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Never liked the hard hard stuff unless it's mixed with a lot of something. This may be the Golden Age for beer. Breweries everywhere. They can keep that pumpkin stuff, though.
1 posted on 06/07/2025 7:24:39 AM PDT by Libloather
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I like a good bourbon or scotch. Maybe this will lower the cost over time.


2 posted on 06/07/2025 7:27:25 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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This may be the Golden Age for beer. Breweries everywhere.

Oversaturated. Gen Z is not a big fan of breweries. So some of them are closing.

3 posted on 06/07/2025 7:27:43 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Agree with no pumpkin. Pumpkin belongs in pies, cookies, or bread. Not in my beer.


4 posted on 06/07/2025 7:28:53 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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Too many IPAs on the market. Hops contain phyto-estrogens, so drinking a lot of IPAs turns you into a soy boy.

It’s a conspiracy!


5 posted on 06/07/2025 7:31:21 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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Jack Daniel’s needs to get in bed with Deep State!

Another world-wide lockdown (FOR NO REASON!) would get liquor sales back up to 2020 levels.

*SMIRK* *HIC*


6 posted on 06/07/2025 7:33:57 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Well I know a guy who drinks more whiskey the more weed he smokes. Maybe he can be a consultant for Jack Daniel’s. The guys not good for much else.

Now me personally I wouldn’t call JD “premium”, call me a snob. It’s midshelf at best. Not a fan. Indeed not a fan of hard liquor much, except clear spirits like Vodka. Not even tequila. Most of it turns my stomach. Vodka and soda with a splash is alright, or a G&T.

The one advantage the spirit makers do have is the low carb and low cal aspect. One shot is more bang for the buck - no carbs and low calories and for some keto friendly foo. Better for weight loss if you have 3 shots than 3 beers or 3 glasses of wine. Drink a glass of water after each shot too. It’s even better if you have 12 shots because then you’ll toss up the dinner too. Negative calories!


7 posted on 06/07/2025 7:34:23 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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Bourbon or Scotch is best mixed with 2-3 ice cubes....


9 posted on 06/07/2025 7:41:35 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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Sales are down? I’m doing the best I can!


10 posted on 06/07/2025 7:47:09 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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Executives from Jack Daniel’s parent company, Brown-Forman Corp., warned that the business is seeing pressure from cannabis, weight-loss drugs and lackluster demand from Generation Z.

I remember reading somewhere that the GLP-1 diabetes/weight-loss drugs also suppress craving for alcohol - interesting.
11 posted on 06/07/2025 7:48:00 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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I’ve noticed the trend away from wine perhaps due to cost or perhaps the use of cannabis. Seems wherever I go, there are stacks of wine on sale.

Meanwhile, in a recent article in a wine mag, it was noted that the prices of wine in restaurants have gone to such an extreme, the lowest cost bottle on menus is approaching $50+. no wonder sales are dropping.

I don’t drink spirits. Interestingly, has anyone noticed the price of a 12 pack of simple soda these days? Unless there is a special sale, the standard price for Coke here seems about $8.


14 posted on 06/07/2025 7:48:51 AM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town to now!)
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Jack Daniels is too expensive. Jim Beam serves the same purpose for 2/3rds of the cost.


16 posted on 06/07/2025 7:50:01 AM PDT by FLNittany
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Not surprising and only few are starting to open their eyes to what is going on in the adult beverage industry and by extension why many restaurants are having issues.

Many, many reasons why alcohol, craft beer especially is seeing a serious downturn, Weed competition, Gen Z not drinkers (sit at home and stream) like Boomers, GenX or even Millennials, bona-fide health reasons and also many using at an excuse to mask they have no disposable cash, COVID funny money dried up, no extra funny money cash from house purchases and refinances, credit cards maxed out...basically the chickens are coming home to roost for the terrible economy we have which has been greatly accelerated over the last 4 years.

17 posted on 06/07/2025 7:53:06 AM PDT by frogjerk
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Kids dont drink anymore. I started drinking young, was an alcoholic by 16. I used a bike lock to lock the liquor cabinet when my kids we growing up and they thought it was hysterical.
Vaping is really big, but alcohol seems like something old people do, to them.


20 posted on 06/07/2025 7:55:13 AM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suckle the breast of Capitalism.)
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Never tasted it, not sure I’ve even smelled it.
Don’t like beer.
What’s this about pumpkins? Don’t like them either.
Thank heavens there is chocolate to keep me occupied.


23 posted on 06/07/2025 7:58:39 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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I hate the taste of all alcohol personally. But to each their own.


27 posted on 06/07/2025 8:04:07 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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Have you seen the price of quality bourbon?


28 posted on 06/07/2025 8:05:02 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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Most things are always about money. For a lot of people, going out for drinks and dinner are way too expensive anymore.


29 posted on 06/07/2025 8:05:29 AM PDT by dforest
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my young friends who drink prefer the clear Zima-like flavored soda-pop mildly alcoholic beverages ...

[Zima was about two decades ahead of its time]


30 posted on 06/07/2025 8:08:19 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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The Gen Z in my own family seem more interested in craft beer than hard liquor.


37 posted on 06/07/2025 8:19:13 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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I’ve never liked Jack Daniels, I much prefer a good single malt Scotch or Jameson’s Irish whiskey.


38 posted on 06/07/2025 8:19:44 AM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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