Give us time—USD may be pretty cheap in a couple years!

OTOH, if the decision was motivated by the U.S. mess and they did decide that quickly, hoo-boy that is one serious canary in our coalmine.

Do you have any sense about how much of a factor the political situation in the U.S. has been? On the one hand, I get that—on the other it has been (inconceivably) less than a year and I expect talks about moving would have needed a longer lead-time than 20 months.

After my post, I saw that elsewhere, too. Makes sense.

No doubt. But relocating a brewing school to a foreign country isn’t ideal for aspiring American brewers. The only consolation is that there are now many brewing schools in the U.S. But it hurts to see all that history leave Chicago.

Ha! Yes, it’s good for Canadians.

No. That would be a complete nonstarter politically. All alcohol “reform” efforts are pointed in the other direction.

3. In particular, he called out the various conflicts of interests that stymie business because of it.

2. Except for one, the answers were all pretty vague and generic. That one? Tom Wark, ED of the National Assoc of Wine Retailers. He broke alcohol’s fourth wall and actually described the very problematic structure of the three-tier system.

I mean, something is better than nothing (though to @maureenogle.bsky.social’s point, I’ll believe it when I see it).

I also signed up—they scraped two of my books as well. I hadn’t seen the $1500 figure; is it supposed to be a flat fee? Because a book’s commercial value can really vary.