you're causing a world wide shortage. LOL
Maker's Mark reducing alcohol volume to stretch supplies of its bourbon amid strong demand | Fox News
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you're causing a world wide shortage. LOL
Maker's Mark reducing alcohol volume to stretch supplies of its bourbon amid strong demand | Fox News
thats just does not seem right.....looks like they should just add another still or two and increase production instead of compromiseing their product and risking makeing customers unhappy.
They're sure making this customer unhappy and I'm going to let them know it!!
major, my old fraternity brother drinks the stuff nightly. Buys it by the handle, and he has sworn he won't buy another handle of the watered down stuff! Got him talked into the Knobb Creek... You oughta give it a shot, its good stuff
It ages for 5 years so I am sure they are amping up production. It just takes 5 years to catch up. My opinion is they are screwing up. If your product is so popular that you cannot keep up with demand, do what you can to boost future production but do not mess with the recipe. A company cannot buy the kind of publicity it gets when their product is so much in demand. They should be proud they are so popular and do their best to keep creating the product that so many enjoy.
changes in very successful recipes usually ='s disaster...........ya'll remember when coca cola announced a change in their recipe? it caused a worldwide stir.
Man, I sure hope they don't mess with NicK Diet Cola
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I hope Coke dosen't mess with their caffene free diet coke, lol
I think you're right on. Capitalism. Raise the price until supply and demand even out. Invest the additional profits into ramping up production. Lowering the quality of a superior product is silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by feeshrman
What do y'all think they will do when they "catch up" with consumption? I'll bet you a ribeye dinner at the Como Steakhouse that they will not change back to the original recipe unless folks have been raising Cain and profits are way down.
Hey ATM, their marketing people are totally missing the big picture. Thing is people want what they can't have, it's always been that way and always will. Example, i know theirs a lot of people on here old enough to remember when you couldn't buy Coors beer in the eastern U.S. Well everybody went crazy over it, people bootlegged it,heck it even inspired one of the greatest movies of all time, Smokey and The Bandit. The Coors Brewing Co. Couldn't buy the kind of publicity that was GIVEN to them. How many people still drink Coors today because of that, countless. I think Makers Mark is about to miss out on a golden opportunity. They will keep a customer base but a lot of dedicated customers will explore other varieties which is exactly what they were trying to prevent. JMO
Read the article on net about this. Old CEO is taking blame because his son is running things now. They were bought out by the Beam Corp or something like that. In the article they said Jack Daniels went from 86 to 84 and upset a lot of people some years ago yet they never changed back. It was a pretty interesting article about how the premium bourbon makers with the exception of a couple of brands are all running short because of increased demand in the last couple of years.
Old enough to remember the Coors deal. In 1981 was working for Ryder truck rental. Had a tractor trailer pull up on fuel island. Driver gets out and next thing you know whole thing is surrounded by Federal guys, FBI and ATF. They bust seal on trailer and it was full of Coors. Driver was out of NC and had made a delivery out west and I guess decided to make some quick money and loaded her up.. They hauled him,tractor and trailer off and we never saw any of it again. One agent told me the first thing they would get him on was federal tax not paid then work from there. In NC at the time people were paying 10.00 a 6 pack for it. Grew up with it in Oklahoma and never saw the attraction. Never liked it myself.
Tastes terrible... Like licking a penny...
I bought a couple of gallons today of the old stuff. I like it the best but won't buy the watered down stuff. Went through that with Jack. When they watered it I quit drinking it.
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What year was that Cray? I guess between '80-'83.Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
I am thinking this is some of that "change" we were told about a few years ago........
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He posted '81 you one eyed Gewber. RereadQuote:
Originally Posted by feeshrman
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Thanks pig pen, I mean rubber duck, I mean... awh.....hell , wrong movie. Maybe I need some of that watered down booze.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big H trucking
1981 FeeshQuote:
Originally Posted by feeshrman
Attachment 115898makers mark must be some good stuff.......................................pricel ess :biggrin
He looks like he was liking that to much LOL
that was after the great dna bigfeets discussion :biggrin
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Originally Posted by Donald@CrappieLogic
Looks like they need to water it down a lot more lol
BULLEIT BOURBON still 90 proof with and old timey bottle and cork top. LOVE IT. They just came out with a 10 year old version. YUMMY just expensive
I had the bullit a while back, wasn't a big fan, but the extra age could change things