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Jim Beam Warehouse fire...45,000 barrels
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Mr. Jones Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2019, 7:29 PM EST
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Boo hoo!

Jim beam warehouse (NEAR THE WOODFORD/ FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE) filled with bourbon
Has burned for 4 days...
Massive Fishkill from the bourbon spilling into a nearby river....a 23 mile plume of bourbon is killing thousands of fish...

It was 1% of Jim beam inventory...but BEAM OFFICIALS SAID "Don't worry about shortages...the stuff in the warehouse was a relatively young in age stock"

Sad sad story...
danmdevries Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2019, 8:12 PM EST
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Well that's a sad story.

Poor drunken fishies

At least the bourbon was too young to care about.
dkeage Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2019, 8:21 PM EST
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Price increases coming
8trackdisco Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2019, 8:30 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Well that's a sad story.

Poor drunken fishies

At least the bourbon was too young to care about.


If it was in the White Label stage, there is no loss here.
Palama Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2019, 8:44 PM EST
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dkeage wrote:
Price increases coming


That’s what I read. Gonz
Palama Offline
#6 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2019, 8:47 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
If it was in the White Label stage, there is no loss here.


If they have to build a new warehouse, you know that cost will be passed on. And even if they don’t, it’ll be a good excuse to increase prices anyway.
8trackdisco Offline
#7 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2019, 8:49 PM EST
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Palama wrote:
If they have to build a new warehouse, you know that cost will be passed on. And even if they don’t, it’ll be a good excuse to increase prices anyway.


That's true.
They had a fire @ Beam 7 or 8 years ago too. They need a new fire safety officer.
Fire Marshall Bill maybe.
teedubbya Offline
#8 Posted: Sun, Jul 7 2019, 9:29 PM EST
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Competition will keep them from raising prices. And my guess is they have insurance.
Burner02 Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 5:50 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
If it was in the White Label stage, there is no loss here.


Was told on a tour of the distillery that the same mash bill was used for the white label and Knob Creek. Only difference was the time in the barrel.

Not a fan of the white label but do love me some Knob Creek from time to time.
izonfire Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 5:01 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
That's true.
They had a fire @ Beam 7 or 8 years ago too. They need a new fire safety officer.
Fire Marshall Bill maybe.


Or maybe they need to treat their employees better... Think
tamapatom Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 7:57 PM EST
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It doesn't matter how young it was except for the fact it will affect supplies at whatever date they were going to age it to. They will never be able to fill that slot. If this was planned to be aged into a knob creek then the loss is not replaceable. If it was only to be aged a couple years then the missing supply will pass through the system shortly but the shortage will affect something.
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