George Washington is best known as the first president of the United States, but he also operated the nascent country's first commercial distillery, located near his Mount Vernon, Va., home.
His distilling acumen, like his military prowess, was as spirited as it was profitable.
The same may be said for the growing number of craft distillers in the U.S. today. Today more than 600 micro distilleries dot the map from Pasadena, Calif., to Portland, Maine. That may be a drop in the mash tun compared to the more than 8,400 wineries and 3,000-plus craft breweries and brewpubs that populate the landscape, but the trend to distill locally rather than drink globally is growing, and rapidly, too.
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