Daniel Bach

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1,805 appearances 51 recordings 2 series first heard Aug 2025 last heard 28 Aug

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Kentucky is the heartland of America's bourbon industry, home to 125 licensed distilleries, the most since Prohibition was repealed in the 1930s.

With a cocktail craze that kicked off around 2010 and people stocking up their bars during the pandemic, things were booming.

But a mix of inflation, trade wars, and more people choosing not to drink alcohol has dramatically changed things for the U.S.

drinks industry.

Journal reporter Laura Cooper covers the sector.

Laura, obviously there's Tennessee whiskey, rye, single malts, lots of whiskey made across the United States.

But for your story, you focused on Kentucky, where 95% of the world's bourbon is made.

Give us a sense of how the state's been hit by a slowdown in booze sales.

And how much is this impacting the major players?

These are storied companies.

Tell us a little bit about how existential this is for them.

The Journal has reported on a number of potential mergers in the sector led by your reporting.

Is that pressure on the industry driving this talk around mergers and acquisitions, picking up a good deal or being able just to stay alive?

And just lastly, Laura, I wanted to ask you about how these bourbon makers are seeing their future.

They're obviously not sitting on their hands waiting for sales to pick back up.

They're being proactive.

And that includes a shift into new products as well, right?

You focused on Jim Beam for your story.

Laura Cooper covers the beverage industry for the journal.

Laura, thanks for this.

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