Kentucky

TexasTowelie

(117,584 posts) Tue Jun 18, 2019, 07:37 AM Jun 2019

The second bourbon warehouse in a year collapses in Kentucky

Part of a bourbon warehouse in Daviess County collapsed during a thunderstorm.

The partial collapse of the O.Z. Tyler Distillery rickhouse in Owensboro was reported early Monday.

Master Distiller Jacob Call says about 20,000 barrels are stored at the location, and it appears that about 4,000 were affected. He says it appears most barrels remain intact.

Call says engineers will be out later Monday to try to determine what caused the collapse. It's unclear if weather played a role.

Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/06/17/o-z-tyler-distillery-rickhouse-partially-collapses-owensboro-kentucky/1476043001/

2 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

The second bourbon warehouse in a year collapses in Kentucky (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP

How about Termites and Carpenter Ants? ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #1

That, and it's kentucky, so my guess is a lack of building inspections Merlot Jun 2019 #2

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,178 posts)

1. How about Termites and Carpenter Ants?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 07:42 AM

Jun 2019

Along with moisture that eats away at wood. Bour on is aged in oak wood casks after all for 5 years or more.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

2. That, and it's kentucky, so my guess is a lack of building inspections

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 09:52 AM

Jun 2019

Not that you need to inspect buildings that hold food/drink that the public will ingest. What could go wrong?

Reply to this discussion