Good job Canada! Keep it up. Boycott more US products / services. Thank you,
-an American
Good job Canada! Keep it up. Boycott more US products / services. Thank you,
-an American
Boycott us harder Maple Daddy.
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?
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 handβ¦.
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You do you.
Source: US Citizen.
Also fuck the US.
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.
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.
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)
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!
But just like you wont find Scotch taste exactly....
Yes, but many japanese whisky is based on scottish methods and has a similar style to scotch. It would be a decent replacement if scotland decided to declare war on canada...
We need whisky distilled from corn and aged in oak... Yes, you cant call it bourbon, but it's a better start than just trying to shoehorn rye whisky in as a replacement
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.
There are a bunch of places in BC making gin, I can think of at least 15. Really interesting flavours and techniques. Two of my favourites are Victoria Gin and Sheringham Point. Tofino also has a good distillery. Itβs the new craft alcohol scene since people are kinda off beer it seems. (I would add links but my internet is being wonky).
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.
Can you be more specific on those gins? You have my attention.
Specifically, you want to get your hands on their Unfiltered Gin 22. It is, hands down, the best gin I have ever tasted.
No the person you asked, but see my comment above for some Vancouver island gin recommendations if youβre interested.
What about importing whiskey from Ireland? There are differences in taste, ingredients, and production methods, but it might be similar enough to be an alternative. Here is a good reference about the differences between whiskey and burbon. Bourbon is a spirit that evolved from whiskey production methods.
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.
Iβm not saying good beer doesnβt 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.
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
My local beer place told me that its distributor can't get any more Unibroue beer now. We don't deserve their glorious beer given our bullshit, but it still sucks.
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).
The wine drinkers I know already drank Canadian wines before this whole ordeal
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.
Thereβs many countries that produce wine, skipping on the USβs contribution is hardly a blip on the radar.
Whites are OK but not great. Reds are bleh, not enough sun.
Okanagon wine, lots of sun and desert heat
And most of those wineries will tell you they aren't great reds. Been doing wine buying trips in the Okanagan for 30 years when there was maybe 6 wineries.
It depends. Kelowna is a bit north for reds so you'll get your pinot, gamay, zweitgelt, etc and they're decent. I find the only good merlot, syrah, foch, even tempranillo, fuller body stuff is mostly Similkameen Valley and south near the border. I'd say there's definitely solid red options but they come at a price. Chilean or even French equivalents for less.
Will booze be cheaper for America now?
Nope, prices went up. A $40 bottle of whiskey a few months ago is going for $45.
Not a chance, it was already artificially inflated because they know they can get away with it
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.
They'll probably still import Alberta barley which is some of the best malt-quality barley in the world. So they'll probably be tariffing that.
They need to recover costs so now they'll have to pump the local population for more. And they can so they will.
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