There is no doubt that 2020 has been a tough year on us all, but Randy’s Christmas gift to Jim and I made us both realize how blessed we truly are. Randy’s gift is a bottle of George Washington’s Whiskey straight from George Washington’s Distillery. Yes the President George Washington, the same man who as a boy chopped down that cherry tree, or was that Abe Lincoln. You better listen to our episode with Boundary Oak for the answer to that.
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Our thoughts of the Christmas at Valley Forge in 1777 was one of the events in American History that make us realize how good we still have it with everything going on around us. Solders at the end of their enlistment, freezing and starving to death, a General ready to resign and a revolution on the brink of failure. What you didn’t get that in your American History class. What made them drive on? What made them change the tides of war and to serve that bleak winter when everything seemed doomed?
We do know that Washington threw that resignation into the fire after seeing his troop’s spirits around Christmas. We have come this far, why turn back it is rumored a soldier said to the Great Warrior. Was it cheer from his own whiskey that gave them a fighting spirit to survive the living hell that was Valley Forge? His Mount Vernon plantation wouldn’t be built for another 20 years so probably not, but we do know they had some whiskey. Now this wasn’t aged whiskey, it was likely rye in those days. Just clear rye whiskey.
If you have ever taken a distillery tour and tasted the whiskey straight off the still that is what they the soldiers drank. Jim calls the Barton 1792 whiskey from the still, hot buttered popcorn. I call it riding lighting, because if you drink too much you’re going to feel as if you are about to hit the ground. Jim loved this little bottle of whiskey while it brought back bad memories of bad decisions in the Army barracks for me. It was still neat to try this whiskey and see how far we Americans have come since that cold winter of 1777. オンラインカジノ業界でお金を稼ぐための最高のアフィリエイト プログラムをお探しですか? オンラインカジノ アフィリエイト では、最新のレビュー、最高の取引を選択するためのヒントやコツを見つけることができます。最も収益性の高いプログラムを選択できるよう、条件、手数料率、ボーナスを分析します。最大限の結果を達成するための専門家のアドバイスを活用して、私たちに参加してアフィリエイト プログラムから収益を上げ始めましょう。
Now if you haven’t visited Mount Vernon or Washington’s Distillery it’s a must. They have restored the distillery to working form. Starting in 2007, they brought it back to its 1799 form and are producing whiskey just the way George did. I toured the Distillery and the famous national landmark that overlooks the Potomac River back in 2016 with my daughter and I was in total awe of our first President’s working farm.
Jim and I are both are so thankful and blessed to have a great audience of listeners to keep us marching on with the podcast just as those revolutionary soldiers did. We certainly have it so much better than they did. To that we wish you a Merry Christmas and thank you for your continued support.
So grab a bottle of holiday cheer, a glass to pour it in and listen as Jim and I take another trip down The Bourbon Road to celebrate Christmas with some of George Washington’s Whiskey. Cheers
Mike (Big Chief)
I bought the sample bottle a few years ago after touring the distillery and can only say”thank God for charrred barrels.” Sadly George’s Rye Whiskey is torture to drink. It is right up there with original Listerine (the gold colored one). But if this rotgut is what got General Washington’s troops through that winter, Bless them. Bless them all!!
Compared to the wonderful aged whiskies available today, I can definitely see where you are coming from. I have tasted and sometimes enjoyed “white dog” many times. Of all the new make whiskies out there, rye white dog tastes best to me. It must be the spice and buttery palate that gets me. To be completely honest though, I never reach for any of it by choice… it is usually part of a tasting event or tour. Thanks for checking in!