Profile: The Mount Vernon Legacy

Dear Client: On October 22, Mount Vernon Estate will begin selling 300 bottles of aged rye whiskey that were produced by using George Washington's original recipe from the 18th century. They will sell for $185 per 375 mL bottle at the estate's two stores, which yes, have ABC licenses. Aged and unaged rye whiskey and apple brandy are produced in a reconstructed building where Washington's distillery once stood. It is perhaps the American spirits industry's best-known link to the past.