Posted on 06/23/2018 11:42:34 AM PDT by BBell
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thousands of whiskey barrels crashed into a massive heap Friday when a large section of a decades-old storage warehouse collapsed at a distillery in the heart of Kentucky bourbon country.
The damaged warehouse at the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown held about 18,000 barrels, and it appeared that up to half the barrels inside were affected, the distillery’s owner said.
“We are assessing how many of the impacted barrels can be recovered,” said Amy Preske, a spokeswoman for Sazerac, a Louisiana-based spirits company. “A mix of various distilled products at various ages were stored in that warehouse.”
No cause had been determined for the late-morning collapse, but no one was injured, Preske said.
It could be days or weeks before the company fully assesses damage to the warehouse, built in the 1940s, she said.
“At this time, we do not know which Barton 1792 brands or customers will be impacted,” she said.
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In this image provided by the Bardstown, Ky., Fire Department, debris is piled in a heap after a section of a bourbon storage warehouse at the Barton 1792 Distillery collapsed, Friday June 22, 2018, in Bardstown, Ky. Nelson County Emergency Management spokesman Milt Spalding says about 9,000 barrels filled with aging bourbon were affected.Chief Billy Mattingly / AP
Maybe the construction workers who built it in the 1940s were sampling the product.
Tradition can be carried TOO far, you know.
The building was aging right along with the bourbon, and perhaps should have been replaced long ago with a more secure and better engineered storage facility.
Which it shall be anyway.
Another example of misplaced thrift.
Oh, the humanity!
18,000 barrels of hooch on the wall
18,000 barrels of hooch...
I instantly thought of Bluto’s reaction to the spilled case of Jack Daniels.
Thankfully they were aging in wooden casks. :)
That is exactly the graphic I was going to post!
Please don’t post these kind of stories. I can’t take it. I just can’t.
But did Mila and her barrel survive?
Birth name Harold Gregory Moore, Jr. Nickname(s) "Hal", "Yellow Hair" Born February 13, 1922 Bardstown, Kentucky, U.S.
I use to eat at the Stephen Foster restaurant while working there.
Oh, the humanity! hugh manatee!
FIFY.
The building houses about 20,000 barrels of aging bourbon. Each barrel holds 53 gallons of bourbon and weighs about 550 pounds.
LOL
18,000 barrels of hooch on the wall
18,000 barrels of hooch...
Took one down and now there are
9,000 barrels of hooch on the wall
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