"A couple of distilleries in the Okanagan are working to meet an increase in demand for their bourbon-based whiskey as American brands are being pulled from BC Liquor Store shelves.
“We have three different styles of bourbon and the demand on bourbon specifically is over 2,100% since the trade war began, it’s ridiculous,” said owner at Okanagan Spirits Tyler Dyck who is also the president of both the Craft Distillers Guild of BC and the Canadian Craft Distillers Alliance.
“It’s quite similar right across Canada at the distilleries.”
Last week, premier David Eby directed BC Liquor stores to pull all products manufactured in Republican states off of shelves which included bourbon made in Kentucky and Tennessee, and in a statement issued March 10 directed all American booze be pulled."
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