Well, let’s be honest. American whiskey isn’t very popular outside of NA. It’s a mixer whisky but only for those that want a whiskey and Coke. There’s just far better done elsewhere on the planet.
But an American whiskey is for when people feel like that Hollywood western Americana vibe. It’s a novelty.
Even in USA media, the JD bottle is always used in the “hit rock bottom” scene.
I feel like you’re kind of proving my point here. Looking at the dollars and sales.
So what percentage of that was the really good whiskey distilleries most people haven’t even heard of vs the big ones that supply the world with the novelty of American whiskey?
Yeah I know. It’s the same with beers too. But you gotta find the places and directly order them or ask a distributor in the country to grab them. It’s not something you can just grab from the shelf at the local store like other whisky countries.
Well, let’s be honest. American whiskey isn’t very popular outside of NA. It’s a mixer whisky but only for those that want a whiskey and Coke. There’s just far better done elsewhere on the planet.
But an American whiskey is for when people feel like that Hollywood western Americana vibe. It’s a novelty.
Even in USA media, the JD bottle is always used in the “hit rock bottom” scene.
JD is far from top shelf US whiskey though.
In 2023 $1.8 billion of whiskey was exported to countries outside North America – that number is second only to the UK. You can look at the numbers (and impacts of tariffs) here
Yes, let’s judge every other whisky producing country by the mass produced garbage that makes up the bulk of their exports too.
I feel like you’re kind of proving my point here. Looking at the dollars and sales.
So what percentage of that was the really good whiskey distilleries most people haven’t even heard of vs the big ones that supply the world with the novelty of American whiskey?
Oh dude. That stuff is barely whiskey. There’s much better American stuff out there.
Yeah I know. It’s the same with beers too. But you gotta find the places and directly order them or ask a distributor in the country to grab them. It’s not something you can just grab from the shelf at the local store like other whisky countries.