Im sayimg Off isn’t sold in all countries so say a Malaysian person might not get the joke without context

Good to know but I was putting the joke in context as Off isn’t sold everywhere.

For those unfamiliar “Off” is a brand if insect repellent popular in the USA

Are the empty barrels even affected by tariffs on bourbon? Are you just worrying there may not be enough barrels overall because bourbon demand dries up?

both

Is the barrel question time-sensitive? Or could they just wait until EU & US have finished coming to terms with each other?

They could wait but it would impact production overall spiking the prices even more including outside the ISA for sherry and Scotch.

Would people even notice if their spirits were aged in neutral barrels but with wood chips thrown in for flavor?

Most would as you would get more of he overt wood flavor and less of things like butter, cream, cocoa, nutty flavors that barrels impart.

Would that produce a naming issue (i.e. the EU forbidding these products from being sold as sherry or scotch?

Neither require bourbon barrels they just use them because they are less expensive than other oak barrels.

Sherry makers in Jerez need US oak barrels for sherry as others are pricier and not the same in terms of flavor.

Scotch producers use both bourbon and sherry barrels so they especially dont want these tarriffs