First, the art of the American Revolution was as much about “spin” as documentation, often rendering peppery personalities, including Washington’s, in a misleadingly sedate manner.

The tea was always too hot, always burned my tongue, and if lunch was something peppery, my raw tongue suffered.

Spicy and zesty, Cursed Oak’s variation marries the peppery Rittenhouse Rye with a fiery habanero shrub.