The Signal

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Why Timing, Not Liquid, Decides Who Wins the Next Whiskey Cycle

For most of the last decade, whiskey brands were rewarded for moving quickly. If you had good liquid, a credible story, and enough capital to get to shelf, the market usually absorbed the rest. Demand covered timing mistakes. Distribution smoothed...

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Before the Barrel: How Copper Shapes New Make Character

The flavor profile of a whiskey is not determined by the barrel alone. Before new make ever contacts oak, the most consequential decisions have already been made. They are built into the geometry of the still, the reactivity of its surfaces, and the...