9,000 barrels of bourbon fall in Kentucky distillery building collapse

[Julian Englis]

Source: CNN

Pardon bourbon lovers for crying in their beer after half of the barrels being aged at a Kentucky distillery building fell to the ground when part of the structure collapsed.

About 9,000 stacked bourbon barrels plummeted to the ground Friday at Barton 1792 Distillery, home of the brand 1792 Bourbon.

The building, which holds up to 20,000 barrels, was having a wall repaired. The collapse brought down half of the structure.

Bardstown Police Chief Billy Mattingly said there was no one inside when the roof caved in, so no injuries were reported.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/us/thousands-of-bourbon-barrels-crash-trnd/index.html

[YOHABLO]

1. Oh my, what a waste. Especially in these times.

[christx30]

4. I saw the picture. I didn't see any spillage

Give me a couple of good hearted folks, a promise of pizza at the end, and I’ll get them stacked back in a few hours.

[riversedge]

5. The border recieved her documents after 3 days. Why did it take another week and

a half to release her??? damn

[Hekate]

22. Do you by any chance have two pages open?

Are you commenting on the jogger at the Canada border? Because this is such a non sequitur that I need a drink.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

27. Perhaps he partook of some of the contents of the fallen barrels.

Just sayin'.

[jpak]

30. LOL!

[relogic]

2. Bill Maher get your writers...

going, this is too good to pass up. Wish I was there with my funnel and mop.

[japple]

3. Sad, sad story. My, my, my.

[relogic]

6. Sad doesn't begin...

to describe the catastrophe dwarfing the horror of Noah’s peculiar flood.

[relogic]

8. O.K., maybe...

trump when he topples his unsteady water bottle out of pence’s reach.

[underpants]

7. First The Fat Boys breakup and now THIS

[Throck]

28. Put that flame out, its 100 proof!

[JenniferJuniper]

9. 9000 barrels of bourbon on the wall...

[BumRushDaShow]

10. !!!!!!!!!!!!

[malthaussen]

11. Reminds me of the last scenes in Hallelujah Trail...

... all those barrels going to waste.

-- Mal

[Submariner]

13. Brian Keith sinking in the quicksand in that barrel filled wagon

was a scene of unforgettable horror I can remember till this day.

A PTSD event.

[Lochloosa]

12. No injuries my ass.

[catbyte]

14. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Wow. I hope the business had insurance. That's a lot of product to lose.

[drray23]

15. 53 gallons per barrel.

9000 barrels. If they all spill it would be nearly 500,000 gallons. 1792 bourbon retails for around 100.00 per 750ml. So it's about $500.00 per gallon. That would be a loss of 250 millions ... probably less since the coat of producing it is less than the retail cost but still it would be in the tens of millions.

[Corgigal]

16. Bardstown Ky

Home of almost every unsolved homicide for the past 5 years. Ok, slightexaggeration, slight. Not going near that damn place. Scared some spooky crap will jump in the car and follow us home.

Just nope this place. Yeah, I live in Kentucky and everyone knows....don't go there.

[Nitram]

17. Nooooooo!

[LudwigPastorius]

18. Oh...the humanity...!

[TheBlackAdder]

19. How convenient? An insurance claim! Just AFTER countries ban the import of Kentucky bourbon.

.

There seems to be one company that won't be hurt by the decrease in export sales.

It would be really odd if those losses amount to what was projected for export.

.

[dalton99a]

23. Bingo

[applegrove]

20. Canada and the EU have put retaliatory tariffs on Bourbon so they won't be needed.

Trade wars are helll.

[jmowreader]

21. Don't cry too hard...all is not lost

http://www.1792bourbon.com/distillery

"The distillery boasts 29 barrel aging warehouses."

[Mopar151]

25. Time for a field trip!

Bringing a LONG drill, and a roll of tubing!

[milestogo]

24. Well its good that nobody was hurt.

[mentalsolstice]

26. We were there just 3 weeks ago.

We did a tasting, bought a bottle of 1792 and a bottle of cream bourbon. My family are all from KY, my grandma made the best bourbon balls ever, although she was known to get quite tipsy in the process!

[beachbum bob]

29. Ok, china won't be buying much, they will go for the real Scottish stuff

So no big loss

[Meadowoak]

31. Now their insurance can pay them for all those barrels that won't get exported.

[kwassa]

32. Flags throughout the US should be lowered to half-mast.

[SkatmanRoth]

33. Will the EPA be there to supervise the cleanup of the 'spill'?

"I have to take samples from the damaged barrels and return them to Washington. Do not move anything until the sample process is complete. (This could take several weeks). I need to call back to the main office to ask them to send more help and sample containers."

[GulfCoast66]

34. Largest disaster in KY since the Bowling Green Massacre!

At least it was not Makers Mark which I am currently enjoying.

[vercetti2021]

35. Nooooooo

Wasted precious liquid...what we need in these times