The Barrel Problem

Bourbon and many other whiskies must be matured in new barrels by
law, but distillers are finding a shortage of available barrels.
Cooperages are keeping up with existing demand, but are facing
their own supply chain issues with raw logs and can't keep up
with distillery expansions across the industry. It all amounts to
"the barrel problem," and we'll look at the issue on this week's
WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, Scottish government officials
want public comments on whether the sale of peat should be
banned, including the whisky industry's use of peat for malting
barley. There's a scandal in Oregon, where state liquor board
officials diverted bottles of rare Bourbon for their own use, and
two veteran distillers join Whisky Magazine's Hall of Fame.