J.W. Dant Question

[BourbonJoe]

Who made J.W. Dant in Frankfort? I saw a label that said Dant, Frankfort.
Joe

[mozilla]

Ancient Age made J W Dant Bib until it was sent over to old Bernheim and then off to HH in Bardstown. AA made it up to 1989ish and Bernheim for about two or three years....then HH from then on.

The Dant bourbon was probably made in Indiana, though it could have been a mix from any number of Schenley/UD distilleries.

Hope that was some help.

[BourbonJoe]

Thanks Jeff.
Joe

[Dr. François]

I don't want to start a new thread, but has anyone tasted the current JW Dant 80 proof? Is it anything to get excited about, or just another under-proofed legacy label?

[ThomasH]

I have a bottle of J.W. Dant BIB that was made in 1965 and bottled in 1971 and it lists Gethsemane and Frankfort on the front label. On the back is states made at DSP-KY-113 and bottled at DSP-KY-1. The label says the whiskey is 50 months old but according to the made and bottled dates, its closer to 6.5 years old. The tax stamp only says Dant Distilling company!

Thomas

[TBoner]

I don't want to start a new thread, but has anyone tasted the current JW Dant 80 proof? Is it anything to get excited about, or just another under-proofed legacy label?

I'd say you could pay less and get more with other bourbons. Any other bourbon.

Regards,

[Dr. François]

I'd say you could pay less and get more with other bourbons. Any other bourbon.

Regards,

Thanks for the feedback, Tim. I think I'll leave it on the shelf.

[mozilla]

I have a bottle of J.W. Dant BIB that was made in 1965 and bottled in 1971 and it lists Gethsemane and Frankfort on the front label. On the back is states made at DSP-KY-113 and bottled at DSP-KY-1. The label says the whiskey is 50 months old but according to the made and bottled dates, its closer to 6.5 years old. The tax stamp only says Dant Distilling company!

Thomas

Sounds like you have a transitional front label. After it had left Dant and swung over to Schenley. I would guess distilled at AA/BT and then sent over to Bernheim to age. I don't have the specifices on warehouse space in both distilleries, but would guess Bernheim has a bit more, so...aged there instead. IIRC, most of the Dant Bib production stayed at AA/BT until just a few years before it was sold to HH.

[craigthom]

I've got some Dant distilled at DSP-KY 113 and bottled at DSP-KY 16. Go figure.

[mozilla]

After, it left the original Dant distillery...I have seen DSPs 113, 2, 16, 31 on the labels.

16 was part of the UD empire before it merged into Diageo.