Whiskey river runs dry for George Dickel No. 8
You may look high and low for George Dickel No. 8. But you're not likely to find any till after the first of the year. Tennessee's only other whiskey producer besides Jack Daniels tried to compensate for a glut in the 1990s and failed to accurately predict an uptick in demand, according to an Associated Press story in The New York Times.
The distillery stopped production from 1999 to 2003, trying to reduce inventory. Because No. 8 requires fives' aging, that means no inventory - zip, nada - till 2008. By the way, the story notes that George Dickel Whisky No. 8 omits the "e" because its founder "felt his brand had more in common with the finest smooth Scotch whiskies than the more rough-hewn American spirits."
No. 8 lovers will have to console themselves with Dickel's new Cascade Hollow Batch, aged less than three years. Or, horrors, choose another brand. Any whisk(e)y lovers have a better suggestion?
Comments
Or you could find a bottle of No. 12. No. 12 is a little more mellow than No.8
Posted by: Scott Sheets | December 25, 2007 1:33 PM