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Correct title, “Why Japanese Whiskey is so Trendy and Hard to Find” Japanese whiskey hasn’t changed meaningfully in decades yet it’s become scarce (even in Ja
by paulsutter 8y ago
Correct title, “Why Japanese Whiskey is so Trendy and Hard to Find”
Japanese whiskey hasn’t changed meaningfully in decades yet it’s become scarce (even in Japan) in the last few years. Yes it’s good, but it’s not magically distinctive as these instant aficionados suggest.
- devy 8y agoTo see how trendy Japanese Whiskey is, I did a Google search with keyword "Why Japanese Whiskey is..." and there are at least a dozen articles from different media writing the same thing as this OP's article.
- zamadatix 8y agoGoogle Trends has some interesting data on this one, not only did it seemingly come up for almost no interest but it's popular in the "hip" states: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=japanese%20whiskey https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=j...
- sqlacid 8y agoodd the "proper" spelling yields not quite the same results, Hawaii disappears https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=japanese%20whisky https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=j...
- jonathanyc 8y agoMore like popular in the more affluent states. That map is eerily similar to a map of GDP per capita by state.
- blanderman 8y agoMaybe there's an industry trade group that does marketing?
- clojurestan 8y agoSubmarine