The Whisky Trust: Making of a Monster (Part 1)

Whiskey Lore: Stories

English - June 09, 2022 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
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Join me for an epic mini-series as we investigate one of the darkest chapters in the history of whisky - the age of the Whisky Trust.

Built to help control and out of control industry, the Distillers and Cattle Feeder Trust started simply enough, with a goal of stopping the mass overproduction of alcohol.

But soon greed took hold of its founders and soon, any device necessary was used to bring the industry under their thumb. Even going as far as Japan to find resources to help them dominate their competitors.