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This special 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.Buy in person at The Shops at Mount Vernon (3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mount Vernon, VA) or buy online.

Buy Online

Price

$188

Location

The Shops at Mount Vernon

The mash bill, or recipe, was discovered by researchers examining historic distillery ledgers for 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. In Washington’s time, whiskey was not aged in barrels but was sold in its unaged clear, colorless form.

Mount Vernon staff, working with the assistance of several craft distillers, produced this whiskey based on traditional 18th-century methods. This straight rye whiskey was double-distilled in copper pot stills heated by wood fires, making this rye whiskey as close to the original recipe as possible.

Size: 375 ml Bottle
Alcohol Content: 43%    
Proof: 86 proof

PLEASE NOTE

•All whiskey and brandy purchases must be made in person with a valid photo ID. Must be 21 years or older. No exceptions.
• You may access The Shops (in the Mount Vernon Inn Complex) without an admission ticket. Parking is free.
• Virginia ABC law prevents us from shipping whiskey or brandy purchases, nor can we accept checks for, or discount whiskey and brandy.

Available for sale at:

The Shops at Mount Vernon
Hours: 10 AM - 6 PM
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mount Vernon, VA 22121
703.799.6301

Gristmill Shop (Open Sat. & Sun., April - October Only)
Hours: 10 AM - 5 PM
5514 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mount Vernon, VA 22309
703.360.1750

Directions

Holiday Closures

Distilled spirits cannot be purchased at The Shops at Mount Vernon or at the Gristmill Shop on Easter, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

According to Virginia law, distilled spirits may only be sold on-site when Virginia ABC retail stores are open. We are not permitted to sell distilled spirits at our retail stores when ABC stores are closed.

These closures do not apply to our online store whiskey.mountvernon.org. Our distilled spirits can be purchased online 365 days a year.