KENNESAW — The owner of a startup whiskey distillery says he picked Kennesaw for the project because the city, unlike Marietta, didn’t require him to install an expensive sprinkler system.
After months of renovations, Mark Allen said distilling equipment has started to arrive at the building near downtown Kennesaw.
But the whole deal may have to be overturned like a barrel of murky moonshine.
As it turns out, the city didn’t have the authority to wave the sprinkler requirement.
Instead, that’s the exclusive purview of Cobb County Fire Marshal Jay Westbrook. And he’s not budging.
Westbrook said the historic building at 2950 Moon Station Road will require a sprinkler system that could cost up to $30,000.
Westbrook said he will not authorize one drop of craft whiskey to be produced by Lazy Guy Distillery until the upgrade is complete.
“This is a deal breaker,” Allen said.
via The Marietta Daily Journal – Distillery tiff brews in Kennesaw.
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