Last year, in a warehouse on The Kentucky River, the Jim Beam distillery lost about 45,000 barrels of young whiskey in a fire!
A standard US barrel contains approximately 175 bottles, which retail at around $18 each, so a hefty total of around $145m went up in rather pleasant smoke! The decision was made to allow the fire to burn itself out naturally, and not use hoses or dampening chemicals, which would eventually cause a run-off into the nearby water courses, and damage wildlife; which was nice!
Mr Drew Chandler, a Chief Firefighter explained that it was probably a lightning strike which started the damage, but he added that 'It was the best-smelling fire he'd ever been at', which is not a bad way to take a tincture I suppose...
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Mr Drew Chandler, a Chief Firefighter shouted "breathe deeply guys and suck away all the fuel."
Like it, Mr H!
I quite like 'Jimmy', and they brought out an apple version once, which is actually not at all bad! We crave after Calvados, which is so very expensive here - a ludicrous position to be in, seeing as we're just a hundred miles from Normandy, but the new Jim Beam was at least a diversion!
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