Jim Beam Distillery is Ablaze!

Wave3News ^ | 08/04/2003 | Breaking

[Old Sarge]

(BARDSTOWN, Ky., August 4th, 2003, 4:30 pm) -- The massive wooden structure was ablaze and firefighters were focused on three nearby warehouses, said Bardstown City Administrator Larry Green.

"Only one of them is on fire and they're working to make sure that it stays that way and to contain the burning whisky that's coming out of that warehouse," Green said

[SLB]

I caught this on WHAS radio on the way home from work. It is bad, but not like the Heaven Hill fire of several years back. That one leaped from warehouse to warehouse as there were 60 mph winds that day. Eventually 6 warehouses burned. The Nelson County Fire Chief (sorry folks Jim Beam is not distilled in Bourbon County) estimated this fire will burn for 3 or 4 days.

[Ronin]

The Auld Bush is NOT Scotch!!!!

Tis Irish Whisky, and the finest in the world, at that.

You can keep yer corn-likker, thank you very much.

[ffusco]

This IS NOT happenning *sob*

[Luke Skyfreeper]

don-o wrote:

Scotch whikey [hic] is for girly men.

I beg to differ.

[Cobra64]

You can't get 200 proof that is drinkable. Ethanol forms an azeotrope with water that boils off at 78.15 degrees. Pure ethanol has a boiling point of 78.3 degrees C. The azeotrope is 95% ethanol/5% water...190 proof. To get 100% ethanol, you add benzene to carry off the water, but that makes it unfit for consumption.

Sounds like what ya put in the car's radiator before the snow starts flyin'.

[FReepaholic]

>>...Yes, folks, some of that Kentucky Bourbon is made in Ohio.

Talk about false advertising!...<<

I flew into Cincinnati International Airport one time and when I got off the plane I saw a sign that said: "Welcome to Kentucky"!!!

I thought I'd gotten on the wrong plane or something.

[Tax-chick]

Old Bushmills distillery burned down completely not too many years ago ... my parents said it's all new since we toured in the early 80's. That was good whiskey!

[don-o]

My apology on the Bushkill. But, posting a picture of Mel Gibson? I don't get the connection.

And corn is the Sothren American grain from which my Irish ancestors created The American whiskey.

B-O-U-R-B-O-N

End of argument.

I have to go sand a hardwood floor for a bit

[Michael121]

Cincinnati Airport is in Northern KY..... hehehe

We love to make people's heads spin....

[TheSpottedOwl]

Terrorist attack!

[Zack Nguyen]

And in my family lets just say there were a few 'shine runners.

And let's just say that my great-great grandfather "decided" to plant the family in Texas after bootlegging became a less than favored activity in Tennessee.

LOL. Always a few "horse thieves" in any family tree.

[The Turbanator]

THE END IS NEAR!

[GreenHornet]

Where is Red Adair when we need him?

[cibco]

HELP!!!!

[ffusco]

This might coax him outa retirement!

[tracer]

This clearly is the work of al Qaeda.....

[Old Sarge]

That indeed, is the latest from the Ops Center, too.

We're looking at containment - no way we can get it out, just let her burn.

People aren't daring to try and put a dollar value on the lost booze. 80K gallons estimated loss.

I'm wondering if it was a ZOT! that went astray?

[null and void]

To get 100% ethanol, you add benzene to carry off the water, but that makes it unfit for consumption.

Or you can react out the water with metallic sodium (not for the faint hearted!)...

[BossLady]

Whew!!! Not Makers Mark....I can relax...... :)

[null and void]

I'm wondering if it was a ZOT! that went astray?

Admin-any comments you'd care to make here???