[elkfersupper]

But that distillery, and a larger one he built a year later, soon made the father of our country the biggest whiskey distributor in the newly formed United States, producing 11,000 gallons of liquor in 1798, the year before his death, and producing a profit of $7,500, a huge sum in those days. "

Not to disparage a distant relative, but that makes one wonder about this little incident:

Whiskey Rebellion

[george76]

The reconstructed distillery will make Mount Vernon the only historic site in the country that shows the distilling process from crop to finished product.

The distillery is located next door to the site of George Washington's gristmill, which has been reconstructed and operates as an 18th-century mill.

http://www.nationaltrust.org/Magazine/archives/arc_news_2006/091206.htm