Bourbon storage facility collapses in Kentucky, sending barrels crashing to ground
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/06/22/bourbon-storage-facility-collapses-in-kentucky-sending-barrels-crashing-to-ground.html
A portion of a warehouse housing thousands of barrels of bourbon collapsed in Kentucky on Friday, sending roughly half of those barrels crashing to the ground.
Bardstown Fire Chief Bill Mattingly said the storage facility at the Barton 1792 Distillery collapsed "length-wise" on Friday morning, and left the other half leaning and in danger of buckling, Kentucky Standard reported.
He also estimated that around 10,000 of the barrels held within - Mattingly estimated 20,000 in total - were destroyed as a result. But Joe Prewitt, the director of Nelson County Emergency Management, told the Lexington Herald Leader that the storage building, or rickhouse, held only around 9,000 barrels total.
A representative for Barton Brands confirmed that no one was injured in the collapse, the only casualties being the whiskey. . . .
I wish to make a solemn request that all board members join me in observing a moment of silence to honor the "youngsters" who met such a tragic, early demise.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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