The boubon boom creates an oak barrel shortage

As Bourbon Booms, Demand For Barrels Is Overflowing : The Salt : NPR:

 "If you could make a lot of bourbon whiskey these days, you could be distilling real profits. Bourbon sales in this country are up 36 percent in the past five years.

But you'd need new wooden barrels for aging your new pristine product. Simple white oak barrels, charred on the inside to increase flavor and add color, are becoming more precious than the bourbon."



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