Whether you're into whiskey or history (or both!), this historic distillery, once owned by a U.S. president, is worth a visit ...

After finishing his presidency and returning to his Mount Vernon estate, George Washington started a short-lived but extremely successful whiskey distillery. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from ...

So ingrained is whiskey in American history that George Washington himself became a major distiller of rye whiskey after his presidency. But never has our legacy as a nation of distillers been as ...

In 1794, George Washington suppressed the Whiskey Rebellion (when Pennsylvania farmers attacked federal officials after an excise tax was imposed in 1791, on whiskey) by invoking the power of the ...

George Washington wore many hats ... Washington wasn't just a beer lover. He liked his whiskey, too, and ran a successful distillery out of Mount Vernon.