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To: Mafe

Wasn’t George Washington at one time the biggest distiller in the country?


4 posted on 08/26/2017 9:16:22 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (It is OK to view the TOTAL Eclipse with the Naked Eye)
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To: PJ-Comix

of Rye as I understand it...


12 posted on 08/26/2017 9:37:38 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Yes. Washington’s distillery is still operating. Products are $99-185 per 375ml bottle.


13 posted on 08/26/2017 9:38:22 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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I always pictured KKKlinton as a Zima guy, and O’Bunghole as an Andre Pink Champagne guy


16 posted on 08/26/2017 9:45:56 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: PJ-Comix

http://www.mountvernon.org/the-estate-gardens/distillery/distilled-spirits-at-mount-vernon/

Yup. One of the funniest things I ever read was the booze tab from Washington’s second campaign for the House of Burgesses. Second, because he lost his first....

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/11/08/george-washington-plied-voters-with-booze


17 posted on 08/26/2017 9:47:10 AM PDT by ameribbean expat ("I lasted 49 Scaramucchis". - Steve Bannon)
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