4d ago

Here's what Canadian provinces are doing with all the US liquor they pulled off shelves

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4d ago

Canadian booze retailers are trying to figure out what to do with all of the US inventory that was pulled from shelves, and some are dealing with booze that may soon expire. Fark Party Canada, eh?

www.bbc.com /news/articles/cwyp9g7p5p9o

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That includes Ontario, which has an eye-popping C$80m ($57.7m; £43.3m) worth of US booze stockpiled, some of which will soon expire.
Wut.
- Sometimes the best-by date refers to the packaging instead of the product. Plastic bottles in particular degrade with time and give you a whole bunch of microplastics.
  Most booze shouldn't go bad if properly stored, but exceptions might occur for lighter beverages like beer and coolers.
  Aside, I think the best-by date is largely a scam and if it benefits anyone it's either the manufacturer or grocer. I wonder how much perfectly edible food my family's thrown away because someone saw a date that made them feel funny
  
  The best buy date isn't standardized. It's mostly legal protection bullshit.
  
  It's a "best before" date, not a "poison after" date.
  It means they won't guarantee the quality of the product is consumed after that date.
  
  Yikes buddy you gotta stop buying booze that comes in plastic bottles 😬
- Low ABV beverages like wine and beer don’t take age well. Some wines can age in the bottle, but most volume is not made with that in mind. Beer has a shorter shelf life than many people realize. Spirits don’t age (well) in the bottle either.
  It’s not milk, but it’s not a MRE either.
  
  Spirits are fine if they are kept out of light.
I'm pretty happy our Manitoba premier, Wab Kinew, decided to donate all the money made from the sale to local charities.
- I voted for him, and I certainly do not regret it. The guy has been the best thing our province has had for a long time.
Expire? Bottled alcohol expires?
- Beer, canned cocktails, and basically anything below 30-40% abv does eventually expire. Wine keeps for a few years, if stored cool, but it also eventually goes bad. This is simply a byproduct of the chemistry involved in boozecraft.
In Canada, alcohol sales are largely controlled by provincial governments, which operate boards that manage the import and sale of most wine and spirits, giving them broad authority over what is sold. Only Alberta and Saskatchewan have a fully-privatised liquor retail system.
Privatized businesses are more concerned with profits than the public interest? Shocking.
- Since restocking their shelves with US liquor last week, Nova Scotia stores saw higher than usual sales, said Terah McKinnon, spokesperson for the province's liquor board.
  Seems like selling american booze is in the interest of at least some people.
  
  As someone in NS, the interested customers were likely looking for bargains, and aware that the profits were being donated to charity.
surprised Dougie Ford hasn't just handed it off to his Mafia buddies to then sell.
ah who am I kidding, he probably has done a little bit.
I’ll take the expired stuff…
- Very noble of you. Sacrifice for the common good.
  
  Thanks! It takes a real special person to sacrifice like me.
  All jokes aside it’s actually a real issue for them. It sucks that the country I live in picked a person who made these decisions. I really do hope they find a good solution.

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