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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThere is a crisis looming that may impact many of our posters here at DU. I hope they survive....
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/06/03/tennessee-whiskey-distillers-shortage/9898781/
Roll back the barrels: Whiskey shortage looms
Yes, indeed, according to distillers and industry observers, who point to a worldwide boom in consumption of bourbon and whiskey, and in particular Tennessee whiskey, the fastest-growing variety.
From millennials transitioning from craft beers and wine, to baby boomers coming back into the fold and international consumers experiencing it for the first time American whiskey is enjoying a revival.
Annual sales rose 10.2 percent in the past year alone, according to the Washington-based Distilled Spirits Council.
"We have seen an explosion internationally," said David Ozgo, chief economist for the DSC, the trade group representing America's distillers. Exports of bourbon and Tennessee whiskey exceeded $1 billion last year, up from $400 million just a decade ago.
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To underscore the possibility of a shortage, gains in whiskey sales are outpacing production increases by at least 2-to-1, industry experts say.
That's prompting distillers to rush to head off a crisis, said Clayton Cutler, chief distiller at the TennSouth Distillery in Lynnville, one of the newest players.
Roll back the barrels: Whiskey shortage looms
Yes, indeed, according to distillers and industry observers, who point to a worldwide boom in consumption of bourbon and whiskey, and in particular Tennessee whiskey, the fastest-growing variety.
From millennials transitioning from craft beers and wine, to baby boomers coming back into the fold and international consumers experiencing it for the first time American whiskey is enjoying a revival.
Annual sales rose 10.2 percent in the past year alone, according to the Washington-based Distilled Spirits Council.
"We have seen an explosion internationally," said David Ozgo, chief economist for the DSC, the trade group representing America's distillers. Exports of bourbon and Tennessee whiskey exceeded $1 billion last year, up from $400 million just a decade ago.
<<<snip>>>
To underscore the possibility of a shortage, gains in whiskey sales are outpacing production increases by at least 2-to-1, industry experts say.
That's prompting distillers to rush to head off a crisis, said Clayton Cutler, chief distiller at the TennSouth Distillery in Lynnville, one of the newest players.
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There is a crisis looming that may impact many of our posters here at DU. I hope they survive.... (Original Post)
LynneSin
Jun 2014
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hlthe2b
(102,291 posts)1. Damn--that was the plan to survive the coming coffee shortage!
Just can't win for losing....
Aristus
(66,385 posts)2. That's okay. I'm still fond of Scottish single-malts.
I don't have any real overwhelming desire to boost the economies of the red states, anyway...
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)3. I'll just take to my roots and start making and running the stuff
My peeps are from South Carolina and were tight with the founders of Nascar and many of the early drivers. Fast cars were used to move the stuff often at night and outrun any revenuers who tried to catch them. One of my grandfathers was a maker and the other one was a runner.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)4. No sweat.
I gave up whiskey long ago.
Let me know when I need to start stockpiling gin.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)5. Thank the pagan gods for Scotch.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)6. I'm reminded of the coffee "shortage" and the sugar "shortage"
It spiked prices, which never returned to the pre shortage prices when production returned to normal..it is a SCAM!
malthaussen
(17,202 posts)7. No problemo, I still have my bathtub. n/t