As whiskey ages, a small amount evaporates, a loss that has long been poetically called the “angels’ share." But in the resort town of York, Maine, residents see the vapor as far from romantic.

At a town meeting last year, Beth Downs held up photos from Tennessee and Kentucky, showing stop signs and trees covered in an ugly black mold called whiskey fungus.

WhistlePig didn’t reply to Press-Republican requests for comment on the fungus situation ... appeared in other states with whiskey storage facilities, such as Kentucky, Tennessee and Maine ...

In bourbon and whiskey distilling hot spots such as Kentucky and Tennessee, the fungus is particularly noticeable, developing crusty black flakes on trees, traffic signs and buildings.

Abutters have called for the board to reject the application in fear of the black fungus spreading as it has near major distillers in Kentucky ... produced during the whiskey aging process.

“Whiskey fungus adheres to many surfaces ... the average barrel house at a major distiller compared to a typical Kentucky/Tennessee barrel house. It compared that facility, estimated from ...

In Kentucky, where 95% of the world's bourbon ... A black fungus that feeds on the ethanol emitted as whiskey ages. "Whiskey fungus" has been been a nuisance around liquor facilities for centuries.