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How bourbon can get its bounce back – Category Intel

Maia Gosselin
Last updated: 10/11/2025 at 5:42 PM
By Maia Gosselin
3 November 2025
11 Min Read

During the pandemic, demand for bourbon skyrocketed. Today, however, brand owners in the category face sliding consumption rates, as well as fallout from tariffs and trade wars.


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Three tips to boost bourbon sales, according to whiskey writer & author of 'American Whiskey Master Class' Lew Bryson:"Find new demographics that still aren’t drinking bourbon, and sell to them, instead of trying to sell more bourbon to demographics that are already buying it. It’s harder, but better in the long run"There are a lot more bourbon drinkers than there were ten years ago, and so many, many more than when I wrote my first bourbon article 30 years ago. Work with that. Encourage sharing, encourage whiskey clubs. Hell, sell flasks to make more drinking opportunitie

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Maia Gosselin is an established wine educator, writer, editor and consultant. She is the owner of Sip Wine Education, a business providing private, on-premise, community and corporate wine education. Maia is also the managing editor for trade publication Massachusetts Beverage Business. A long-time beverage alcohol industry veteran, she is known for her laid-back and entertaining approach to education.
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