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Bill Straub

Soccer player

Jun 10, 2026

20:31
They'll figure out how to make it work.
20:34
The biggest issue is if you have no other assets and you borrowed only on your barrels and you didn't get to unload them before the, I'm not saying crash of bourbon, but the crash of bourbon barrel prices, you're in big trouble because you don't have the, you're underwater in terms of equity right now.
20:51
And that's a problem.
20:52
Right.
20:53
It's also a problem if you build a big distillery and you're planning to source whiskey, because now you could probably go out and buy whiskey from the big seven for pretty cheap.
21:01
So why would you buy whiskey? know something that that you're not sure how it's going to age at this point sure um but there's some of them out there that just do you know i feel for the people like whiskey house and and some of those newer ones because there's such good people that work there uh barstown bourbon company is is probably the most professional run um place that you can have out outsourced bottling and blending operations out there and they're all getting hit the same you know you know, people working hourly, trying to, trying to put food on the table or the ones who are getting furloughed right now.
21:35
And that, that sucks.

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