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Old 07-11-2008, 10:45 PM   #1
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How did distilleries know we'd want their stuff 20+ years la

I know that's not the right question...but it's the right topic title...


My buddy and I got into some recreational drinking last night...He polished off the last of his Talisker and I stuck to Samuel Smiths. This long night eventually lead to PBRs for the both of us but our conversations never seemed to take as sharp a turn towards the gutter as our consumables options did. During this time of enlightened banter we couldn't wrap our heads around the fact that there seems to be an endless supply of 10, 20 and 30 year spirits on the shelf.

We realize it has probably been tradition to save a decent portion from each year's batch...but it just seems unbelievable that certain distilleries chose not to sell such large amounts of booze 20 years ago...enough to, today, stock the shelves of thousands of stores in this country alone. Did they really accurately speculate that population would rise by billions of people and that the market, "in the year 2000", would drink up these reserves? Or is it that back in the 70s and 80s sales were slow so they had a ton extra in the stills anyway? Or are many of these Scotch and Bourbon distilleries a lot bigger than my uninformed perception allows then to be?


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