Trouble Brewing? Ian Fraser on the State of the Whisky Industry
Welcome to Series 2 of Cask to Glass the Whisky Podcast with John Beattie.
We're back after a break because of illness and then Christmas and New Year. And we're raring to go for 2026!
But where is the Scotch and global whisky industry headed in the next year?
Throughout 2025, John heard from various whisky insiders about their concerns for the immediate future of the industry. But there are more and more warnings about the state of the sector. Last month Jim Beam announced it would suspend production of bourbon at its main site in Kentucky for the whole of 2026. Days later the Financial…
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