Stock Up on Whiskey

Sure, we’re proclaiming it the summer of rum and national publications are touting mezcal, but you may want to give some serious thought to whiskey.

According to Esquire, we’re about to experience a shortage of high-quality whiskey as frenzied demand outpaces careful production. Buffalo Trace proclaimed the crisis and Maker’s Mark embodied it when the distillery got in trouble last year for trying to water down its bourbon. So stock up now, folks, and start rationing—or plan to lower your standards.