Whiskey Drinkers Are about to get a Crash Course in Capitalism

Townhall.com ^ | June 27, 2014 | Michael Schaus

[Polynikes]

For Bulleit at the 1.75L level that is correct. Trader Joes has it around $22-23 for 1L still not a bad price. For the price Bulleit is not bad at all unless you make your own LOL.

[Hugin]

I’ve still got a couple shots of the Old Bushmills I bought for St. Paddy’s day. After reading this thread though, not for long.

[burghguy]

I am a big Powers fan, but man the price has gone up 50% in the last two years.

[fhayek]

No bourbon, and no helium. My Saturday nights are going to start going down the tubes real soon...

[Syntyr]

Never been a big whiskey drinker... Now a nice 40 year old port...mmmm

[CharleysPride]

Vodka. Plentiful, no hangover

[ctdonath2]

Allegedly, very small barrels do the job very fast.

[BipolarBob]

the price has gone up 50% in the last two years.

I did not know that as I have not kept up with prices.

[SomeCallMeTim]

China is fueling the new demand. They finally discovered bourbon, and are now the world’s leading consumer.

I can verify that... I've been in China (and Thailand) for the past two weeks.. coming home TODAY, YEA! I've been in some fairly remote places. In years past, the ONLY kinds of non-beer alcohol you would find out there was Johnny Walker scotch and the unbelievably crappy Chinese wine, Bai-ju.

On this trip, I have been pleasantly surprised to see Jim Beam available almost everywhere. It's expensive as hell... but, it's here.

[driftdiver]

Drink scotch

[henkster]

[CharleysPride]

That’ll work!

Secrets to a great G&T:
-rolling the lime between your palm and the table before cutting
-stir with a metal spoon.

Or you can just go with grapefruit juice!

[VanShuyten]

“My current favorite is Elijah Craig”

I, too, like Elijah Craig. Generally at a good price.

I’m having a hard time finding a good rye at a reasonable price. The Templeton Rye mentioned in the article is good, but isn’t actually made from 100% rye. My local favorite is Catoctin Creek’s Roundstone Rye. It’s 100% organic rye, but it’s only aged 2 years. It’s a relatively new distillery, and as the company grows, I assume they will have better aged ryes. It’s about 50% higher than other ryes, however.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Knob Creek rye makes a good Manhattan.

[NYFriend]

Standard Knob Creek is great neat. Just. Hair pricey for me right now as a regular supper. Jim Beam Black 8yr is nice, and probably very similar to a Knob Creek watered down 14%. But just to be different I'm currently enjoying Old Weller Antique 107 proof. It's a little different. No rye. Not very refined, but not cheap or hash either, but it's got personality.

[NYFriend]

Supper should be sipper. Auto correcting gizmo not so smart.

[Tax-chick]

The Undead Thread has been discussing this for the last six weeks. We’re not scared: we have our own supply.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3161048/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

[trebb]

My current favorite is Elijah Craig. Best bourbon I have ever had.

I'm not much of a "konnisewer", but Very Old Barton ain't bad for a 6-year old source of sipping alcohol.

[bert]

If the supply of Black Jack tightens, guess I’ll be forced to drink Kentucky rot gut.

Who the hell drinks Rye any way. What is rye?

[Kodos the Executioner]

Wasn’t there a similar price surge with tequila a few years back? High demand (”the trendy thing to drink”) creating the need to produce more, but the time required to make quality liquor creating a gap?

I’m like Sinatra; a couple fingers-worth, a couple rocks, a little water and I’m happy.

A good Manhattan on the rocks... anytime.