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   From: ceesharp@fcleff.org   
      
   On 12/20/25 7:15 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:   
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   >   | Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery   
   >   | for 2026   
   >   | ...   
   >   | The move comes as Kentucky's $9 billion bourbon industry   
   >   | grapples with a glut of whiskey and a slump in demand at   
   >   | home. In response, the industry has pulled back production   
   >   | by more than 55 million proof-gallons (an industry unit of   
   >   | measurement) or more than 28% through August, the lowest   
   >   | level since 2018. At the same time, exports have been   
   >   | curtailed to major trading partners; Canada has been   
   >   | boycotting American spirits since March in retaliation for   
   >   | President Trump's ongoing trade war and U.S. whiskey sales   
   >   | to that country are down by more than 60% through October.   
   >   | Other Kentucky companies including Jack Daniel's Tennessee   
   >   | Whiskey maker Brown-Forman also have announced layoffs or   
   >   | shorter pauses in production earlier in the year.   
   >   | ...   
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   >      --bks   
      
   The bourbon decline began in 2023.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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