philD Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Has anyone seen this story? Hopefully with the amount that most of the small distilleries produce and age, this won't be an issue, but I'm wondering if anyone has heard anything. http://munchies.vice.com/articles/kentuckys-whiskey-fungus-problem-is-out-of-control It's an fascinating read anyway and brings up an interesting topic for discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedgeBird Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Related article on the same/similar issue from a ways back: http://www.wired.com/2011/05/ff_angelsshare/all/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnKB Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 It will be interesting to see if regulations come into place down the road that control warehouses that are barrel aging spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zwithers Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I worked for a company that got sued by a neighbor who claimed our farm distillery would pose an 'exponential threat' to his berry bushes. He used the Kentucky story to get a lot of people riled up and it turned into a huge fight. We had to bring in expert witnesses and all sorts of nonsense. Took almost a year and over 100K. In the end it got thrown out but it was a huge pain and the EPA did get its nose in the middle and make us come up with some pretty intense monitoring regiments for how much ethanol we were putting out with definitive caps on how much we could store, which will eventually be a problem for the company. Its all pretty silly in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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