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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/27100578

Archive link for those of us still considering retaliatory tariffs.

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[โ€“] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are the empty barrels even affected by tariffs on bourbon? Are you just worrying there may not be enough barrels overall because bourbon demand dries up?

both

Is the barrel question time-sensitive? Or could they just wait until EU & US have finished coming to terms with each other?

They could wait but it would impact production overall spiking the prices even more including outside the ISA for sherry and Scotch.

Would people even notice if their spirits were aged in neutral barrels but with wood chips thrown in for flavor?

Most would as you would get more of he overt wood flavor and less of things like butter, cream, cocoa, nutty flavors that barrels impart.

Would that produce a naming issue (i.e. the EU forbidding these products from being sold as sherry or scotch?

Neither require bourbon barrels they just use them because they are less expensive than other oak barrels.

[โ€“] federalreverse@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago

Interesting! Thanks (belatedly)!