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   From: ig@elench.com   
      
   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   
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   Sales have been sinking since even before tariffs. The bourbon/whiskey boom   
   is over, similar to the craft beer industry.   
      
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