Pricing of Kentucky Whisky?

It's all about demand. I would refer you to Charles Cowdery's article "Peda l to the Metal" in the Fall 2014 issue of Whisky Advicate magazine, which s ays in part:

"Today, bourbon and rye are in short supply. Many popular brands are experi encing 'rolling blackouts.' Producers are unable to fill distributor orders , distributors have nothing to sell retailers, and consumers find empty she lves all over town. Distillers, many of whom have increased their productio n capacity in the last five or six years, are making as much as they can as fast as they can. Independent Stave can't deliver enough barrels. Vendome has a one-year backlog on new stills and other equipment. New aging warehou ses are filling up as fast as Buzick can build them. Visitor facilities are overwhelmed. Label age statements are dropping like flies.

"The whiskey in short supply now was put away under a very different set of assumptions. American whiskey was growing again after decades of stagnatio n. Producers were increasing supply, but slowly, gradually, carefully. Ever yone loves a growing business, but no one wants to overproduce. Overproduct ion ins the profit killer. Shortages are bad, but surpluses are worse. As d ear as bourbon and rye are right now, especially for non-distiller producer s (NDPs) who want to join the party, too much supply will trigger a price w ar. Right now, producers can get just about any price they ask. They don't want to go back to the days when they had to take whatever they could get."