The oldest distillaries for racing America, are still from historic floods, reopens in time for Kentucky Derby star-news.press/wp

Frankfort, Kentucky – For more than two centuries, the bisony distillery in Frankfurt in Kentucky, strengthened the bottle to the mood of ghosts on his 400-ACRE campus.

Ali the oldest American distiller cargo for stopping last month In the middle of historical and deadly floodWhen Buffalo Trace Master Destiller Harlen Wheatley says near Kentucky River grew over over 48 feet.

“Every building you see was four or five meters of water in it, everywhere … Page,” said Wheatley told the news for CBS.

Tyler Adams, General Manager of the Distillery, says Buffalo Trace before stretched the storms, including a flood in the entire campus in 1978. years, and the tornado speed of winds saving more buildings in 2006. years.

“We passed the ban, other floods, tornadoes that took off from the part of the warehouse,” Adams said.

Bourbon Crafters said there were No plans to move to a larger country.

“We don’t have slows plans,” he said, “Wheatley said.” … that water is just speed. “

The crews hurried to restore the tank in front of the busiest days of distillery, called “Derby Week” locals in front Saturday Kentucky Derby.

“You need Bourbon, you need Mint Juleps, and you need horses,” Local Colleen Calvy said. “By the way, it’s not a derby.”

And visitors move into escape for roses and this week they also raced on a sown Buffalo Trace this week, because the distillery reopened for limited tours and tastings.

Layne Wilkerson, Mayor of Frankfort, says that the soft reopening means a step in the right direction for the community that is still from the disaster.
“It’s the iconic part of our identity in Frankfort,” Wilkerson said. “BurbonOf course, one of our main industries is. “

Wheatley says he saw Distillar backup and run “means something to us.”

“We have 770 employees,” Wheatley said. “We have a lot of families that depend on the job … and we want to be upstairs and running.”