What we like about the older, traditional distilleries is their dependability. When you buy Beefeater gin, for instance, you know exactly what you’re going to get: a quality gin, that tastes like we expect a dry gin to taste, and works well in a reliable...
Craft Irish Whiskey for St. Patrick's Day We got our first taste of the Irish whiskey revival last spring at a Glendalough pop-up at Service Bar. Since then, we've grown in our appreciation for Irish whiskey as a more companionable spirit for mixing. We understand now...
Liquor Review: Eagle Rare Pemberton Single Barrel Select Eagle Rare has long been our preferred Bourbon. It's a straight Bourbon, aged 10 years, smooth and even, with a nice round sweetness, surprisingly affordable at about $30 per bottle. Its combination of affordability and amiability make it...
Liquor Review: Wigle's Deep Cut Rye The arrival of an unexpected package at the office is always a moment of great anticipation. Sure, most of the time it's an insurance policy renewal to review, but every once in a while it's Wigle's seasonal sample. Most recently,...
Maurin Vermouth Rouge On a recent trip home from the office, we stopped by our DC All Purpose liquor store, Schneider's, to replenish our vermouth supply. As we mentioned in our profile of Schneider's, one of its features is that the clerks are very forthcoming with...
Where to Drink in Detroit: Detroit City Distillery We talk all the time about how much we love our neighborhood of Eastern Market. When we say that, we usually mean the broader neighborhood, with its quiet streets of row houses and bustling collections of restaurants along...
Drink Like the Greeks: Rakomelo Digestivo Traveling in Greece was a lot smoother and easier than we would have guessed. The transportation systems are for the most part efficient and easy to navigate. People were helpful, and for the most part honest in their advice. The...
South Hollow Spirits Distillery When we were deliberating two years ago whether or not to move from Boston to DC, the job opportunities and the sense of adventure eventually swayed us in the direction of making the move. But it was no easy decision. To ease...
Glendalough Wild Botanical Gin We're eternally grateful to Glendalough, the craft Irish whiskey maker, for giving us a whole new appreciation for what an Irish whiskey could be. I think craft Irish whiskey, with it smooth and companionable style, has been our default whiskey for cocktail mixing...
Liquor 101: Aquavit Given how much time we spend drinking, making, and writing about cocktails, it always surprises us and mostly delights us when we discover a new spirit. Aquavit has definitely been one of the most pleasant of those discoveries. Aquavit is the traditional spirit in...