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Whiskey Tourism

Is there a cooler idea than whiskey tourism?

The distillery is considered a gateway to the American Whiskey Trail, which includes historic sites along with working distilleries that are open to the public, like Jim Beam and Wild Turkey in Kentucky and Jack Daniel's in Tennessee.

The Mount Vernon distillery "will become the equivalent of a national distillery museum," said Frank Coleman, spokesman for Distilled Spirits Council, which paid for the reconstruction.
"Whiskey tourism is growing around the world, just like tourists go to Bordeaux or the Napa Valley to visit wineries. This sort of helps us level the playing field with winemakers," Coleman said. "There could be no better representative for America's distilling heritage than George Washington."

Frontier stills, George Washington brewing up a mean batch, moonshiners outrunning the revenuers. Now THAT, my friends, is heritage. Screw the Californians with their Europe-wannabeeing wine pooftery. Bourbon is an american tradition. It's what a patriot would drink!

Can I get an AMEN?