A Bardstown distillery is going to be issued a violation notice after thousands of bourbon barrels spilled into bodies of water that killed several fish.
According to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, roughly 1,000 fish died because of the spill that caused alcohol to contaminate two bodies of water — Withrow Creek and Beach Fork River. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet said Monday, Sazerac, the owner of Barton 1792, will be issued a notice of violation for failure to notify and for polluting the waters of the Commonwealth.
It still may be several days or weeks before a full assessment of the damage to Warehouse 30 at Barton 1792 is fully complete. Part of the bourbon warehouse in Bardstown collapsed Friday morning, sending thousands of barrels of bourbon spilling out of the building.
According to officials from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, the dead fish appear to be minnow fish and larger game fish. The fish died from the alcohol in the water by ingesting it or because the alcohol depletes oxygen in water, which causes fish to suffocate.
Source: WAVE
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