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GENERAL TOPICS => Coffee Induced Early Morning Rant => Topic started by: stlaser on June 22, 2018, 05:56:49 PM

Title: Very sad day for Bourbon lovers
Post by: stlaser on June 22, 2018, 05:56:49 PM: :cry:

Bourbon storage facility collapses in Kentucky, sending barrels crashing to ground

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/06/22/bourbon-storage-facility-collapses-in-kentucky-sending-barrels-crashing-to-ground.html

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Title: Re: Very sad day for Bourbon lovers
Post by: Flyin6 on June 22, 2018, 06:44:03 PM: Rutt-Rooo
Title: Re: Very sad day for Bourbon lovers
Post by: stlaser on June 22, 2018, 06:49:24 PM: Well, you know it is the tuck. Musta collected too many refrigerators on their front porch & it brought the whole building down when it collapsed...... :tongue:
Title: Re: Very sad day for Bourbon lovers
Post by: cudakidd53 on June 22, 2018, 06:59:55 PM: Roll out the barrels....... :beercheers:
Title: Re: Very sad day for Bourbon lovers
Post by: Nate on June 22, 2018, 08:21:21 PM: Must have been some bottom shelf bourbon, because I have never heard of them?
Title: Re: Very sad day for Bourbon lovers
Post by: Bigdave_185 on June 23, 2018, 11:27:39 AM: When you look at the structure of the building I mean really this shouldn’t be a shock.

Thought, hundreds of thousands of gallons of water. Essentially it’s a giant water tower made out of sticks. From the looks they have that building full top to bottom and that is a massive amount of weight for what that structure looks like.

Barrels should still be good most of them. Just need to sort the mess out

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Title: Re: Very sad day for Bourbon lovers
Post by: stlaser on June 23, 2018, 08:48:54 PM: Interesting fact, Stranahans here in Denver pumps moisture into their warehouse where the barrels are stored to keep humidity at 40% constant. Being this is high desert 40% is as high as they can get the concrete block building up to. The reason they do this is to keep evaporation to a minimum.

The other interesting fact is that the evaporation of the bourbon has been called “angel shares” ever since grain whiskey was produced. I think it started in Scotland actually & correct me if I’m wrong but I believe they age their scotch a minimum of 3 years versus bourbon which is 2 years. So back in the early 1800’s apparently the Scottish didn’t understand evaporation. So since their whiskey was stored under lock & key to be aged the only explanation for the loss was that the angels must have come down & stole a bit. Thus the term angel shares. :likebutton: