A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Reston
Facts and practical information
The A. Smith Bowman Distillery is a distillery that was originally based on the Bowman family's 7,200-acre Sunset Hills Farm in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, in what later became the planned community of Reston. The distillery was founded in 1934 on the day after the end of Prohibition, by Abram Smith Bowman and his sons, Abram Smith, Jr. and DeLong. From the time of its founding until the 1950s, it was the only legal whiskey distillery in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The primary brands produced by the distillery were the Virginia Gentleman and Fairfax County bourbon whiskeys. In February 1988, it relocated to Spotsylvania County, near Fredericksburg, into a former FMC Corp. cellophane plant at One Bowman Drive, where operation continues as a microdistillery owned by the Sazerac Company. ()
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A. Smith Bowman Distillery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Reston Town Center, ArtInsights, Reston Museum, Lake Anne.
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How to get to A. Smith Bowman Distillery by public transport?
Bus
- K • Lines: 574, 981, 983 (10 min walk)
- H • Lines: 505 (11 min walk)
Metro
- Wiehle–Reston East • Lines: Sv (23 min walk)