As whiskey and bourbon business booms, beloved distillers face pushback over taxes and emissions
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A statue of Jack Daniels sits on a bench as a visitor enters a souvenir shop in the town where the distillery is located Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Lynchburg, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the distillery's nearby barrelhouses which has resulted in a lawsuit against it. (AP Photo/John Amis)A water hydrant covered in black substance, stands at the entry to a Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)Motorists pass a highway sign covered in black substance situated in front of a historic mansion turned event space, right, near a Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)People look out over a Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, as they stand on a landowners property that borders the facility Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)A newer Jack Daniels barrelhouse, front right, sits next to an older one, which has a roof covered in black substance, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus, seen growing on dead tree limbs in the foreground, feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels and has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)An electrical meter with glass which had to be wiped clean is covered with black substance, on a property that borders a massive Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)A tree with branches covered in substance grows at The Manor at ShaeJo, a historic mansion turned event space that borders a Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)Visitors walk away from the Jack Daniels Distillery visitor center carrying boxes of whiskey Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Lynchburg, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the distillery's barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)Visitors walk to the Jack Daniels Distillery visitor center Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Lynchburg, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the distillery's barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)Pam Butler shows a reporter what she says is a black fungus that is growing on the trailer behind her house, during an interview on her property that borders a massive Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)Pam Butler stands in front of a pile of dead limbs covered in black substance, as she walks her property that borders a massive Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)Pam Butler walks her property that borders a massive Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on her property and others near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)Pam Butler stops to look at a pile of dead limbs covered in black substance as she walks her property that borders a massive Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)Pam Butler talks to a reporter as she stands next to a dead limb covered in a black substance and moss, as she walks her property that borders a massive Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)An electrical station is covered with black whiskey fungus, on a property that borders a Jack Daniels barrelhouse complex, partially seen in the background, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Mulberry, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the barrelhouses. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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A statue of Jack Daniels sits on a bench as a visitor enters a souvenir shop in the town where the distillery is located Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Lynchburg, Tenn. A destructive and unsightly black fungus which feeds on ethanol emitted by whiskey barrels has been found growing on property near the distillery's nearby barrelhouses which has resulted in a lawsuit against it. (AP Photo/John Amis)
