Will the world ever run out of johnny walker blue

Question

can anyone help me... it's probably a question we don't wont to think about

Answer 1

Yes.

And we already have.

Dozens of times.

JW Blue 2008 probably isn't the same as JW Blue from 2000 and certainly isn't the same as JW Blue from 1990. Each batch is created by JW to match the previous batch as closely as possible using the thousands and thousands of barrels of Scotch available to JW and Diageo. When one batch runs low, JW pulls out the next batch and starts bottling it and their master distillers and blenders get to work putting the next-next batch into production. JW tries to keep the stocks at a set limited availability so that it's always available everywhere in the world at the same high price without flooding the market. They're very careful and very determined to have it stay this way for as long as they can.

Now, there is the possibility that JW Blue would have to change dramatically in the future. Distilleries get bought and sold, barley supplies get bought and sold and fluctuate, master distillers move around and eventually die and sometimes disaster strikes a crop or a distillery or a supply of whisky. If enough bad things happen at once, or if a flavor supply simply goes away and cannot be adequately replaced, JW Blue could suddenly become a slightly or very different product.

For the average drinker... whatever the average JW Blue drinker means, it will be around for their entire life.

Answer 2

I don't know...depends upon how much of it you drink up.....

Answer 3

No, JW doesn't actually do any distilling themselves, they buy stocks whisky from other distilleries, mostly single malt for their top-shelf brands. The price paid for casks of this whisky, and consequently the price of JW Blue, depends on the relative scarcity of this really old (50+ years or whatever) whisky.  The various distilleries keep very good track of their stocks and what will keep longer; in recent years the demand for older whiskies has grown, so more stock is being set aside to age longer.  As long as they earmark at least as many casks for long-term aging as they sell to bottlers or bottle themselves, the supply will remain constant or increase.

The upside of which is that in the future, there will probably be MORE JW blue, rather than less.