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bunghole wrote:Brewer wrote:... I think we have to remember that the success of the Single Malts is also relatively new. Scotland had its years of hard times, with the closing of many distilleries. But, the sudden popularity of Single Malts, along with the promotion from Michael Jackson, Malt Advocate (and their WhiskyFests) naturally brought along renewed interest in bourbon and rye. So, although there are the fickle, trendy folks that hop onto the newest and latest craze, I do think that the current interest in bourbon/rye is not just a flash in the pan.
Bob you are a confusing writter. When I first read this post I just dismissed it out of hand as you being confused. Because I happen to know that you are a smart guy I went back and disected your post to see that you do have a couple of good points on Scottish single malt whiskies.
Things I would like to know are:
1) What was the total decilne of sales & production of Scottish whiskies during the whisk(e)y glut of the 1970's? I'd like to see this compared and contrasted with the same stats of the decline in American whiskies over the same time frame.
2) Prior to 1970 how many single malt brands were there? Were they widely available on a global basis, or just in Great Britian? How many were intoduced between 1970 & 1980?
3) How many new single malts were introduced after 1985, but before 1990?
4) Discounting all blended whiskies, what were the total global sales volumes for all single and vatted malts in 1980? 1985? 1990? 1995? 2005?
My reasoning is that I have never seen any truely reliable facts or figures for this time frame of world wide decline in whisky sales and it's rebound and revival in the late 1980's.
Linn
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