FrankFort, Kentucky -For more than two centuries, the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky Frankfurt has bottles several souls on his 400 acres campus.
But the oldest running distillery ground in America will stop last month between the Historic Tihassic and Fatal FloodWhen Buffalo Trace Master distiller Harlen Whitly is the nearest Kentaki River Increased to 48 feetThe
Whitly told CBS News, “Every building you see was four or five feet of water, everywhere …” Whitly told CBS News.
Distill’s general manager Tyler Adams said Buffalo Trace had earlier storms, out of which a campus-stained flood and tornado speed in 1978 damaged multiple buildings in 2006.
Adams said, “We went through the ban, other floods, tornadoes that took part in a warehouse,” said Adams.
Barbon craftsmen said there was There are no plans to go to higher ground.
Whitley said, “We have no plans to slow down.” “… that water is just a speed bump” ”
Cruura rush to recover the tanks before the busiest days of distilley, calling locals before the name “Derby Week” Saturday’s Kentucky DerbyThe
“You need barbon, you need a mint julp and you need a horse,” said local Colin Calvi. “Otherwise, it’s not the derby.”
And visitors who ran for roses this week also rushed to the Buffalo Trace Gift Store this week, as the distillery was re -opened for limited tour and testing.
FrankFort Mayor Lane Wilcarson says the soft re -opening of the soft re -opening has still identified a step in the right direction to prevent disaster for any community.
“This is an iconic part of our identity here in FrankFort,” Wilcarson said. “BorbinOf course, one of our main industries. “
Whitly says that the distlution is back up and running “Something has been meant to us.”
“We have 770 employees,” said Whitly. “We have a lot of families that depend on the job … and we want to get up.”
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