Thankfully, no employees were in the area, no surrounding properties and buildings were impacted, and no environmental damage has been identified. Master Distiller Jacob Call and authorities arrived on scene to assess the situation and begin working with structural engineers to assess the structural integrity of the building and to create and execute a recovery plan.BREAKING: An O.Z. Tyler Distillery rickhouse in Daviess Co. has collapsed. You can see (and smell) the barrels that were inside. The master distiller was just out here and tells me everything is contained. They don’t believe anything is leaking from the barrels at this time. pic.twitter.com/2IKuDGaosZ— Shaelie Clark (@Shaelie14News) June 17, 2019
Since the collapse, O.Z. Tyler has been having daily meetings with state and local officials, including representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency. The recovery plan that is being executed includes a 'deliberate deconstruction of Warehouse H, commencing immediately.' O.Z. Tyler has also announced that they've had minimal leakage from the impacted barrels so that's good from a product and environmental standpoint.
Our Take
This is the second warehouse collapse in recent memory following the Barton 1792 warehouse collapse in July of 2018. There have been heavy rains recently in the midwest and the initial thought from the bourbon community is the wet conditions may have played into the collapse. We won't know for sure for many months until a full assessment can be completed. Regardless, it's a shame any time an accident like this happens and I'm glad that the initial product loss appears to be minimal.
As always, we'll have more on this story as it develops.
Source: OZ Tyler
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