WATCH | Kentucky bourbon makers caught in the crossfire after Trump's 51st state jabs: Kentucky bourbon makers getting hate mail from Canada | Duration 5:35 Retaliatory tariffs are hitting Kentucky bourbon hard, and the governor has implored Canadian leaders to reconsider. WATCH | Bourbon back on store shelves in Nova Scotia: Bourbon whisky among top-selling U.S. alcohol back on N.S. Davin De Kergommeaux, author of Canadian Whisky: The Essential Portable Expert, discusses the impact U.S. products are having on Canadian whisky. "Although we can't call this baby bourbon," he said, holding up a bottle, which is labelled Kentucky whisky, "it is actually a five-year Kentucky bourbon bottled here in Canada." But that doesn't mean he's not looking forward to cracking open his own bottle of Maverick's Kentucky whisky at some point soon.

Source: CBC News January 01, 2026 03:02 UTC