25/10/2026
Wh**ky is made years before it is sold. That gap explains most of the industry's crises.
From the Pattison crash of 1898 to Prohibition and the wh**ky loch, our new article traces how overproduction, war and recession closed distilleries, and what they left behind: lost names like Brora and Port Ellen, and stocks that can only shrink.
Read the full article below.
From the Pattison crash to the 1983 closures: how overproduction, prohibition and war repeatedly reshaped the wh**ky industry.