If you like Jim Beam

0patience
0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
in Non Cigar Related
You might wanna stock up now.


In Fumo Pax
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

Wylaff said:
Atmospheric pressure and crap.

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  • Sleddog46
    Sleddog46 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OH NOoooooooooool!!!!!!!
    You can't dispel Ignorance if you retain Arrogance!
  • deadman
    deadman Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now they yell shortage and Jack the price up 
  • TruDog
    TruDog Posts: 8,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...just across the river and down the road a bit O.  Damn shame.
  • BKDog
    BKDog Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh, man...oh, man...I do love the Beam. And I don't think one warehouse is going to have an impact, but that's just me guessing.
    On a less than serious note, that's the very definition of alcohol abuse.
    "Love is a dung heap, Betty and I am but a c.o.c.k. that climbs upon it to crow."
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BKDog said:
    Oh, man...oh, man...I do love the Beam. And I don't think one warehouse is going to have an impact, but that's just me guessing.
    On a less than serious note, that's the very definition of alcohol abuse.
    Dunno. But I'd have to think 45,000 barrels is a considerable amount. 
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • BKDog
    BKDog Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭✭✭
    0patience said:
    BKDog said:
    Oh, man...oh, man...I do love the Beam. And I don't think one warehouse is going to have an impact, but that's just me guessing.
    On a less than serious note, that's the very definition of alcohol abuse.
    Dunno. But I'd have to think 45,000 barrels is a considerable amount. 
    Well, it's a little bit more than what the local dive bar has in stock, but just to be certain I'm headed to the store tomorrow to...uh...check on some things.
    "Love is a dung heap, Betty and I am but a c.o.c.k. that climbs upon it to crow."
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2019
    I got curious how much whiskey was in a barrel.
    According to one website;
    The standard American Bourbon barrel is 53 gallons, or around 195 liters.
    So, 45,000 barrels = 2,385,000 gallons or 8,775,000 liters of whiskey up in smoke.
    Good grief, that is a lot of whiskey.
    Assuming an average price of $25 per liter (which I am guessing), that equates to $263,250,000

    Ouch!

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • jd50ae
    jd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wasn't there another whisky fire not too long ago.
  • YankeeMan
    YankeeMan Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think that was a collapse, I'm not sure.  But it did kill a bunch of booze.
  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,225 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Where's the fire prevention equipment at Beam?   Oh well.  One hell of a write off, I'm sure.

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
     0patience said:
    I got curious how much whiskey was in a barrel.
    According to one website;
    The standard American Bourbon barrel is 53 gallons, or around 195 liters.
    So, 45,000 barrels = 2,385,000 gallons or 8,775,000 liters of whiskey up in smoke.
    Good grief, that is a lot of whiskey.
    Assuming an average price of $25 per liter (which I am guessing), that equates to $263,250,000

    Ouch!

    That’s a lot of accelerated Angel’s share. 

    Luckily, it sounds like no Basil Hayden was hurt. 
    Cнeerѕ! Moтнerғυcĸer
  • Sleddog46
    Sleddog46 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you've ever been to Bardstown, Ky they have rack houses all over town where they store the barrels to age. They look like old rustic barns / buildings ready to collapse at any time. This is the Bourbon capital of the world. Heaven Hill, Old Grand Dad, Makers Mark as well as Jim Beam all have their distilleries here. They had a fire at the Heaven Hill distillery that burned for 3 days and was supposed to have been one of the hottest fires on record. I have a buddy that lives there and used to go down to visit and he would fill me in on these things.
    You can't dispel Ignorance if you retain Arrogance!
  • BKDog
    BKDog Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seriously, this was my first reaction:


    "Love is a dung heap, Betty and I am but a c.o.c.k. that climbs upon it to crow."
  • Dark_Roast
    Dark_Roast Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭
    Just goes to show you how much bourbon is needed to supply the world's thirst. This is just one manufacturer. I can't imagine the staggering number of gallons stored for all manufacturers. Hundreds of millions? Mind boggling. 
  • jd50ae
    jd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2019
    Still got a bottle, un-opened, that I purchased about three years ago. For some reason I had to open it. 
  • YankeeMan
    YankeeMan Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Since the fire, many fish have been killed from the runoff.  I bet they would be good eating!  Just be careful they don't explode on the grill.
  • deadman
    deadman Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    YankeeMan said:
    Since the fire, many fish have been killed from the runoff.  I bet they would be good eating!  Just be careful they don't explode on the grill.
    Alcohol poisoning 

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