Beshear toasts bourbon startup; touts progress against virus BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks with reporters following his tour of the UPS Worldport facility in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021. UPS is tone of the primary shippers of the COVID-19 vaccine.Timothy D. Easley/AP Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday touted Kentucky's progress toward reaching a post-pandemic normal while celebrating a startup bourbon distillery — the kind of event his predecessors savored. The governor participated in a ribbon cutting for a tasting room where visitors will sample spirits crafted at Log Still Distillery in Nelson County. The central Kentucky distillery — developed by a family with deep roots in the state's bourbon history — is the centerpiece of a destination experience called Dant Crossing. It includes a bed and breakfast with plans to open an amphitheater, restaurant, train depot, event center and museum. It also will feature wooded walking trails and a 12-acre lake for fishing, the distillery's website says.