George Washington

February 11, 2014 – With President’s Day coming up on the 17th — purists will remember when we used to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday on February… Read More

September 26, 2013 – The annual Distilled Spirits Council of the United States fundraiser at Virginia’s Mount Vernon helped raise $350,000 on Tuesday evening. $75,000… Read More

June 4, 2013 – Hillrock Esate Distillery, the Ancrim, New York-based farm distillery, is partnering with George Washington’s Distillery at Mount Vernon in Virginia to… Read More

Family-owned businesses often face obstacles that other companies don’t, and the whisky business is no exception. This week, Fred and Stewart Laing dissolved their 40+… Read More

This week’s episode is a little different than most WhiskyCast episodes. My father passed away earlier this week, and my family and I have been… Read More

Jim Beveridge is the master blender for Diageo’s Johnnie Walker whiskies, which means he’s responsible for some of the world’s best-selling Scotch whiskies. It also… Read More

As the U.S. faces another debt crisis, this week marks the anniversary of a key event in another U.S. debt crisis…the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.… Read More

George Washington’s estate at Mount Vernon is a unique part of American history, and for the first time since Washington’s distillery burned down in 1814,… Read More

Night and Day, Positive and Negative, Black and White. There are opposites all around us, which means that if there is a Black Bowmore, there… Read More

George Washington…founding father of the United States, and a man who knew how to capitalize on an opportunity. When he heard that merchants near his… Read More