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J.W. Dant Bottled in Bond Bourbon 20cl 2007

Lot: 5080265

J.W. Dant Bottled in Bond Bourbon 20cl 2007

Winning Bid: £21

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Heaven Hill Bernheim
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
N/A
Region: 
Kentucky, USA
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
50%
Bottle Size: 
20cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

J.W. Dant Bottled in Bond Bourbon 20cl 2007

An old bottle of J.W. Dant sour mash bourbon.

Joseph Washington Dant was a Kentucky distiller during the 1830's He was famous for making whisky using a log still. This was an old time method from when the settlers did not have the money for a copper still. A section of tree trunk would be hollowed out with a copper pipe running through it. The hollowed section would be filled with the fermented mash and steam fed through the pipe to start distillations.

For most of the 20th century the brand was produced by Schenley, who acquired the Dant Gesthemane distillery in 1952. Gesthemane closed in the early 1960s, so Schenley moved distlling to their other Kentucky plants, George T. Stagg and Bernheim. When Schenley were bought by United Distillers, its successor in Diageo sold the Dant brand along with Bernheim distillery to Heaven Hill.

Bernheim is a historic Kentucky distillery. It was established by the Bernheim Brothers in the late 19th century, before passing into the hands of the Schenley company following the repeal of Prohibition. When Schenley were bought over by United Distillers in 1987, the distillery was rebuilt as the new owners looked to consolidate their production to a single facility. When United Distillers became Diageo in 1997, the new parent company were interested in bourbon, and sold the distillery to Heaven Hill. Heaven Hill were established in 1935, but their long-serving Bardstown distillery was lost in a devastating fire in 1996. Homeless for three years, the company acquired Bernheim in 1999, and have produced all of their whiskey there ever since.

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