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Tennessean: ‘The Disneyland of distilleries’: Health care CEO uses his family history to launch bourbon business

Wally Dant, a Nashville healthcare CEO, launches a new bourbon distillery in Kentucky on the same land where his ancestors had a still.

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The New York Times: Craft Distilleries Aim to Make Whiskey an Experience

Craft distilleries are becoming more creative, expanding their business model by adding entertainment, recreation and lodging.

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Bourbon Lens Podcast: Reviving the Dant Family Name in Bourbon History – Dant Crossing Opens Kentucky’s Newest Distillery

It’s Kentucky’s newest distillery; Log Still Distillery is located in Gethsemane (just outside of Bardstown in Southern Nelson County).

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Brian Haara: Log Still Distillery Opens For Business

Kentucky’s newest distillery is owned by descendants of one of the oldest distilling families. J.W. “Wally” Dant III, along with his cousins Lynne Dant and Charles Dant, have now opened Log Still Distillery in Gethsemane, Kentucky.

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Nashville Scene: Nashville-Owned Log Still Distillery Opens Tasting Room

The 300-acre site in Gethsemane, Ky., currently offers gin and sourced whiskey with its own bourbon resting in the barrel

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Charles Dant: What “Yake & Amen” means and why we say it in Southern Nelson County.

Even outside the Dant family, there’s more than a few folks working here at Log Still Distillery who grew up in Southern Nelson County. That means we grew up south of the Blue Grass Parkway and ...

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AP: Distillery to build family-friendly destination in Kentucky

AP covers Log Still Distillery’s recent $24 million investment in its Dant Crossing campus and its surrounding features.

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Lexington Herald Leader: Distillery to build family-friendly destination in Kentucky

The Lexington Herald Leader features Wally Dant and Log Still Distillery’s $24 million investment in its Dant Crossing campus, an emerging Kentucky tourist destination.

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The Spirits Business: Entrepreneur J.W. Dant has unveiled the second phase of his Dant Crossing project in Kentucky, U.S., following a US$24 million investment.

The Spirits Business details Wally Dant’s recent investment into Phase 2 of Dant Crossing and Log Still Distillery.

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Nashville Business Journal: MyNexus co-founder, of the famous Dant family, opening bourbon distillery

Joel Stinnett and the Nashville Business Journal cover the plans, progress, and priorities of Dant Crossing and Log Still Distillery.

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Distillery Trail: Log Still Distillery Celebrates its 1st Ribbon-Cutting with Opening of ‘The Homestead’ B&B at Dant Crossing

Distillery Trail covers the ribbon-cutting event for The Homestead Bed and Breakfast at Dant Crossing.

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Whiskey Wash: Getting To Know the Dant Family and Their Legacy

Gary Carter and Whiskey Wash dive into the history of the Dant family and its rich tradition of distilling Kentucky bourbon.

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Lynne Dant on Naming the Rooms at The Homestead Bed & Breakfast

The grand old home near the center of the property has a storied past. COO and distiller Lynne Dant describes how each room in the home was named to honor an unsung heroine in the family.

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Louisville Business First: New Log Still Distillery attraction to open in spring 2021; names new executive

Sarah Shadburn and Louisville Business First talk to Lynne Dant about plans for Dant Crossing and the Dant family’s storied legacy in southern Nelson County, Kentucky.

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Welcome Home: A First Look at The Dant’s Homestead Bed & Breakfast

Take a first look at The Homestead, a pinnacle of design among the storied hills and streams of southern Nelson County, Kentucky.

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Whiskey Lore Podcast: Log Still, The Dant Family, and New Hope

The Whiskey Lore Podcast interviews members of the Dant family about the history of Kentucky distilleries in southern Nelson County and the New Hope area.

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