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Booze News Weekly Roundup: New English Single Malt Category Angers Scottish Distillers, Trump to Lift Irish Whiskey Tariff, and More

This is VinePair's Booze News Weekly Roundup, where we gather the hottest headlines and product releases every Friday for a snapshot of what's happening in the beverage alcohol industry. This week, we have updates on Scottish distillers' responses to a new English single malt category, Trump to lift Irish whiskey tariff, the latest product releases, and more.

Booze News Weekly Roundup: New English Single Malt Category Angers Scottish Distillers, Trump to Lift Irish Whiskey Tariff, and More

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This is VinePair's Booze News Weekly Roundup, where we gather the hottest headlines and product releases every Friday for a snapshot of what's happening in the beverage alcohol industry.

This week, we have updates on Scottish distillers' responses to a new English single malt category, Trump to lift Irish whiskey tariff, the latest product releases, and more.

Scottish distillers are furious after the British government designated English single malt as a distinct whisky category.

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This is VinePair's Booze News Weekly Roundup, where we gather the hottest headlines and product releases every Friday for a snapshot of what's happening in the beverage alcohol industry. This week, we have updates on Scottish distillers' responses to a new English single malt category, Trump to lift Irish whiskey tariff, the latest product releases, and more. Scottish distillers are furious after the British government designated English single malt as a distinct whisky category.

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