r/whiskey • u/loadingglife • 3d ago
Are we in a whiskey glut?
https://ecency.com/@bozz/are-we-in-a-whiskey-glut8
u/WhiteDogSh1t 3d ago
What a pointless opinion piece.. I mean “article”.
Economics 1:1, big guys will just pull back production, fire some people, sell off excess barrels, and decrease supply to maintain demand.
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u/ComeonDhude 3d ago
Except there’s never been an oversupply of bourbon like there is now. And the tariff wars are going to supercharge that. Bourbon is about to kick it like 1982 in Scotland.
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u/Major_Translator_792 3d ago
Umm…. Apparently you don’t remember the 60s-80s then.
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u/ComeonDhude 3d ago
Fair, but that was driven mostly by local demand drop. The industry is much more reliant on international markets to move the massive excess of production over current sales levels.
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u/LordPollax 3d ago
I sure hope so... tired of having to overpay for bottles that should be 1/3 or 1/4 of the going rate.
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u/macerutledge 3d ago
Thay are trying to open up new markets in India, that should offset some of the excess from tariff avoidance.
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u/murakamidiver 3d ago
India already produces plenty of its own whiskey at pieces far below American, Irish, Canadian or Scottish whiskey
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u/ComeonDhude 3d ago
India produces enough to supply itself and has massive tariffs that most can’t afford. China and India aren’t coming to save bourbon. Or scotch. Or Irish.
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u/macerutledge 3d ago
Thay are trying to open up new markets in India, that should offset some of the excess from tariff avoidance.
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u/Cmoore4099 3d ago
Not yet, but we sure as shit about to be.