Posted 4/7/23

Thursday the Lincoln County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 to approve a site plan by Brown-Forman Corporation and Jack Daniels to allow them to continue to build and operate barrel houses. 

Tuesday, a Lincoln County judge put a temporary halt to adding barrels of Jack Daniels whiskey to any of its warehouses until the commission made its decision. 

Residents and business owners in both Lincoln and Moore counties have been engulfed by the whiskey fungus that has emanated from those barrel houses. After complaints to the county commission, which included the filing of three lawsuits, the planning and zoning commission voted in favor of Brown-Forman.

The Residents say that their fight against Brown-Forman and Jack Daniels is just the beginning.

They have a meeting with the EPA Monday, and with research partners to do a study on the fungus.