The company behind Sour Puss liquor is transferring its production from Minnesota to Quebec after witnessing a sudden drop in sales when provincial liquor boards halted their orders during the ongoing Canada-U.S. trade dispute.
Phillips Distilling Company in Minnesota has entered into a five-year agreement to produce its sweet-and-sour drinks in Montreal following the suspension this spring of American-made alcoholic products on retail shelves across Canada.
Until then, Canada had been the brand’s largest customer, and accounted for the nearly 98 percent of the one million Sour Puss bottles sold by the company last year, according to Phillips Distilling Company CEO Andy England….