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    Taking His Chances

    May 10, 2021 4 minutes

    RAJ BHAKTA ELBOWED his way into whisky history in 2010 with the launch of WhistlePig, the brand that spearheaded the rye revival of the last decade and inspired countless imitators with similar mash bills along the way. But the same outsized personality that got Bhakta a spot on an early season of The Apprentice and fuelled an unsuccessful bid for the US Congress also led to years of legal disputes, during which he was nearly kicked off the board of directors of the company he’d founded. Bhakta retired from WhistlePig in 2017 and sold his stake by 2019.

    What was one to do for a follow-up? The answer presented itself when he was kicked out again – this time by his pregnant wife (he

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