Virginia’s Tarnished Truth Distillery is the country’s only distillery that is located inside a five-star hotel. While other distilleries sprawl across acres, Tarnished Truth embraces its home tucked within the historic Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach. Working hand-in-hand with the hotel, Tarnish Truth’s co-owner Andrew Yancey, helped integrate the distillery experience into the Cavalier, itself, including removing an entire floor so that hotel guest could look down into the distillery from above and watch the process while the scents of cooking bourbon mash perfume the air. The distillery isn’t just an accessory to the hotel; it’s the beating heart of history within history.
Visiting the Tarnished Truth, you can take a tour of the facilities and enjoy a tasting of their award winning spirits before heading to the Hunt Room, a cozy hunting-lodge themed restaurant housed in the Cavalier. It’s a real two-for-one experience while you’re taking in the sweet atmosphere of historic Virginia Beach.