PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 22, 2024
Wiggly Bridge Distillery in York is scaling back its expansion plans after its first design was rejected over concerns about a fungus spreading through the area. The distillery’s original proposal to build two new storage buildings faced significant pushbackfrom neighbors and ignited a debate about whether the presence of baudoinia compniacensis – known colloquially as “whiskey fungus” because it feeds on alcohol vapors – was connected to the distillery. Ultimately, those objections derailed the expansion.