{"id":24333,"date":"2014-02-18T09:53:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T14:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=24333"},"modified":"2022-10-12T18:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T22:00:35","slug":"historical-hooch-george-washingtons-own-white-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/02\/18\/historical-hooch-george-washingtons-own-white-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical hooch &#8211; George Washington&#8217;s own White Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x4CGAS8F3SU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Uploaded on 16 Feb 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many know George Washington as a general and statesman, but few think of America&#8217;s first president as a preeminent entrepreneur, operating the most successful whiskey distillery in the late 18th century. At its height, Washington&#8217;s distillery produced over 11,000 gallons of liquor a year, supplying the surrounding area and becoming one of his most lucrative business ventures.<\/p>\n<p>At Washington&#8217;s former plantation, Mount Vernon, a group of historic interpreters are looking to bring this story to a wider audience. Thanks to a fully functioning replica of Washington&#8217;s distillery (and special dispensation from the Virginia General Assembly), George Washington&#8217;s rye whiskey is once again being made and sold to the public.<\/p>\n<p>In November, <em>Reason.tv<\/em> followed the entire process as Dave Pickerell, Master Distiller and former Vice President of Operations for Maker&#8217;s Mark, and Steve Bashore, Mount Vernon Distillery Manager, oversaw a two week production run while adhering as strictly as possible to 18th century means and methods. The result is an 80-proof reminder of the nation&#8217;s first president and the entrepreneurial ideals of colonial America.<\/p>\n<p>Shot, edited and produced by Meredith Bragg. Music by <em>www.audionautix.com<\/em>. Approx. 6 minutes. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>H\/T to Jon, my former virtual landlord, for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uploaded on 16 Feb 2011 Many know George Washington as a general and statesman, but few think of America&#8217;s first president as a preeminent entrepreneur, operating the most successful whiskey distillery in the late 18th century. At its height, Washington&#8217;s distillery produced over 11,000 gallons of liquor a year, supplying the surrounding area and becoming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[104,1492,393],"class_list":["post-24333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-usa","tag-booze","tag-georgewashington","tag-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-6kt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24334,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24333\/revisions\/24334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}