George Washington most likely drank cider, hard cider, beer, wine, distilled spirits (whiskey, rum, peach brandy, applejack, mobby, shrub, etc.), milk, buttermilk, chocolate, tea, and coffee. At the time of his death, George Washington was one of the largest distillers of whiskey in the United States due to the distillery at Mount Vernon.

He also drank "sirrup of leamons" or lemonade.

Americans in the time of George Washington were not very careful about the sources of their water, so water made many people sick. George Washington probably drank very little water.