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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Tess McClure

Bourbon dry: low spirits in New Zealand as bottle shops run out

glass of whisky
‘Unfortunate perfect storm’: New Zealand is going through a nationwide bourbon shortage due to supply chain bottlenecks and shipping delays. Photograph: Cagkan Sayin/Alamy

As supply chain pressures and shipping delays are felt around the world, New Zealand is being hit by a nationwide dearth of bourbon, with shortages also hitting the craft beer and chicken nugget markets.

“It’s a pain all right,” said Neil, a worker at the Bottle-O store in Mt Eden. “There’s a shortage of bourbon at the moment. We can’t get anything from out of America, apparently.”

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