Thanks to Carole for passing along this story about distillers at Mount Vernon recreating George Washington’s whisky recipe. One item in the article surprised me. I knew Washington made whisky, but I didn’t know he didn’t start until after he retired from politics. I always assumed that he had been the first US politician to realize that a good supply of whisky was essential to any campaign. The article says that the whisky will be aged for “a couple of years” before being auctioned off. I suppose that it will go to collectors who aren’t planning to drink it, so it doesn’t matter if it’s a little rough.