Paying for a Recipe

[393foureyedfox]

$70 is too much for a 1750mL, let alone a 375mL

.....of anything

[cowdery]

Whiskey wasn't routinely aged until the middle to late 19th century.

[dmarkle]

When Dave was in town in April he dropped off a bunch of bottles as a gift, I guess we should try it out? I prefer my rye to see some oak but this wasn't always the case back then.

Ah. I was at the Distillery at Mount Vernon the day they started selling this. I wanted to get a bottle, but they were sold out before the doors even opened. I was told at the time that the unaged rye spirit they had for sale on that date was all made on site, but it looks like they have expanded. My hats off to this awesome experiment. Preserving and researching the history is a totally worthy cause, and if the money goes significantly to preservation of Mount Vernon, I'm all for it.

That being said -- I have tasted it. It is most certainly not for nothing that we age whiskey in barrels these days. If I recall it was very hot, very grassy and decidedly *not yummy*.

[mark fleetwood]

Whiskey wasn't routinely aged until the middle to late 19th century.

No wonder life expectancy was so much shorter then.