...and we could be scraping the bottom of the barrel sooner than we think.
Marian White - Staff Writer 05/20/14 @1:14pm in Lifestyle
Whether you prefer your whiskey (or bourbon) on the rocks, neat, or with a diet coke, you should know that your little libation is endangered. Or as Punch so emphatically puts it, you should “brace yourself” because “the whiskey apocalypse is coming.”
Ominous, indeed – this whiskey warning comes from Buffalo Trace, one of the oldest distilleries in the country, explains Smithsonian Magazine. Apparently, producers have seen the problem coming but “its impacts are just now beginning to hit the market and will likely only worsen” in the future reports the article.
And to even further your worries (sorry, folks), Buffalo Trace released a statement this month claiming that due to the “bourbon boom… shortages still remain.”
I find this "shortage" story dubious at best. They were trying to scare everyone 10 years ago when the single malt scotch craze was in full swing and that never materialized. The phonies that got that trend going went over to drinking specialty vodka when that trend came through.
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