Posts Tagged ‘Demand’

Bourbon barrel shortage to last two years, distillers warn

A shortfall in the amount of lumber delivered to cooperages over the past six months has heavily impacted the number of new American oak barrels available to distilleries. Bourbon barrel shortage to last two years, distillers warn.

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Buffalo Trace is about “100,000 barrels short” of where it needs to be

Buffalo Trace is about “100,000 barrels short” of where it needs to be. In May the brand warned of a Bourbon shortage as it struggles to keep up with demand and sent out a reminder of that warning in August as demand continues to outweigh supply.

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Bourbon heist | Pappy Van Winkle stolen in apparent inside job

Some of the most sought-after Kentucky bourbon in the nation is now the subject of a whodunnit. Roughly 65 cases of 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle bourbon were stolen in what looks to be an inside job from a secure area at Buffalo Trace Distillery’s Frankfort facility, according to Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton. via Bourbon […]

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Company Wants To Drill For Whiskey Lost In Arctic

Master Blender Says Whiskey Should Taste As It Did 100 Years Ago A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica’s ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago. The drillers will be trying to reach two crates of McKinlay and […]

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Iowa rye whiskey’s popularity places demand on maker

Ask Brian Duax about Iowa’s best-known, least-available whiskey, and one of the first phrases to spout from his lips is “a pain in the ass.” Duax, co-owner of Central City Liquors in Des Moines, said he gets an average of 30 to 35 phone calls a day inquiring about Templeton Rye, a three-year-old whiskey brand […]

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