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β€œThe Distilled Spirits Council, an industry group, estimated exports of U.S. distilled spirits to Canada at $43.4 million over the first six months of 2025, down about 62% from the same period in 2024. Exports of American wine were about 67% lower, the group said, citing U.S. trade data.”

Good job, Canada! Keep your elbows up!

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 80 points 1 week ago

Good job Canada! Keep it up. Boycott more US products / services. Thank you,

-an American

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If only there weren't so many maple-washed. eg. I bet some Canadians think Molson Canadian is Canadian.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 26 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Molson Coors is a Canadian-American company with headquarters in Chicago and Montreal.

For me, that's enough to stay away from it, but it's not a fully American company, so I allow some leeway there.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There is enough really phenomenal beer available from local microbreweries now that I never have to drink Molson ever again. (not that I would ever describe Molson as phenomenal, just that every bar and restaurant carries better stock now.)

Trying beer I've never had before is one of my favorite things to do when I'm in a new city.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Molson also produces at least some of their beer in Canada afaik

[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They still have breweries in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and BC.

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[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Moosehead is the only fully Canadian major brewery left, to my knowledge.

Everything else is owned by either Molson-Coors, Sapporo or InBev.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Canada's got great local craft brewries and distilleries all over the place. We do not need American stuff, and at least on the beer front the Canadian-brewed stuff's just plain better tasting.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

We need a good replacement for bourbon though. No canadian whisky is a drop-in replacement

Edit: i know other styles of whisky exist. I've tried a lot of them. Nothing out there currently is close to bourbon. Not even the right type of grain to start with.

It's like asking for a champagne replacement and people suggesting red wines instead of other types of sparkling white wine (of which many exist)

[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You won't find "american bourbon taste" exactly... But just like you wont find Scotch taste exactly.

They're different things, and learning to appreciate the good things in that diversity of style will only help you be happier in life... I love rye, it's not the same as canadian whiskey, irish whiskey or scotch whisky, but itnhas its place in my cupboard. I'm sure you can find a good Indian or Japanese bourbon-copy whiskey!

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[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If it makes y'all feel any better, it was legally pretty difficult to brew any kind of distilled liquor in the US following Prohibition until, like, 2010. America's iconic alcohol products tend to be produced in places where there has been a traditional carve-out β€” at least on the East Coast, blue laws reign supreme.

Y'all have an entire Canada to make cannabis and liquor in. You have a real head start compared to us; you will find a way to replace American Whiskey, rum, gin, or beer in no time flat. Could be time for Canada to enjoy a Renaissance of importing foreign and exotic liquors, like soju or araqi.

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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

I got the opportunity to try this limited run from Compass recently, and it's fantastic. Unfortunately, sold out already and they're not currently making more, but they damn well should.

In general though, I found myself switching to Canadian whiskey in my cocktails a while ago. Canadian Club is still dog-ass and you shouldn't touch the stuff, but that doesn't mean other distillers haven't been upping their game. Dillons has a really nice whiskey out now, to complement their selection of - and I am 100% not exaggerating here - the best god damn gins ever made, and the Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye deserves all the awards it was showered with. There's also the Alberta Premium Cask Strength which everyone has been raving about. I've tried the regular Alberta Premium and it really is excellent. I imagine the cask strength is even better.

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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

At the risk of being downvoted, I think the beer quality is pretty similar on both sides of the border, except in what we call the Pacific Northwest, in a greater sense - Cascadia, if you will.

I’m not saying good beer doesn’t exist other places, but in my book, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon form a sort of fantastic microbrew continuum, an example where regional culture transcends the national borders.

A beer from Vancouver or Victoria is comparable in quality to Seattle or Portland, but they collectively wallop most breweries in the other parts of both our countries. These places have a much more developed beer culture, too. Hanging out at microbreweries is so much more of a thing in that region.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

We just need to re invest into malting and making extracts as the only one in NA is in Ohio... Because an American bought up our facilities and moved them across the border

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[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Boycott us harder Maple Daddy.

[–] MrBungle@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

GOBBLESS YA SON

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You do you.

Source: US Citizen.

Also fuck the US.

[–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Idk if this is just me but remember public education in the US making it seem so damn cool and good and special? It's like growing up, realizing Santa isn't real but watching people in their 50's break down like toddlers when you explain how it's all made up.

Yes, exactly!

[–] Crostro@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wasn't there some c suite recently saying exports to Canada are equivalent to a rounding error in terms of volume? Where's that guy? How's he doing?

I believe he got off scot-free which is part of the C-suite job description, zero accountability unless there's credit to be taken

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago

Get fucked yanks. πŸ–•πŸ–•πŸ–•

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago
[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Funny… another headline today was about 53% of adults no longer drinking and thinking alcohol is bad for you.

I guess the two go hand in hand….

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

and thinking alcohol is bad for you.

I mean there is a strong scientific consensus on that.

I can also recommend everyone to say goodbye to alcohol. Alcohol free beers can be quite good nowadays. The only taste i miss sometimes is a Whiskey where you can taste the smokiness but it isn't too strong yet. Still not worth the negative health effects.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Helps that Kurzgesagt just came out with a video all about how there's no amount of daily alcohol intake that's not bad for you.

It turns out that all of those "studies" saying that a glass of wine or a glass of beer a day is actually healthy for you was all bullshit.

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[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Of course. A diminishing domestic market combined with a completely obliterated export market. What a combo.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Nothing of value will be lost.

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

Good! Let them reel..

[–] diptchip@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

It's literally toxic.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Will booze be cheaper for America now?

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that whole thing about supply/demand curves that you learned on day one econ 101? Yeah, that's bullshit.

In capitalism, they control the supply, so you pay what they demand. It's that simple. Markets do not in fact regulate themselves, and never have.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Nope, prices went up. A $40 bottle of whiskey a few months ago is going for $45.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah it was pretty eye-popping to see a bottle of Jameson's costing almost $40 in the last couple of years.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

Not a chance, it was already artificially inflated because they know they can get away with it

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[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Keep up the good work!

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah buddy!

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Do y'all make good wine? Or do you just import it from Chile instead of California?

Canada makes really lovely wines. Vancouver Island especially has some of my favourites (also because I live here haha).

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The wine drinkers I know already drank Canadian wines before this whole ordeal

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The Niagara region in ON and Okanagan region in BC produce some good stuff, or so I'm told. More a beer and whiskey guy myself.

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