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TRAGIC: Bardstown bourbon storage building collapses

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June 22, 2018, 02:44 PM
HRK
TRAGIC: Bardstown bourbon storage building collapses


Ready for the saddest picture you’ll see all day? A rickhouse at Barton 1792 distillery in Bardstown collapsed this morning, causing hundreds of barrels of aging bourbon to tumble to a splintery demise:

Thankfully, no people were hurt, but the bourbon! Oh, the bourbon.



UPDATE: According to the Lexington Herald Leader , there were 9,000 barrels in the rickhouse and many of them rolled down the hill towards a creek off the Beech Fork River. The EPA is on its way to determine whether or not the water has been contaminated.

EVERYONE TO THE CREEK, NOW!
June 22, 2018, 02:49 PM
oldRoger
quote:
The EPA is on its way to determine whether or not the water has been contaminated



Please someone tell me how in the hell adding bourbon to creek (branch) water could result in contamination???
Too much dilution perhaps?
June 22, 2018, 02:54 PM
sigmonkey
Whiskey river, don't run dry...



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June 22, 2018, 02:54 PM
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June 22, 2018, 02:55 PM
GT-40DOC
This is a sad day for sure!!! 1792 Small Batch is one of my all time favorite bourbons. It was hard enough to find when things were normal.......I best load up before the big drought!!
June 22, 2018, 02:58 PM
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June 22, 2018, 03:03 PM
YellowJacket
they'll blend everything you see in those barrels that tumbled out, call it "Black Friday Small Batch" or some such moniker, and sell it to you for a 30% premium.


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June 22, 2018, 03:17 PM
lyman
quote:
Originally posted by oldRoger:
quote:
The EPA is on its way to determine whether or not the water has been contaminated



Please someone tell me how in the hell adding bourbon to creek (branch) water could result in contamination???
Too much dilution perhaps?



this,

If I was closer,, I'd show up with a couple of buckets


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June 22, 2018, 03:21 PM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by oldRoger:
quote:
The EPA is on its way to determine whether or not the water has been contaminated



Please someone tell me how in the hell adding bourbon to creek (branch) water could result in contamination???
Too much dilution perhaps?



Of the whiskey, that is...




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June 22, 2018, 03:44 PM
trapper189
Some people like it on the rocks.
June 22, 2018, 03:46 PM
architect
Think I'm going to pour myself a bourbon and branch water.
June 22, 2018, 03:47 PM
ArtieS
Feed some beef up on that whiskey soaked grass and make steaks better than Kobe by far!


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June 22, 2018, 03:53 PM
CQB60
Plenty of happy fish in the beech fork river today.. I sense a spike in the price of Bourbon coming...


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June 22, 2018, 04:00 PM
PD
Group buy for SF members. The barrels on the ground for 10 cents of the dollar Big Grin
June 22, 2018, 04:00 PM
Rightwire
Now now... some of that looks ok. Barrels are tough.



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June 22, 2018, 04:04 PM
doublesharp
I hope this doesn't push rburg over the edge! Eek Big Grin


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June 22, 2018, 04:05 PM
erj_pilot
quote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
Some people like it on the rocks.




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June 22, 2018, 04:09 PM
tk13
quote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket:
they'll blend everything you see in those barrels that tumbled out, call it "Black Friday Small Batch" or some such moniker, and sell it to you for a 30% premium.


I said something similar in the bourbon thread in the Lair: They'll bottle whatever they can salvage and sell it at a premium ALA the E.H. Taylor Tornado Bourbon.
June 22, 2018, 04:17 PM
Elk Hunter
quote:
Originally posted by Rightwire:
Now now... some of that looks ok. Barrels are tough.


My exact thought!! I doubt there will be much of a real loss when it is all said and done.


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June 22, 2018, 04:39 PM
95flhr
quote:
Originally posted by CQB60:
Plenty of happy fish in the beech fork river today.. I sense a spike in the price of Bourbon coming...


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