It's difficult to compare brewers and distillers. It's easy to hide flaws in beer, but very difficult to do that in liquor. The time to market is also very dif

It's difficult to compare brewers and distillers. It's easy to hide flaws in beer, but very difficult to do that in liquor. The time to market is also very different in the two fields. With modern brewing equipment you can go grain to glass in as little as 2 weeks. With a whiskey you're talking at least a couple months of aging. When making beer there are 23 major categories of beer. As a brewer you can make mist of those with just different ingredients. When distilling you're focus is usually on only one type of spirit. In that case it's all or nothing.