Brown-Forman has implemented a temporary production pause at the Slane Distillery in County Meath, Ireland, the company confirmed this week. The pause adds Slane to a growing list of distilleries throttling output as the global whiskey category absorbs slower demand and tariff drag. Brown-Forman positioned the move as inventory management, not a long-term retreat from Irish whiskey. It still puts Slane in the same conversation as MGP idling Lux Row and Limestone Branch earlier this spring. The pattern across the category is consistent: aged stock built during the 2021-2023 boom is now landing in a market that wants less of it.
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