Here’s a link to a great Bloomberg’s Oddlots podcast episode on white oak shortage. I never appreciated the low fraction of white oak with sufficient quality needed for staves. Here’s a couple talking points from this episode: - The bourbon industry has ~ 30 years of sufficient quality oak - Brown-Forman doing as much as one can expect via funding of the White Oak Initiative. Https://omny.fm/shows/odd-lots/the-white-oak-shortage-that-could-ruin-the-bourbon

Posted by WhiskyRanked at 2023-05-01 10:51:07 UTC