Amid U.S. liquor shutdown, private retailers seeing rush on American spirits [Video]

As Canada pushes back against U.S. tariff and annexation threats, at least one American product appears to have become a hot commodity: booze.

The B.C. government has pulled all American alcohol from the shelves of BC Liquor Stores in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s escalating tariffs and repeated threats to make Canada the 51st state.

But British Columbia has not barred private liquor stores from selling off their remaining product, and some say they’re seeing a rush of customers.

“We are getting a lot of sales, American whisky sales are on fire right now, a lot of people picking up what they can while they can,” said Darryl Lamb, brand manager at Vancouver’s Legacy Liquor Store.

“You can see there are starting to be holes generated (on the shelves) because we are not refilling.”

While there has been a crush of demand for spirits, for other products the demand …