Whisky Advocate: Buffalo Trace Begins Recovery From Kentucky River Flooding

Buffalo Trace Distillery announced on Friday, April 11th, that flood waters from the Kentucky River have receded to normal levels—five days after the distillery campus was inundated on Monday, April 7th. Now the inspections, assessments, clean-up, and recovery are underway. Sazerac and Buffalo Trace CEO and president Jake Wenz expressed confidence that the distillery will be up and running soon. “As of [Friday] morning, we started shipping our finished goods again and expect to resume bottling sometime [this] week,” Wenz added.

The flooding was part of a broad swath of storm weather that impacted the South Central U.S., causing major flooding in the Tennessee and Ohio River valleys. At press time, there was no word yet on the total damage, but the flood impacted much of the distillery campus. Buffalo Trace will be launching community support initiatives, to be announced soon, and updates on the reopening will be made as the weeks proceed. Whisky Advocate has more.

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