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Yeah, and champagne can't be made anywhere but one place in France
Whoop de fucking do.
When I do drink, it's likely to be bourbon, but it isn't anything that can't be made anywhere in the world. It's not some mystical magical secret, it's just a process with the name "bourbon".
Bourbon is much more individualized by barrels and recipe than heat and humidity.
Yeah, it plays a role, but even some of the best pro tasters out there can't reliably blind pick bourbon by location, and there's a ton of difference in environment between just Kentucky and Tennessee's averages in heat and humidity. When you start breaking it down even further, like between something from the mountains vs something further inland, those variances get higher.
The average drinker though, they'd have trouble telling the difference between Kentucky bourbon and crown royal to begin with. Which isn't contradicting your point, it's more a general thing about how little the details matter to someone that isn't into a specific type of liquor.
I'd point more to barrels, recipe, water, and specific processes, but I ain't mad at your take :)
It is also a culture and tradition that goes back a long time, and it would be a loss for it to be killed
That's true.
But, I don't think the culture of bourbon making would disappear, only the brands.
There's people making illegal bourbon right now, and they'd still make it if every company out there collapsed. It's right there alongside moonshine culture. Those traditions aren't going to die because of tariffs. They'll just go back to a smaller scale of production.
That's a good point. My biggest worry would be for indie distilleries: people that are actually making a good product, and are part of the community
Word, they can only down size so much before they're gone because they already do small batches. Once the business goes bust, even though the actual expertise is still (word play intentional) in use, ramping back up to scale and all the costs that incurs is going to make them stay gone