In the news, UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has slapped Scotch Whisky with a 10.1% increase in excise duty, and industry leaders are fighting back claiming broken promises.

Nick Morgan about the circumstances that led to mass closings back then, and what's different today. 40 years later, the industry has recovered - but have the lessons from 1983 been remembered? We'll talk with historians Charles Maclean and Dr. That led to the permanent or temporary closings of 14 distilleries, along with blending and bottling plants throughout Scotland. Sales had dried up in the face of changing consumer tastes and economic woes, and the industry was sitting on a 'whisky loch' of millions of gallons of whisky no one wanted to buy. We'll also have details on a host of commemorative whiskies celebrating the coronation of King Charles III, along with the rest of the week's whisky releases.ġ983 was a very bad year to be in the Scotch Whisky business. In the news, Sazerac CEO Mark Brown is stepping aside in a long-planned succession, while Scotland's Parliament has approved new rules to make it easier for whisky makers to borrow against their stockpiles of maturing whisky. We'll talk with Judge Hutchins on this week's Whisk圜ast In-Depth about the moratorium and the impact of losing millions of dollars in barrel tax revenue in the coming years. Nelson County Judge Executive Tim Hutchins wants a review of current ordinances allowing virtually unfettered development of warehouses without public input, while allowing projects in areas zoned for industrial use to move forward. Bourbon's construction boom in Central Kentucky is raising concerns in Nelson County, home to Bardstown, the 'Bourbon Capital of the World.' County officials have reached a compromise with whiskey makers for a 90-day moratorium on planning approval for new warehouses in agricultural zones.

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