# Fire massacres 45,000 barrels of innocent bourbon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [July 4, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524 "2019-07-04T16:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/1 "2019-07-04T16:40:42Z")
[A Jim Beam warehouse burned down](https://www.apnews.com/a5f382c5eff7430eb3f6fdc7b47bce6a), destroying 45,000 underage barrels of whiskey. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/2 "2019-07-04T16:47:21Z")
:eek: up up up goes the prices! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/3 "2019-07-04T16:49:21Z")
Beam has a very nice tour. Their employees really love their job. Plus, SAMPLES! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/4 "2019-07-04T16:50:37Z")
And now they have a new product to promote- Bourbon Briquettes. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/5 "2019-07-04T16:55:52Z")
Do YOU hear any fish complaining? Beam sells their own brand of egg nog come Xmas-time; goes real good with their bourbon (Hint, hint!). ---
**Author:** ![AZRob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azrob/32/3003_2.png) [@AZRob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZRob)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/6 "2019-07-04T16:56:32Z")
RIP ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/7 "2019-07-04T17:01:25Z")
_Goes to the liquor cabinet and \<\\> his bourbon bottles._ ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/8 "2019-07-04T17:05:11Z")
a loss of 1% of inventory should not really impact the price unless they use this as an excuse to raise the price ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/9 "2019-07-04T17:09:03Z")
This is one disaster where you hope the victims are young. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/10 "2019-07-04T17:32:18Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > This is one disaster where you hope the victims are young. That made me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/11 "2019-07-04T18:21:12Z")
I don’t think the price of the regular Beam will be impacted, but they could use this fire as an excuse to bump the price of Knob Creek up a few cents. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/12 "2019-07-04T18:49:11Z")
Ironically Jack Daniels burns wood and then pours the booze through the charcoal to help get their flavor. Maybe they can use some of the burned wood from Jim Beam. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/13 "2019-07-04T19:37:30Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Ironically Jack Daniels burns wood and then pours the booze through the charcoal to help get their flavor. Maybe they can use some of the burned wood from Jim Beam. 🙂 OMG, you looking to start a feud, or something? There are so many stipulations on whiskey and bourbon and where it’s made and how/where it’s aged and God knows what else–some Federally mandated–that I would rather argue how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. We’ll just pretend you didn’t say that, if it’s alright with you. BTW, Jack Daniels also chars the insides of its barrels which contributes to the taste. Somehow. Has to do with “breathing.” ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/14 "2019-07-04T19:54:18Z")
heh if you wanna start a fight go into any halfway decent bar and ask " for a glass of that one whiskey…what’s it called southern comfort" since she had just turned 21 and never drank in her life the bartender and regs forgave her… but the debate was endless ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/15 "2019-07-04T20:00:19Z")
I’m a dunce: when I mentioned Beam and eggnog earlier, I meant [Southern Comfort (and eggnog)](https://images.app.goo.gl/8qBRKcWYuEE8nZQq9). For Xmas. Yummy! Thanks for the kick in the pants, **nightshadea** , I needed it. ETA: Get this: the SC website calls itself whiskey, while Wikipedia says it’s a whiskey-flavored liqueur. I’m not getting in the middle of this. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/16 "2019-07-04T20:09:41Z")
Oh, the humanity. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/17 "2019-07-04T20:16:33Z")
But why is the rum gone? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/18 "2019-07-04T20:28:53Z")
Sorry. It was late, I was thirsty and it was just sitting there… ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/19 "2019-07-04T21:18:23Z")
Well how d’you do, young Jimmy McBean, Do you mind if I sit here, on a stump downstream And rest for a while in the warm summer Sun, I’ve been drinking y’all day, and 'm nowhere near done… (with no apologies whatsoever to Eric Bogle or the Scots in general, who should have been independant a long time ago. Besides, free market of ideas, bitches !) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524/20 "2019-07-04T23:59:19Z")
[Decision on extinguishing Jim Beam fire a ‘day or two’ away](https://apnews.com/925b0c7bced74794b9d7942ad1339369). Is Fire-Roasted Whiskey a thing yet? 😃 > [@](#): > > Woodford County Emergency Management Director Drew Chandler said in a telephone interview the only thing left burning is ethanol fumes. Officials believe letting the fumes burn will have less environmental impact than spraying the fire with water, which could wash the bourbon into a nearby creek that flows into the Kentucky River. > > An unknown amount of bourbon has already entered the water and was clearly visible on the Kentucky River on Wednesday. Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency have been on the scene since Thursday to help assess and contain the damage. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-massacres-45-000-barrels-of-innocent-bourbon/836524.md?page=2)