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Bottle Details
J.W. Dant 1979 Bottled in Bond 100 Proof 1 Litre
An old bottle of J.W. Dant sour mash bourbon. This bottle was distilled in 1979 and bottled in bond in 1984.
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 distillation
Interestingly, the back label states that this was distilled at DSP-KY-113, now known as Buffalo Trace (George T. Stagg at the time). The Dant Gesthemane distillery had closed in 1961, and then proprietors, Schenley, were procuring barrels from elswhere and bottling them at their distillery in Indiana. The brand is now owned by Heaven Hill.
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