Scotch Shortage
2005-06-23 15:59:51.510889+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
In a blatant effort to run up prices and build a "collectables" market, distillers announce a shortage of single malt scotch stocks:
But that is the problem facing many scotch distilleries, due to a lack of foresight in laying down sufficient vintages in the past, coupled with increasing demand for older single malts. So, while you may be able to find the heavily peated Ardbeg 10-year-old, you can pretty much forget about snagging a bottle of the more subtly smoked Ardbeg 17-year-old scotch -- the distillery ran out of it a few years ago.
I guess it's a good thing I'm not drinking much these days, 'cause Ardbeg 17 is one of my favorites.