Members of the Virginia Senate found a surprise on their desks earlier this week:
How better to mark the birthday of George Washington than with a taste of All-American Whiskey?
Sunday was Washington’s 277th birthday.
Members of the Virginia Senate found green keepsake boxes containing a single 1.7-ounce bottle with a blend of 11 major brands of American whiskeys.
Each box, courtesy of Historic Mount Vernon and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, also contained a shot glass.
The labels, as diverse as Tennessee’s Jack Daniel, Missouri’s Platte Valley and home-state Virginia Gentleman, were mingled, vatted, bottled and labeled at Mount Vernon, Washington’s Virginia estate.
One wonders if they consumed it before beginning the days business.
