George Washington was the first president of the USA but he still had time to make whiskey. George Washington’s Straight Rye Premium Whiskey featuring his original recipe – discovered in his distillery ledgers from 1798 and 1799 – contains 60% rye, 35% corn along with 5% malted barley and has been re-created using the original […]
Back in the day – specifically July 1794 – the residents of the newly created United States of America didn’t much cotton to the notion of having their whiskey taxed according to the bright idea of then-treasurer Alexander Hamilton, so they did what they were best at – rebelled. When the fledgling U.S. government being […]
Beginning this week – and provided you can get to Virginia – some of George Washington’s old hooch will go on sale. America’s first president loved his rye whiskey and the George Washington Distillery in Virginia will recreate that liquid using local grain, water and going by Washington’s original recipe and techniques of the time. […]