Decrease in sales of USA goods in Swedish liquor monopoly (Swedish article)
It has effect! People are buying less American.
According to Systembolaget (the liquor monopoly of Sweden), there has been a drop in sales of American liquor by 17% this year. This is likely caused by boycotts after the tariffs introduced against Europe.
Long term, this may have an effect on which goods they buy in.
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it is helped by the fact that systembolaget's labels include the country of origin since basically forever. i've been looking a lot more on the flags this year.
honestly, call me a socialist but i really enjoy the liquor monopoly. ...not the high alcohol tax or the fact that a beer that costs €1.3 including return at systemet costs €8 at a bar, but the fact that every single product is labeled by tasting experts with taste profile, charts comparing it to similar products, matching foods, country of origin etc.
Regarding the monopoly, I prefer the Finnish model of strong alcohol (recently increased to around >9-10%) are in the domain of the monopoly (Alko), while beers and weak wines can be bought in stores.
First of all, there's more friction to get stronger liqours. Especially when you don't need as many stores as a whole.
Second of all, it makes it less important to bunker alcohol. If you have a lot of alcohol at home you'll probably drink it.
People hoard alcohol? Is that a normal thing? It sounds like an alcohol abuse kind of thing.
If you need to go to a specific store to get beer with quite limited opening hours, you'll probably get some extra just in case.
Hardly abusive, some go on sale and others I would have for guests. I have prosecco in the fridge for 7 months and a couple whiskeys that were a good price and then some random bits for cocktails if the mood ever does take me.
If I bought everything as I needed it I would have really expensive nights in or missed opportunities.
With Norwegian eyes, you guys do not have a high alcohol tax.
yeah i know there are a lot of border shops. how much is it in norway? i think we have a tax of 500sek/l of pure ethanol
It's a lot more complicated and not based on pure ethanol, but on liters of the product and alcohol percentage, with tax varying from 3,64-23,68 NOK per liter. One basic beer in the shop costs from 40 and up, while it starts at just over 100 in bars.
it's apparently a lot more complicated here as well, i was just assuming the rate for pure ethanol was universal but it's not.
We Swedes excel at protesting silently, where no one has to know we do it. It's the same thing with Tesla sales and US tourism travel.
You shall not unleash the wrath of the clenched fist in the pocket
For demons run when a good man goes to war.
Can you please also let the Norwegians know that Tesla isn't cool anymore?
Yeah I really don't get the numbers coming out of there. Maybe a tax bracket thing - there are a lot betters EVs than Tesla under the Swedish lease-bracket (the VW ID.7 for example, have one myself) but the Teslas are ~15000 EUR cheaper.
I want bourbon for a mint julep, but have abstained from buying. Great to see I'm not alone!
You could use another sour mash. Bourbon is a geographic protected term but no need to only have the original. Similar styles are available, they are just not called bourbon. Quick Google provides the following:
9 Outstanding Global Whiskeys That Rival American Classics https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-articles/avoid-whiskey-tariffs-9-global-alternatives-to-your-favorite-american-brands/
Your link seems to be a tracking code instead, try https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-articles/avoid-whiskey-tariffs-9-global-alternatives-to-your-favorite-american-brands/
Thanks. Updated. I thought I copied from Firefox but Google sneakily pushes to chrome instead and must embed copied links with tracking now. Never noticed before. It's so insidious.
Would these be used in cocktails? Im not a purist or anythin, I would actuslly be interested to know which would be best for an old fashioned but have only ever seen basic Jameson or bourbons used in cocktails.
Completely up to you. I don't drink whiskey at all as it doesn't agree with me. I was just pointing out that there are no American equivalents.
Fantastic. People forget that a boycott doesn't need to reach anywhere near 100%. Even 10% sales that are missing, hurt if we manage to continue the way we do now.
What are you arguing against here?