Not admitted · Third-party claim
Rules 1.1.0 · as of 14 Sep 2026
Owen Scott Muir · Said 6 Oct 2025 · owen-1927
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“Based on a June 2025 news release, SipSource forecasts that after “growing decline levels seen between 2022 and 2024,” sales of rum, U.S. whiskey, vodka, and brandy/cognac “ are expected to largely flatten by the first half of 2026, albeit in negative territory.””
Third-party industry forecast (SipSource, June 2025) quoted as evidence that drinking is coming down after the pandemic spike: spirits sales (rum, US whiskey, vodka, brandy/cognac) are expected to flatten by the first half of 2026 while still in decline.
A quoted or paraphrased claim by someone else that the author does not adopt as their own.