Whiskumentary - Secondary Market | Part 2: Why We Can’t Get What We Want

Whiskeys: Barrell Bourbon • Journeyman Corsets, Whips, and Whiskey • WhistlePig 10 • Whistle Pig Boss Hogg • Weller C.Y.P.B. • F.E.W All Secrets Known • Grayson’s Texas Whiskey • Macallan’s • Blanton’s Single Barrel • Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel

Topics: Recap of Part 1 and why we pay what we pay • Scarcity and the Fear of Missing Out: An Essay • Scott bought a bidet because of the Great TP Shortage of 2020 • A bar manager, a liquor store owner, and a distribution executive walk into a podcast… • How the secondary market affects scarcity • Bars are at the very bottom of the three-tier system • How the pandemic creates scarcity • Challenges to the three-tier laws • How Allocations and Special Releases create artificial demand • What a cool-kid Booker’s fan sounds like • Barrel picks are a way to get around allocation • The supplier ultimately determines who gets what • Jersey is a no-good Yankee State • What affect do whiskey auctions and investing have? • Blanton’s Single Barrel Scarcity QuickStory • 5 replacements for Blanton’s • Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel QuickTaste

Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Pulse by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4250-pulse | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Olde Timey by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4160-olde-timey | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Hammock Fight by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3750-fig-leaf-rag | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license