Alcoholic and/or Edible Floods

EventYearSubstanceVolume (million liters)Height Fatalities
London Beer Flood 1814Beer0.6 – 1.515 foot wave8
Dublin Whiskey Fire 1875Whiskey1.26 inch deep river13
(all from alcohol poisoning)
Great Gorbals Whiskey Flood (Glasgow)1906Whiskey0.6waist deep1
Great Molasses Flood (Boston)1919Molasses8.725 foot wave21
Rockwood & Co fire (New York)1919Chocolate and butterunknownenough depth to “float a rowboat”0
Albany Molasses Flood1968Molasses9.5pools up to 4 feet deep1
Great Butter and Cheese Fire (Wisconsin)1991Butter and cheese5 – 7.5pools up to 5 feet deep0
Pepsi Fruit Juice Flood (Russia)2017Fruit juice28river running through streets0
Levira Distillery wine flood (Portugal)2023Red wine2.2river running through streets0