Description
George Washington’s Straight Rye Whiskey: The Official Spirit of Virginia. Only available to be acquired at Mount Vernon.
This beautiful amber-colored bottle of George Washington’s Straight Rye Whiskey is one of a limited number of bottles distilled at George Washington’s reconstructed Distillery. After aging for two years in barrels, this straight rye whiskey was bottled and labeled by hand. Size of bottle: 375 ml. Alcohol content: 43%. Proof: 86 proof.
The original recipe for General George Washington’s whiskey was discovered by researchers examining the Distillery ledgers from 1798 and 1799. His whiskey consisted of 60% rye, 35% corn, and 5% malted barley. The records also indicate that George Washington’s whiskey was distilled at least twice before being sent to market. During Washington’s lifetime whiskey was not aged and was sold in its original form. By 1799, George Washington had become one of the largest whiskey producers in the United States, producing nearly 11,000 gallons (valued at $7,500 – approximately $120,000 today).
