Noooooooooooooooo!!!

Cue cheesy horror-movie music and a freaked out guy/girl huddled in a corner plaintively repeating "This isn't happening, this isn't happening."

From the AP (via FoxNews):

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Here's a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.

...Tennessee law requires officials to destroy whiskey that cannot be sold legally in the state, such as bottles designed for sale overseas and those with broken seals.

The story quotes the Executive Director of the Tenn. Alcoholic Beverage Commission on the prospect of dumping poor Mr. Daniels down the drain thusly, "It'd kill me."

My sentiments exactly. And I'm not a huge Jack Daniels drinker. I much prefer single malt scotch, but good liquor deserves respect dammit! Frankly, this is destroying a piece of America. It might be time for another whiskey rebellion.

Picture from Ludwig Von Mises Institute. Learn more about how Americans react to unjust treatment of their distilled spirits here.