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| Tequila Floods Louisville Sewer |
| 2003-02-18 |
| Thanks, Paul... February 11, 2003 More than 1,000 gallons of tequila spilled into the sewer system Monday after a worker tried to unload it from a truck into an already full storage tank at a distillery. The tequila overflowed at a rate of 100 gallons per minute, resulting in 1,500 to 1,800 gallons entering the city sewer system, said Phil Lynch, a spokesman for the Brown-Forman Distillery. Fire and sewer officials were called because of the flammability of the 80-proof liquor. Water was used to dilute the spilled alcohol. ''It was a simple case of human error,'' Lynch said. I'll say it was. How could they leave out the lime? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 it was Don Eduardo Anejo, which, although it has won awards, is not a personal favorite of mine....now they also have Jack Daniels at that distillery, and losing that much Old No. 7 would be a crime (in Kentucky it actually might be) and cause much distress. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-02-18 20:29:55 |
| #1 The fire department needs to go back to fire school. Alcohol spirits below 100 proof (50% alcohol) will not burn. A basic axiom of sanitary and wastewater engineers---dilution is the solution to polution---may apply here, however. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-02-18 16:39:28 |