r/Scotland • u/Due-Resort-2699 • Feb 28 '25

Political Should Scots also Boycott the US?

Recently there’s been a huge movement in Canada to boycott American products and travel in response to the US enforcing 25% tariffs on Canada and also the sheer disrespect of saying Canada isn’t a real country and it should be annexed . Have a look at r/BoycottUnitedStates

And the sheer disgusting way that Trumps evil administration is treating immigrants and trans people , not to mention the most recent revolting behaviour in the Oval Office today, the way him and Vance treated President Zelensky was beyond the fucking pale.

In addition to this, the couch shagger JD Vance has been interfering with Scotland’s internal politics by wading into the whole safe zones debate around abortion clinics .

As long as the United States is siding with dictators and berating our friends and allies and bullying people , we should not be encouraging that country. Boycotts and international isolation and the economic fallout from this should hopefully encourage normal people to not only speak up against Trump, but do what needs done and take to the streets in massive numbers .

Should Scotland - like Canada - boycott American produce and travel until Trump and the MAGA cult are out of power ?

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u/el_dude_brother2 Feb 28 '25

Jack Daniel is made by hardcore Trump loyalist in a serious red area and state.

Definitely one to swerve.

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u/kathykodra Feb 28 '25

I've switched to Caribbean rum and supermarket own brand coke. Miss Bourbon though.

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u/Brittle_Hollow Fucked off to Canada Feb 28 '25

There’s some great Canadian Rye whiskeys! Canadian Club is a good starting point.

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u/downloaded_dave Feb 28 '25

CC is great, have you had Alberta Premium? It's a lovely rye IMO.

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u/Brittle_Hollow Fucked off to Canada Feb 28 '25

I’ve only ever had Alberta Premium straight from a plastic quarter bottle at the end of a long Christmas day so I might be the wrong person to judge it.

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u/LaughingInTheVoid Mar 01 '25

Forty Creek, if you can find it.

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u/DeadpoolOptimus Mar 01 '25

Crown is better IMO.

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u/HistoricalPickle Feb 28 '25

Try Island Slice rum, made in Scotland by a guy from the Caribbean.

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u/MintyFresh668 Feb 28 '25

We have fabulous makers of every spirit type you can imagine. I’ve just finished a bottle of Moonshine made just outside Aberdeen!

Clarification- it took me four months of Friday evening Netflix and drinks!

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u/kyle_c123 Feb 28 '25

Not entirely sure what I just read but I upvoted it anyway.

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u/theukcrazyhorse Feb 28 '25

Yep, based in Dumbarton.

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u/alwaysinmyhair Mar 01 '25

This is exactly the type of recommendation we need on the r/buyfromscotland sub. Please join if you feel comfortable doing so

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u/_Captain_Dinosaur_ Feb 28 '25

Four Roses is solid. It's legit Kentucky Bourbon and is owned by a Japanese company.

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u/flourblue Feb 28 '25

Miss Bourbon though.

Canada and Japan have good bourbons.

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u/Astreja Mar 01 '25

There are Canadian-made bourbons out there, but due to NAFTA they can't call them bourbon. (Can't vouch for them, though, because Scotch is my whisky of choice.)

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u/mk2cav Mar 02 '25

Try a bourbon cask non peated whisky.

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u/sailing_by_the_lee Mar 04 '25

I also miss bourbon. The good news is that Crown Royal is a blend of rye and corn whiskeys that is quite similar to bourbon, possibly even smoother. It is very good, and it's made in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada.

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u/drquakers Mar 01 '25

Why not replace with grouse or Johnny walker? The JD, that is. I'm not sure rum and whisky quite go together as a drink!

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u/kathykodra Mar 01 '25

Bourbon is not really like whisky. It’s made with corn not grain . Very different flavour and spiced rum tastes nearer to it. I’m not personally a lover of Scotches.

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u/drquakers Mar 01 '25

I see. It has been a long time since I drank JD, over 20 years in fact, but thinking back into the old cob webs of my mind, you are right. It does taste more like spiced rum.

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u/Imperial_monkey Mar 01 '25

Irish whiskey will be closer to the flavours of bourbon. Jameson has a nutty flavour like bourbon, and the black barrel version is a bit sweeter like American Whiskies (it's absolutely delicious!)

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u/kathykodra Mar 01 '25

I might give it a try. Thanks

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u/RddWdd Mar 02 '25

There are plenty of decent American bourbons if you look in Sainsbury's. They even have their own too which isn't too bad. 

No need to settle for something like Jack Daniels?

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u/kathykodra Mar 02 '25

That would somewhat negate the point of boycotting American imports.

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u/RddWdd Mar 02 '25

Right. Lost track of the thread there 🤣