Alcohol rivers, oak banks: a whiskey warehouse collapsed in the USA

Perhaps now bourbon will rise in price, because there was a real whiskey disaster in the States. In Kentucky, a part of a warehouse collapsed, as a result of which more than 10 thousand barrels of excellent bourbon were destroyed.

On Friday, one of the warehouses of the famous Barton 1792 Distillery collapsed in Bardstown, Kentucky. For unknown reasons, a building built in the 1940s collapsed, where 18 thousand barrels of whiskey were stored.

Fortunately, no one was injured as a result of the collapse of the warehouse. Unfortunately, most of the barrels stored in the warehouse were broken. Now work is underway to assess the damage, which can last for many weeks.

Bourbon is a type of whiskey that is produced in the USA from corn and has a golden color and a long aftertaste. The most famous and popular brands of true American bourbon are Four Roses, Wild Turkey, Jim Beam. The price in Russia for a bottle of American whiskey starts from about 500 rubles.

Imagine a situation where bourbon got into the groundwater, and from there from the artesian installation — directly into the tap… Experts did have suspicions that the nearest river was polluted with whiskey, but after taking tests, it became clear that everything was fine with the water.

The producer of the world-famous Kentucky whiskey, the Barton Distillery 1792 Distillery was founded in 1879. There are 29 warehouses and 22 other buildings on its territory. Anyone can visit the factory: free excursions are provided for tourists here.

These are not the only bad news from the world of alcohol: recently there was a wine scandal in France. The famous Chateau Giscours winery was convicted of illegally adding sugar to wine. According to a court decision, 397 hectoliters of wine worth a total of 2.2 million euros were confiscated and destroyed in Bordeaux.