Posted on 10/21/2025 8:36:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
American Whiskey Association President and CEO Michael Bilello joins 'Mornings with Maria' to discuss how tariffs and shifting consumer trends are impacting U.S. whiskey exports.
'American Whiskey will go global': CEO defies tariffs, bets on worldwide growth | 5:08
Fox Business Clips | 45K subscribers | 3,421 views | October 20, 2025
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The Defense Dep't has been changed back to War Dep't; the BATF couldn't possibly have a worse public image if their name was changed to the Bureau of Whiskey, Car Keys, and Teenagers.
The whiskey that India produces is at best “whiskey adjacent”. It’s a mix of neutral grain spirits, caramel color and a small portion of real whiskey. Some have as little as 5% real whiskey. Indian whiskey is to whiskey as “Sunny D” is to orange juice.
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It’s good to lay a foundation for expansion so when the tariffs are lifted because of a worldwide fair trade deal, they will be in position to mass market their product.
If American whiskey goes global, it means Trump’s tariff succeeds, no? How is it defying tariff?
Man, just don’t mess with my 15 year old Whistle Pig Rye whiskey.
Why Bartiromo’s producers decided that this fringe producer was newsworthy is beyond me.
Well, this will be good news for Kentucky anyway.
Oh dang! That’s gonna leave a mark!
LOL!
Oh, and FWVLIW, my wife grew up, and I finished high school, about 30 minutes from Bardstown, KY.
Naturally, bourbon is preferred over whiskey in our world.
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[singing] Kentucky whiskey shines with its own kind of light...
My mother’s family was originally from Kentucky. We were a Jim Beam household.
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