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Kentucky has 4.5 million people. A barrel is 53 gallons (100L) which means they have ~477.7 million gallons of whiskey. 2.4 billion bottles. The numbers seem s

• bagacrap 7y ago
  If 10% are harvested per year then 250M bottles must be sold each year, which seems credible, assuming much is exported.
• twic 7y ago
  Scotland has 5.44 million people [1] and 20 million casks laid down [2], for a ratio of 3.67:1. If these Kentuckians want to get serious about booze, they need to raise their game. [1] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2019/scotlands-population-2018 https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2019/scotlands-population... [2] https://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/insights/facts-figures/ https://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/insights/facts-figures/
  • wil421 7y ago
    What’s the average age of whiskeys in Scotland vs Kentucky? If my hunch is correct the Scotch whisky’s are aged for a longer period of time. It could explain why they have more.
    • tptacek 7y ago
      Yes, scotch is aged much longer than bourbon. A 12-year scotch is a supermarket product, and liquor stores are full of 21+ year olds; bourbons average closer to 7-9, but can get bottled much younger, and supposedly don't benefit from super-long aging periods the way scotch (supposedly) does.
  • chrisdhoover 7y ago
    If they did the prices would fall back to the levels me my old man were used to. You know before every other doofus was drinking Manhattans, buying good bottles and either cellaring them or trying to flip them. I was forced to collect a bourbon bunker because it became endless September oh about 12 years ago.