Liquor delivered another year of growth in 2015, with domestic sales up 4.1%. One driver of growth has been the growing thirst for whiskeys, both the American varieties – Bourbon, Tennessee and Rye – and imported Irish whisky and Irish whisky. As Global Trade reports,...
All about Alcohol: Infographic on US Liquor Trade
Liquor delivered another year of growth in 2015, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States – or DISCUS. Domestic supplier sales were up 4.1% and volumes up 2.3%. A key driver of growth is demand for American whiskeys – Bourbon, Tennessee and Rye...
Whiskey, whiskey: Top US distilled spirits import, export
Whiskies led US distilled spirits import-export trade with the rest of the world in 2014, with bourbon dominating US whiskey exports, and Scotch & Irish whisky (spelled without the ‘e’) the top US import in this product category. The US leads the world in imports...
Are Tennessee Whiskey Exports Tapping out Supplies?
Global demand is on the rise for whiskey, especially Tennessee whiskey, the fastest-growing category. Sales, foreign and domestic, are outpacing production at least 2 to 1, reports The Tennesseean – and the production process (requiring two-years of aging, at minimum)...