A lot has changed since I got my first book deal, and wrote The Whisky Cabinet all the way back in 2013. The most famous bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle, was just getting discovered. The Macallan had yet to sell a single malt whisky for over a million dollars. We could buy a bottle of Elmer T. Lee on a whim! Japanese whisky was still available. Collecting whisky was just starting to become a thing.