September is Virginia Spirits Month and the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) is celebrating the commonwealth’s distillers and spirits history by offering savings on nearly 200 Virginia-made spirits.
Shoppers can save 20 percent on select bourbon, moonshine, gin, vodka and ready-to-drink cocktails as part of the Virginia Spirits Sale-A-Bration.
Virginia ABC is partnering with the Virginia Spirits Board and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the promotion.
“Virginia-made spirits rank among the best of the best,” said CEO Dale Farino. “Virginia ABC is proud to work closely with our Virginia distillers on the responsible production and sale of spirits.”
Virginia is the birthplace of American spirits. In 1620, during the early Jamestown settlement days, George Thorpe—after being introduced to corn by the regional indigenous people—used the crop in place of barley to distill the first batch of American whiskey. George Washington, the first pre...