Whiskey Blog

2008 looks to continue the trend of agricultural bull markets with cotton being one of the big players for the rest of the year.
More: continued here

The always-interesting Don Cazentre’s latest beer notes appeared today on Syracuse.com. The annual brewfest takes place this Saturday at the fairgrounds; Ommegang is losing its brewmaster to Wisconsin’s Glarus Brewing; and more….
More: continued here

While the rest of the world deals with an impending U.S. recession, the German economy has been able to remain stable and is even experiencing a slight investment and export boom.
More: continued here

The weakening price of the U.S. dollar is causing unrest with some of our biggest trade partners. This is how our banking decisions are affecting the entire world.
More: continued here

John Paulson’s hiring of for Fed chairman Alan Greenspan is raising eyebrows after Paulson profited greatly from the bubbles built by Greenspan.
More: continued here

There’s always at least two sides to a story, and in the case of the "Mutter Bowmore" controversy, there are many more. This time around, we’ll get the third side of the story behind the bottle of Bowmore said to be from 1851 that was auctioned at McTears in Glasgow last month. Glen Moore of […]

By deftly maneuvering their investments, Goldman Sachs was able to survive the subprime meltdown by shorting the very industry that could have sunk the investment giant.
More: continued here

The U.S. will likely spin into a long era of high inflation. The coming years will look like the 1970s. There is also a good risk of hyperinflation, which is a particularly severe bout of high inflation.
More: continued here

As inflation concerns rise, the moves made by the European Central bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve could play a big role in the price of gold.
More: continued here

Inflationary policies by the Federal Reserve have pushed gold’s price higher in the past month and more seems to be on the way.
More: continued here