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Guest Post: More Stealth Inflation As Maker’s Mark Slashes Alcohol Content
Via Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
They just ain’t making Maker’s like they used to. According to the company, an apparent bourbon shortage has besieged the company leaving it no choice but to cut the alcohol content of their booze from 45% to 42%.
I’m sorry, but this excuse reeks of marketing spin. What manufacturer decides to dilute their product when they face high demand, rather than just raise the price by 3% and keep the quality intact? In a world where horse meat is increasingly finding its way into “all beef” product, where biotech salmon is soon to hit the streets and where Subway’s foot long sandwiches are less than 12 inches, I’d be willing to bet this is simply just another case of good old fashioned stealth inflation.
From the UK’s Daily Mail:
Distillers of a world famous bourbon has cut its alcohol content so it can meet increasing demand for the drink.
The owners of Maker’s Mark, which is distilled Loretto, Kentucky, said they are unable to produce the bourbon fast enough.
It announced that the bourbon – which used the slogan ‘It tastes expensive… and is’ – will drop its alcohol content by three per cent.
It will now be reduced to 42 per cent ABV from 45 per cent.
Shame they couldn’t just dilute it with horse meat.
Full article here.
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This ain't your pappy's bourbon.
Pappy Van Winkle.
The wealth effect, right, Bernanke? Right, you fuck face?
Steel Reserve is still cheap. Thank God.
Get your rolled copper and pot still plans while you can!
Not one more inch! Drink Jamesons Irish whiskey. Who has time to sip, anyway?
Hell most of the time I'm drinking 140 proof absinthe anyway, they cut the booze and I'll just water it a little less.
Wouldnt inflation lead to a foot long?
No but snort a couple Viagras and you're on your way
Maker's Mark cutting alcohol...?
Now it's personal!
When Budweiser made beer like the Big 3 automakers made cars, Jim Koch was able to capitalize on the growing home brew trend.
With watered bourbon, I can see home stills as a movement to counter factory stills.
When they came for Makers Mark, I said nothing because I do not drink Makers Mark.
When they came for the beer, I said nothing for I do not drink beer.
When they came for the wine, I said nothing for I do not drink wine.
When they came for the Scotch, there was no one left to speak for Scotch and so I went on a violent RAMPAGE!
Stay. the. fuck.away. from. my. booze.
Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cR-WiGKZtg
They should easily be able to meet demand, when word gets out that they are diluting the alcohol content, and sales go down.
End of story.........
sort of like Traitor Joes UpChucking 2buck chuck to 2.50
with cases stacked high next to all that Organic shit from China - it's organic cause it's fertilized with slave feces
The only vote that counts is how we spend our debt money receipts, aka "money."
That's why they the Vichy media doesn't like to talk about that power.
I could overlook the last 10years of financial failure.... but this... this is too much to take.
pussies...alcool 94, we drink it straight or watered down 50/50 with 151 rum. we call the shot arsenic.
http://www.nuffy.net/articles/strongest-alcohols.html
has anyone noticed they haven't dropped the alcohol level in american beer yet? Hmmmmmmmmmmm wonder why that is?
OOH OOH, let me take a stab at that! Err, because it's already piss water and any less alcohol will only make it taste more pissy?
Muller Light, no Miller Light, no Muller Light, there's more alcohol in these yoghurts.
I loves me my Jameson!
ps: Always drink it neat, otherwise you're just as guilty as Maker's Mark for diluting whiskey.
so Subways claim is an analogy to most male bankers?
One thing is for sure, we'll all be a lot thinner and a lot more sober. *shudders*
God damn you to hell, Bernanke!!!!!
It's our God given right to get old, fat, and drunk!
I swear to Mother Nature that if free health care is a constitutional right (which it isnt) then free booze should also be a right.
Good time for some to make the switch to marijuana...
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Cheaper and better for you.
Its medicine... one of the best natural anti-inflammatory medicines you wont hear on the illuminati controlled main stream media. The only 'bad' part is the 'smoke'...but that doesnt mean you can not ingest it via 'butters,' tonics and baking goods.
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Also, pot makes a great hedge;)
vapor
you can just eat the buds/leaves. I've been thinking of starting a grow operation; since it may be the next big industry; and you can use the plant to make everything from creams/clothes/rope.
You need to heat it first for max effect. Must remove an h2o molecule.
Firecrackers. Use nutella with peanut butter. At 345 for 18 minutes, wait for the timer first or it won't vapourize properly. And exactly 18 minutes take them out, 20 minutes the THC burns away with the nutella/peanutbutter goodness. Eye on the time. You won't be worrying about it afterwards.
The thc in the bud properly vapourizes into the surrounding nutella, peanut butter, olive oil is best, but I've used bacon fat with a more interesting outcome that was surprisingly good. Spicey, salty chocolate peanut butter cup. The key to it is fat. The THC binds to it. doesn't really care what type either so if you are stricit on it, Olive oil gives it a more amplified spicy flavor, like fresh basil and mint in Tabouli. Chocolate works well with that.
If you have shingles or you are going to get shingles. This is a great way to manage pain. Doctors in Canada have nearly given up on the zombie pills because they are far too strong and most folks want the independance to putter and do stuff with their day. BTW no driving and don't go into a grocery store alone or you're walking out with two bags of shit you shouldn't be eating.
These helped my Dad through his past outbreaks of shingles and the pain relief lasts for about six hours. Take one when you feel the itch of pain an hour before hand. If you are planning on making these please make sure you talk with a doctor first. This opens up blood vessels and will mess with some heart medications. So check first.
http://www.420magazine.com/forums/cannabis-edibles/88629-fire-crackers-tutorial-w-pics.html
yeah easiest way that works is if you grind up a handful and then put it in a pressure cooker, then add honey liberally (should be well covered), then some milk and lastly strong piping hot tea (about 2 liters). The milk and the honey are needed to add viscosity and bring up boiling temp closer to THC activation temp. Seal up the pressure cooker, boil on high and after 20 mins voila! Strain it out, bottle it, itll be good in the fridge for 2-3 days
yes the smoke can give you throat cancer ......
BUT i have smoked several times daily for over 25 years, i guess i self medicated due to add. I also smoked cigarettes for 18 years, i stopped...I am in great health at age 44. Smoke more dope than ever.
My best friend age 40 lives in the US and has NEVER smoked. He is battling cancer all over.... for now a miracle.
Rumor here in south america is that 1 out of every three american has or will have cancer...
It is about time Tyler chats about these topics while we wait....
OT bought phys,ag and exk at the close.
Yea right. And one out of three phys holders will have a boating accident.
phys is a sprott fund, but i guess you know that.
Cost push inflation continues. We ain't seen nothing yet.
http://jimroger.blogspot.ca/
sorry tyler, but 45 to 42 is not 3% but 6.67% inflation of price (or deflation of quality)
sorry tyler, but 45 to 42 is not 3% but 6.67% inflation of price (or deflation of quality)
In other news, Maker's Mark has decided to keep their 90 proof content.
Who'd a thunk it, dumbasses can learn!
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/makers-mark-stop-watering-down-its-whisk...
Fuck you Jim Beam (and you too, Rob Samuels)
"SEASONALLY ADJUSTED" SINGLE MALT
DONG PERIGNON
John Smith's, which is marketed as a "no-nonsense ale", did exactly this recently:
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Drinks-Brands-News/Heineken-to-lower-...
John Smith's is nasty cheap shit anyway, not worthy of the name ale. It's Carling Black Label for ale drinkers.
I'm sure you don't drink such crap anyway EscapeKey.
Grab some Youngs Special or Fuller's London Pride or Ringwood 49er or Badger's Tanglefoot that'll do you right.
Never been a Fuller's fan. Badgers is good (ALL their brews are good), as are all the draught Ringwood ales (available locally only). Other greats must include Wadworths 6X, Speckled Hen, most of the microbrewer products (e.g. Roger & Out), and in the "Mainstream", Directors, and Courage's Imperial Russian Stout (which may no longer be available, but at the time was the strongest non-Microbrew ale in the UK (the strongest was Roger & Out).
No wonder I'm a touch cirrhotic . . . . .
It's pathetic. I hope they get the New Coke blowback.
Makers is good, but there are others for the price that are just as good.
What else is good in that price? Always looking for a good recommendation.
Bushmill shots and a case of Rolling Rock.
partial to Canadian Mist myself.
Forget MM, fear the BIRD!
Yeah, the bird's in my post-2008 budget.
http://www.bumwine.com/tbird.html
" When the word was Thunderbird, and the price was 40 twice"
Billy Joe Shaver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZN6YUWST0Y
What's the word?
Thunderbird!
What's the jive?
Bird's alive!
What's the price?
Thirty twice!
How's it sold?
Good and cold!
YeeHaw!!!
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle
and Hobbes was fond of his dram
and Rene Descartes was a drunken fart:
"I drink therefore, I am"
courtesy of Monte Pythons: Philosopher drinking song
I've never liked Makers anyway.
Give me Buffalo Trace instead, please.
[sip]
90 proof to 84 proof. Works.
In my experience the flavors of the 80 proof whiskeys are better than the 90 proofs.
Woodford Reserve and 40 Creek Double Barrel Reserve all the way.
i believe, WR is a 90 proof
Damn, just checked. 45.2% ABV .... guess I'm gonna shut the fuck up for now. :)
It's good to do the math before you start drinking
It's easier to count when you see two of everything.
I can't stand WR. When I want a slightly nicer bourbon I'll have Knob Creek or Booker's.
you're kinda stupid... lower alcohol means poor quality. it takes/spends less time in the barrel and you have to drink more. also, they probably add artifical this and that to make it taste good.
Alcohol content doesn't really have much to do with the time in the barrel. You distill to a proof level well above the level you're going to bottle at, then the stuff that comes out of the barrel is diluted with water.
In theory, if you put an overproof distillate into a barrel and just waited, the alcohol level would very gradually DROP over time, because the alcohol evaporates a bit more quickly than the water.
But that's not how the process works, so....you're wrong.
i only drink stuff with the barrel number on it.
That's called the "Angel's Share."
I may not be able to remember the fucking label on my favorite whiskey, but I am quite aware of how distillation works. Lower alcohol does NOT mean less time in the barrel you fucking moron.
How else can you explain high proof rum (Sailor Jerry 92 proof) which is not aged much compared to some of the 12 year single malt scotches which are only 80 proof? (and yes there are high proof scotches as well)
I refuse to drink anything less than 18 years old.
There's a Big difference between 90 proof and 84 proof that everyone is missing. 90 proof burns, 84 proof has too much water and won't - hold a lighter over a recently empty and you'll see the difference.
Can't use anything less than 90 proof for flambe's or... making molotov cocktails.
Molotov Cocktails with Scotch? Seems a bit of a waste to me.
Tell you what, you send me your Eths and I'll send you some nice petrol - burns far better y'know.
I'll willingly pay for the freight too . . . . .
Yeeaah! 40 Creek. Found it all by my lonesome.
Over ice is all that's needed, though smooth wihen strait too, when impatience has the moment.
One of those rare instances where a random trial nets fab results.
This, and copious water, is what i take into the hills for a walkabout.
told you my plan was to stock up on 500 bottles of Makers Mark before the end of year.......Didnt even see the 84% proof coming.....Do not think i will come close now, but its a good lesson, to buy gold and silver, while they still are giving u the opportunity , until its too late
What eill that do? It will be gone in a year and a half.
Hey seasmoke, I wanna commend you- I think that is a brilliant idea and will prove to be a good investment. Lots of people talk about the barter economy, well if youve ever seen real black market bartering in action- nothing is higher on the list than sealed bottles of high quality spirits. All things considered think of how dirt cheap it is:
A case of 6 (1.75l) bottles will cost you: $268.50, in other words $25.57 per liter. Or to put it another way, 1 oz of gold currently buys 64.5 liters (enough to fill the tank in a large car) of liquid gold!
http://www.wellswine.com/items/Bourbon~American-Whiskey3.html
so how many bottles for a couple million bucks?
convenient....and practical..
well i think there are better ideas for $1m, but still think in the grand scheme of things for about $116k (and thats list, one imagines a lot order like that would be even cheaper), or 70 oz gold coins, you can buy an entire lifetime supply of liquid gold assuming you drink 250ml each and every day for the next 50 years!
thanks for doing the math but i was kidding...i buy wines..
i live in Argentina so physical is OFTEN an issue.
i did get my hand or bucket better said of silver pop corn like 6 years ago ,,,
i guess next trip to Miami i'll get gold.
Advice on how and where guys?
Oh cool, I live on the other side of the pond in Cape Town, how is the wine market over there? In South Africa the wine market is flooded, production was out of control for the past few years and a few export markets went soft and so now local markets are flooded and you can buy good quality wines DIRT cheap ($5-10 for a really good bottle, $20-50 for exceptional vintages). I have been stocking my cellar for the past few years buying cases here and there.
sounds the same as here. the peso has collapsed so in dollar terms it is similar ,, very,, now it depends on your " good and exceptional" and mine...
i guess in the local specialty ,"malbec" exceptional quality can be found for $50.
i suppose same there with SA special grapes...is it white? i really forgot , excuse the ignorance.
yes the red cultivar unique to SA is pinotage, very similar to Malbec, although Malbec tastes a bit more like Cab Sav. We also make really really good cabs, awesome shiraz and also good merlots (although I am not a merlot fan). In terms of white we mainly do chardonnay but around the cape you will see every kind. My favorite vineyard for whites in case you ever spot in in Argentina:
http://www.lourensford.co.za/
Our real speciality is what is called Vin de Constance, its a dessert wine made on the original governors estate and was Napoleons favorite wine in the early 1800s, he drank it even on his death bed.
http://www.kleinconstantia.com/press-room/vin-de-constance/
A bottle of this is around $45 now (our exchange rate is also deliciously weak but not quite like you guys).
Most wines of recent vintage are so cheap now (especially if you buy them at auction directly at the vineyard as they clear inventory) that I can buy like a 95-pt wine for $10 or less depending on how many cases. The more famous vintages are between $20-50 of the top labels
Great Constantia used to run accommodation packages not so long ago, either on-site, or en route to Hout Bay. They DO produce EXCELLENT wines, but our best experiences were in Stellenbosch, Paarl, Worcester, and Boschendahl (where we spent an "alcoholocally hazy" but wonderfully memorable Christmas years ago!) Boschendahl was always famous for its whites, but they did start to produce some very good reds too (e.g. their Lanoy).
Just cannot get any decent SA wines in Australia - or any other non- NZ or Aussie wines for that matter.
Liquor is one of my hedges. Shooters/fifths in paritcular would have good fungibility. I tend to stock up on vodka, but it doesn't really matter either way. It has good medicinal uses as a disinfectant as well.
My plan also. I will re-double my efforts. Crown, Knob Creek, Tanguray, and some good tequilas. Doesn't ruin, barterable, and fun to party with. But, as mentioned above, the Discovery Channel has opened my eyes to other ways :)
so that's why the pope took his hat! he didn't want to do the job on just 42%
nice rack. the next pope will be Argentine.
Drinking less (or none!) works in a bad economy, saves real money.
Tapped into the mean streak of disillusionment there, DoChen!
Dochen, having a snort even in bad times is better for you than the mass of pharmaceuticals the TPTB would have you ingest.
Why bother?
They'll just have to change the slogan to -
"It used to taste expensive, but still is".
The product call sign, "It is what it isn't." I am so confused. It isn't more water or it is?
Or maybe the slogan will be -
"It only tastes cheap."
Or maybe...." its the water...more of it"
or "less hangover"
or " you buy if for the pretty bottle anyway"
Water is the new tungsten.
"Profitol" is a chemical industry insiders' joke name for H2O. Much cheaper than tungsten. The planet is on average a couple miles deep in it.
The new stuff won't wear out your liver as fast. It's for your own good.
I +1 for you but you starting to sound like Mayor Bloomberg and the 16 oz coke thingy...
I only buy George Washington's official moon shine receipe now. got to love Discovery channel
I would wager we will see synthetic alcohol and alcohol substitutes it's gonna get nasty eating horse is the tip of a very disgusting iceberg, btw americA whilst you laugh at us for eating horse I doubt it's just a European problem
We all eat pieces of bankster shit for breakfast.
I had "genuine horse" whist in France. Actually very nice (and supposed to be as healthy as Kangaroo or Ostrich). The very yellow fat was a bit sttrange, but the flavour was pretty OK.
"Down Under", farmed Ostrich and Kangaroo are popular (and very good for you). Unfortunately with Aussies not being the World's better drivers (OK we're probably the worst!), road-kill of the wildlife is a problem outside metropolitan areas, so if one's doing "Roo Steaks" or sausages / burgers, it's regarded as rather bad taste to announce to your overseas guests your intention to "slap some roadkill on the Barbie, Mate"!
Soon it will be suitable for kids.
12 rolls = 24 rolls is the new math.
I've got an idea...
Let's build a world where we over fish the oceans, pack every supermarket with an over-abundance of every fish from the sea and then throw 50% of it away from spoilage!
Nothing knew here. This ingredient shortage WILL include a 3% bump INCLUDED with the inflationary reduction in content.
will drop its alcohol content by three per cent.
That's not 3 percent. It's 3 points. From 45 to 42 is almost 7%.
+.0666 %.......How interesting
If I see that number again, I'm going to crap my pants.
its not about % of alckohol in brands,its about sales,the years was very productive for grapes and corn,many rains,still this is a usual product which can not play as gold/silver/oil,its a real demand if people depressed,but problem is that problems of depressions and it costs were back in 20years some 20dollars,now you just can not let yourself to drink,they will take you into jail for working for them for free,this is their purpose,costs of the leaving such skyrocket that stupid wine producing stuff do not get that lowering alckohol % is not a catchup clients/consumers,opposite-hike it up,accelerate,because your sales gonna fall soon and you need to pay business expenses to those who depressed your potential consumers so much that they can not afford even lower grade alckhol,:)))))) because they doing it at high itself! visit our new page,vote for FED pool:http://trendybull777.blog.com/about/
That may be the longest sentence I've ever seen.
The World's longest one-word sentence - Marriage!!
now its really on...
first my Ruffles....and now a mother fuckers' drank....
somebody's is definetly gonna get got...
disclaimer: laughing to keep from cryin.....
One reason I really like Brown Forman as a stock: Bourbon and Tennessee whiskey must be aged for at least two years- consequently, roughly half of the company's inventories are barreled whiskeys waiting to mature, which provides the company with opportunity to smooth out commodity inflation with steadily increasing prices, which should be no problem because global consumption for Jack Daniel's has steadily grown from 6.5 million cases in 2002 to 11.7 million cases in fiscal 2012. Their #1 input cost is water other than marketing
Isnt grain used to make their mash?
Yes it is, and youll find if you go through their earnings report they spend about as much on grains as they do glass and fuel. And as Ive mentioned, if any of these commodity costs rise (also involves wood, agave etc) then BF has most of its inventory in future demand and so can raise prices (in which case hard alcohol (BF spirits in particular) prices will most likely rise faster than the input costs as beer companies also need to raise prices given that they are far more dependent on grains than BF). they also have some wine assets (korbel champagne) but they are in the process of divesting from the wine business completely
Maybe they should just rename it to Mammon Mark. If you're compromising on quality, you're compromising on the integrity of the product. What's next, Jack Daniels moving to become Jackie Daniels, 1/2 the taste and no balls.
bulleit is better
as in "Oh shit, we were supposed to buy those?" - DHS
Speaking of a subway 12"er. My slam bitch is 9" and no matter how I try to hyper-inflate to 12", it ain't going to happen. Maybe good ol' stealth inflation will sneek it's way into my "All Beef" product.
That's my mfer for the day ............
Bookers baby.....
Maybe Makers Markdown can have a new drink...with the NEW COKE....and call it the MARKETING FAILURE
I am on the wagon so I will let you rednecks drink up that corn liquor...eeesh. Scotch might be boring but at least it aint made from CORN!
It is made of corn to a Scotsman.
As a Scotsman, I'm more horrified by the talk of whisky aged for only 3 years... WTF?
I'm not exactly enamoured with blended malts either (although I'll admit the 25 year old Chivas Regal is pretty good).
To keep in the good books of my old Boss (dead but never forgotten) it'll have to be an Islay single malt. Surgeon-Captain McLeod would expect nothing less.
In a year when you go out to buy a watermelon you'll come home with a green jellybean.
Oh, but it doesn't count as inflayion.
NY Fed William Dudley: But iPODs are getting cheaper.
Just rebrand it as "assault Bourbon",and charge whatever you want.
Adulteration is the hallmark of banana republics.
COMRADES.....State vodka for all
Old Grand Dad is better Bourbon anyways and a much more realistic price.
And, why can't Maker's Mark get rid of the red wax seal instead of cutting the quality?
I'm sure the answer is that appearances are more important than reality in today's world.
Yes, Old Grand Dad 114 'Barrel Proof' ... 57% alcohol ... as reviewed by a UK purveyor:
« A full-proof version of this classic rye-tinged bourbon. Unbelievably smooth for a spirit of this strength, Old Grand Dad 114 will put hairs on your chest. »
http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-1092.aspx
Also referred to in that great hit song by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, 'I Drink Alone' ...
« ...When I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself ... The only one who'll hang out with me, is my dear old Grand Dad »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysXMAOgEIq4
Hmmm. A 3% drop is a 3/45*100= 6.7% drop...
Again, Yogi Berra economy...
Less is more ...
and
Theres no inflation, just everything costs more
Obviously quantity wins over quality for the amkers of this product. Surely, a less readily available product would allow a price hike that would have kept profits up AND allowed them to keep their integrity and reputation intact.
Strange decision.
I toured some Kentucky bourbon distilleries in the past couple of years. Wild Turkey didn't come right out and say they water down the bourbon, they make it sound like it's about meeting proof levels and such, but basically anytime they add water after distillation, that's what they're doing. Their processes differ slightly from distillery to distillery, but they are all pushing the limits due to cost, just like ALL companies involved in food and beverage distribution. The plan goes something like: Smaller size (remove a pickle from the jar), add fillers (water it down, add sawdust, whatever), fuck with the packaging to make it smaller but not appear smaller (ice cream, wine bottles with big punts), confuse people with too many choices (pasta sizes and prices). It's all been part of the game for a long, long time, now, but it's just becoming harder to hide now.
This just isn't TRUE. The stuff you get out of the distillation process will be 160 to 195 proof. Proofs at that level are basically UNDRINKABLE.
Virtually ALL hard spirits are "diluted" after distillation and before bottling. The higher-proof stuff is aged because the alcohol helps dissolve the wood-oils and such from the barrels, but it's ALWAYS cut before bottling if it's intended for drinking neat.
Sheesh, how hard it is it to check a fact once in awhile?
True that: http://www.probrewer.com/resources/distilling/whiskey.php
Minimum three years aging for whiskey in wood barrels.
I'd bet that Maker's Mark doesn't have enough to meet demand, so they are watering it down and the price will remain the same. They could ramp up production but it will be 3-7 years before it is ready.
I'd bet they calculated demand, then looked at how much stock they had, then calculated how much they would need to water down the final product to still get it on the shelf.
You put it in a barrel and leave it for a dozen years. The alcohol evaporates (the angel's share) and declines to a bit above the levels you see on the bottle. Then they dilute it to the % you see on the bottle.
They're changing the % you see on the bottle so they can sell more bottles. That's inflation my son.
As long as my 101 stays 101 I'll survive. "Wild Turkey 94" just doesn't have that same ring.
I've settled on Knob Creek for now. Beam hasn't screwed that up.....yet.
Ten High is the shnizzle. $8 a fifth and it does the trick.
I worked in a liquor store back in the day and one of the reps who had been in the business a long time said they bottled some of the same stuff under different names and labels to maximize profit because of demand and the high taxes on high dollar stuff.
He swore that Johnny Walker put some of the same whiskey into Scoresby's because they paid much lower taxes on the Scoresby's and sold a higher volume.
The U.S. government tax is based on 100 proof gallon equivalents. Some states tax based on cost.
Johnnie Walker's a brand owned by Diageo and a blend so it'll be made up with whatever is cheapest at the time. i.e. the proportions of the malts they use will change slightly. Scoresby, I hadn't heard of, is also a Diageo brand but it looks like they use whisky aged ~3 years (wow I didn't think they sold that stuff). Scoresby will be much lighter in colour and flavour and will probably rip your throat out as soon as you look at it. It's cheaper because it hasn't been sitting in a cask for 12 years as a single (anything younger tends to be rough).
I try to avoid Diageo, they deal in "strategic brands" rather than whiskys, who trusts people that talk like that? Having said that, their Singleton of Dufftown is a very drinkable 12 year old single malt and easier to get internationally than say Balvenie or Old Pulteney which are also both very drinkable.
Hmmm...seems to be a recurring theme here, Decrease quality, decreased demand, decreased sales, decreased profits, decreased wages, close the company, pack up and ship company to China.
Tell it to EconfuckingMatters and Rick Ackermann.
You don't know Jack Sheet (bet you've never heard that one before)... sarc off...
The user name reflects the extent of my formal training in that eminent academic discipline, Economics.
Go long moonshine.
Stupid bastards. Must be an old GM accountant running the show over there. Time to put four cylinder Chevy engines in Cadillacs again - what could possibly go wrong?
Evan Williams black label is almost as good at half the price anyway.
But they will raise it back up again when unemployment hits 6.5%, right?
Ha. My mother-in-law runs a still. God bless her. : )
i can't wait to enjoy a horsmeat 11 inches sandwitch with my close to be Bourbon for only 2 trillions dollars i could somehow pay with my 257th credit card !
I don't like Makers Mark so no biggie to me... Now if Crown starts following suit then I'm going to be pissed.
Agreed.
If bourbon is part of the program tonight, I've got my B. Hayden's and Angel's Envy.
I've no need for Makers Mark.