EU Members To Slap Tariffs On US Tobacco, Electronics, And Toys -- But Not Bourbon
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European Union leaders will consider imposing 25 percent tariffs on a range of US imports, including steel, clothes, and food, but not bourbon or other alcoholic drinks, following US President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imports from the EU.

European Union leaders will consider imposing 25 percent tariffs on a range of US imports, including steel, clothes, and food, but not bourbon or other alcoholic drinks, following US President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imports from the EU.

  • slackassassinEnglish
    21·
    7 days ago

    No, not all whiskeys are required to be fermented in a new charred oak barrels. That’s what produces the typical smokey flavor associated with bourbon. All bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon. That’s like saying all other grain whiskey that doesn’t use corn is Scotch.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      7 days ago

      …

      If you make an aged oak spirit in the UK, it would be a corn whiskey, that exact same spirit in the USA would be Bourbon.

      Thank you for the being the stereotypical ignorant American who thinks bourbon is unique.

      A concurrent resolution adopted by the United States Congress in 1964 declared bourbon to be a “distinctive product of the United States” and asked “the appropriate agencies of the United States Government … [to] take appropriate action to prohibit importation into the United States of whiskey designated as ‘Bourbon Whiskey’.”[26][27] A U.S. federal regulation now restricts the definition of bourbon for whiskey to only include spirits produced in the U.S.[28]

      That’s it, it’s literally a USA ego thing.

      Also, scotch is a terrible example, that’s another unique one, it’s made in Scotland only…. You really don’t know your whiskey history at all do you?

      • slackassassinEnglish
        11·
        7 days ago

        Yes, it must be made in the us. Scotch also has to be made in Scotland. But nobody is out here saying it’s Scottish ego. They just know the flavor profile of scotch. But you can make similar things elsewhere, true.

        • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          7 days ago

          That’s because Scotland isn’t making it part of their identity like USA did dude….

          Also, the USA has their own bullshit version, single malt whiskey. Of course they would try and copy while refusing to let others -.-

          • slackassassinEnglish
            11·
            7 days ago

            Lol, what? You are just riding on some xenophobia tip or something. You know the fact that there is a ton of American whiskey that is not called bourbon kinda disproves your whole prejudice, right? Whatever, keep stewing in it I guess.