Dozens of Bottles of Pappy Van Winkle to Be Destroyed

The AP reports:

More than two dozen bottles of Pappy Van Winkle stolen from a central Kentucky distillery will be destroyed. Investigators said the bottles were stolen from Buffalo Trace Distillery, in Frankfort, as part of a theft ring in 2013.

Police later recovered the bourbon. The Franklin County sheriff said he had hoped the bourbon would be auctioned off for charity, but the Van Winkle family is worried the bourbon could have been tampered with or contaminated. He said the family wants the 28 bottles to be destroyed as a precaution.

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★ Friday, 8 January 2016