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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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Hey you just described the requirement of corn whiskey? Anyone can distill a spirit that could be called Bourbon, but they can’t, since it wasn’t bottled in the USA.

The only difference between a corn whiskey is bourbon is bottled in the USA, but try to make it sound better than it is. It’s a corn whiskey, bottled in the USA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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.

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?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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 -.-

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 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.