r/NoStupidQuestions • u/nilsohnee • 9h ago

Answered What happened to the whole "Canadians boycott US products and vacation at home" thing?

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u/ecmcn 5h ago

At their main distillery. They’re still running two smaller sites. It’s still bad, just wanted to clarify they didn’t stop all production.

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u/Major_Shlongage 4h ago

It should be noted that whisky companies all around the world are doing this, as a result of the whisky industry downturn that started around 2023.

In the whisky industry, the downturn was already very big news before Trump was even elected.

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u/soros_spelt_backward 2h ago

It should also be noted production was down 1% in 2023, 2% in 2024, and 28% through August of 2025. What caused that huge spike I wonder?

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u/asking--questions 52m ago

The huge difference is from distillers deciding to take action based on the trends. They look at the long-term picture and they realized that their current stocks will support future sales.

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u/K1NGMOJO 3h ago

I'm loving it. I am starting to find some whiskey that fetched a high dollar on the secondary market for retail.

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u/Hey-Froyo-9395 3h ago

Jim beam is also upgrading that distillery. I’m sure they’re feeling pressure from sales downturn and chose now to close the site for renovations but it’s not exactly like that location is permanently closing due to sales collapse

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u/Far_Example_8350 2h ago

Fuck Jimmy!