still make huge profits, just not as huge margins as they projected. Domestic demand for every KY Bourbon is insane. If they don't ship the booze overseas, I guarantee domestic prices won't go down. They can't make enough whiskey to keep up! People have gone nuts over bourbon the past 20 years. Where do you think all that's going?
ReplyDeleteThe one whiskey that would be affected by tariffs is a Tennessee brand which exports 65% of its products overseas. When furiners want American whiskey, they think "Jack and Coke" and not "Eagle Rare", "Henry McKenna 10 Year", "Woodford Double Oak", or "Russell's Reserve 10 Year".
But I have zero sympathy for Brown-Forman, which owns Jack Daniels. To target that huge foreign market and maximize profits, they cut the "Old No. 7" proof from 90% to 86% back in the early 90s, then again in 2006-ish from 86% to 80%. They made a lot of money, but they ruined the whiskey in the process. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
So then, we'll just hafta drink more of their stuff over here in 'murica, fuck the europeans...
ReplyDeleteI work in infrastructure, specifically water/wastewater. Our lead times for materials has gone from 4-6 weeks for smaller diameter fittings to 20 weeks. Larger stuff going way further. Specialty fitting a year or more. We cannot keep up like this. The infrastructure will collapse due to the lack of materials
ReplyDeleteWe're at, or near, the bottom of a thirty year decline. Gonna be a long slog back to the top of the hill
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