Fire destroys warehouse filled with 45,000 bourbon barrels

[RPM 26354]

A fire destroyed a massive Jim Beam warehouse filled with 45,000 barrels of bourbon, sending flames shooting into the night sky and generating so much heat that firetruck lights melted, authorities said Wednesday.

Firefighters from four counties responded to the blaze that erupted late Tuesday. Lightning might have been a factor, but fire investigators haven’t been able to start looking for the cause, Woodford County Emergency Management Director Drew Chandler said.

Officials from Jim Beam’s parent company, Suntory Food and Beverage, said the multi-story warehouse that burned contained “relatively young whiskey,” meaning it had not reached maturity for bottling for consumers.

“Given the age of the lost whiskey, this fire will not impact the availability of Jim Beam for consumers,” the spirits company said in a statement.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/03/jim-beam-warehouse-with-45000-barrels-of-bourbon-burns-in-kentucky.html

[OrangEngr 1035]

Jesus wept

[RoundRobin 828]

I was concerned until I saw it was Jim Beam. 

[Guest Lobo]

Suntory stock is actually up.  Must mean really good insurance policy.  They're probably claiming those exact 45,000 barrels were being aged longer for a special, more expensive product.  

[Chooky 13319]

[DCA_HORN 725]

Didn't this happen to a smaller distillery a few years ago?

[UTPhil2006 3812]

[TornACL 7722]

Does this mean Jim Beam is about to be as hard to find as Blanton's? 

[markstanco 12612]

Sounds like they are out about $85. 

[Jiggy-Z 3435]

Must have been white lightening.  I'll see myself out.

[Dertyberd 394]

The devils share?

[C-Man 27262]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

Jim Beam

18-22 YO me is devastated. But he's 24 years older now.

They make Knob Creek, though, and I wonder if any of that was involved.

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

 

[irishtexan 11522]

Ain't a goddamn thing wrong with Jim Beam, you fancy fucks.

['stache 21866]

Isn't Knob Creek just extra aged Beam? I like KC and am not a fan of JB. The aging really helps.

[HornOnTheBayou 8946]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

Officials from Jim Beam’s parent company, Suntory Food and Beverage, said the multi-story warehouse that burned contained “relatively young whiskey,” meaning it had not reached maturity for bottling for consumers.

It's such a tragedy when a young life is cut short. So much potential wiped away.

[Guest Lobo]

You didn't see an Iron on the ground because it's not there! 

[RPM 26354]

1 hour ago, DCA_HORN said:

Didn't this happen to a smaller distillery a few years ago?

It was Heaven Hill, I think. Ironically, Jim Beam bailed them out and provided product until they could get back in production.

[markstanco 12612]

1 hour ago, irishtexan said:

Ain't a goddamn thing wrong with Jim Beam.

I would agree with you, but then we would both be wrong. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

1 hour ago, irishtexan said:

Ain't a goddamn thing wrong with Jim Beam, you fancy fucks.

In a flask on a football weekend snuck into the Stadium? Sure. 

At home? Nah.

[RPM 26354]

Beam Black ain't half bad for the money. Aged 8 years. $30 for a 1.75 at Spec's.

[ztejas 43537]

3 hours ago, RoundRobin said:

I was concerned until I saw it was Jim Beam. 

Yeah but it's a shame it wasn't Kentucky Deluxe. 

[MissingInAction 25187]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Yeah but it's a shame it wasn't Kentucky Deluxe. 

Derka is not amused. 

[Surly Bevo 25152]

Charred oak barrels.....check

[ztejas 43537]

2 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Derka is not amused. 

He probably has nothing to worry about. I'm not convinced KD isn't just ethanol, water, and whiskey flavoring. 

[MissingInAction 25187]

That's exactly what it is. 

[HOOKEM4 5044]

I am not sold that is water they added.

[El Diablo 4232]

Wasn't that also the beverage of choice for Rumblefishstix?

[drt 640]

For some reason I thought his was rumpleminze

[Steel Shank 9432]

3 hours ago, irishtexan said:

Ain't a goddamn thing wrong with Jim Beam, you fancy fucks.

this

[HOOKEM4 5044]

Black velvet or bust. The plastic bottle imparts a unique flavor profile. It also let's me look more authentic in my pop up front yard homeless camp.

[Red Five 40895]

Evan Williams > Jim Beam

[Rimbo 26112]

 This is the most appropriate time to link this song ever

[Rimbo 26112]

Lots of things are better than Jim Beam. That doesn't make Jim Beam bad.

I've had better burgers than McDonald's, too, but sometimes a McDonald's cheeseburger will do the job just dandy.

I use Jim Beam rye for making Manhattans, and they come out mighty tasty just like that.

[Constant 6755]

Hopefully it’s not a Knob Creek supply. 

[Stinkpalm 689]

8 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

Charred oak barrels.....check

Damn you. Was just coming here to post a lame joke about them not realizing you’re supposed to char the barrel BEFORE putting the whiskey in...

[Nice Guy Eddie 13523]

Probably a financial win for the company. Collect insurance money on a product that won’t be ready for a few years.  

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

22 hours ago, irishtexan said:

Ain't a goddamn thing wrong with Jim Beam, you fancy fucks.

Makes one of the best bourbon and gingers out there.  My go to at a Christmas party.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

I thought I sensed a great disturbance in the force.

[Pato del Muerto 52600]

17 hours ago, Red Five said:

Evan Williams > Jim Beam

Both are plenty sufficient for mixing with coke, less so for sipping neat or on rocks. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Both are plenty sufficient for mixing with coke, less so for sipping neat or on rocks. 

Yep, there's mixer bourbon and sipping bourbon.  Nothing wrong with either.

[RPM 26354]

These are pretty tasty, too. Never have been able to replicate the flavor mixing myself. The cola is impossible to replicate.

Edited July 4, 2019 by RPM

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4977]

22 hours ago, ztejas said:

He probably has nothing to worry about. I'm not convinced KD isn't just ethanol, water, and whiskey flavoring. 

Well they have to put some coloring in there to make it look like whiskey too.

[ztejas 43537]

2 hours ago, RPM said:

These are pretty tasty, too. Never have been able to replicate the flavor mixing myself. The cola is impossible to replicate.

Ugh. I wish they sold shit like that in the US (should have qualified - in non liquor stores). When I was last in Costa Rica I went crazy on the cocktail in a cans you could buy from gas stations. 

Edited July 4, 2019 by ztejas

[ztejas 43537]

20 hours ago, Red Five said:

Evan Williams > Jim Beam

Can you really tell the difference once you mix them? 

[RPM 26354]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Ugh. I wish they sold shit like that in the US. When I was last in Costa Rica I went crazy on the cocktail in a cans you could buy from gas stations. 

https://specsonline.com/shop/spirits/jim-beam-cola-6pk/

[msucolt45 4074]

At least it was MFing Jim Beam! I drank enough of that slush, while stationed in S. Korea, to last the rest of my life!

Good God what a year over there! Early 90s

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

On 7/3/2019 at 1:03 PM, irishtexan said:

Ain't a goddamn thing wrong with Jim Beam, you fancy fucks.

You expect Surly posters to serve Jim Beam to their super model girlfriends?

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

10 minutes ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

You expect Surly posters to serve Jim Beam to their super model girlfriends?

Like a super model would even know....but I prefer to serve Kristal.

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

46 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Like a super model would even know....but I prefer to serve Kristal.

She’d know if you bragged about how much you spent on the bottle.