Cocktail Experiments: Hopped Whiskey There's a lot to like about our friends at Wigle. While there are plenty of things to like about them as people, two of the top thing we like about their liquor are their rigorous devotion to local--native even--ingredients, and their almost boundless...
Repeal Day Ball Every year the DC Craft Bartenders Guild hosts a Repeal Day Ball. We have to thank Wigle for letting us know about it, as it was hands down one of the best events we've ever been to. It was like the world's largest...
Cocktail Experiments: the Joya As I hope you've been able to tell by now, we're big fans of creating new cocktails by means of variation on a theme. It can be extremely challenging to come up with a cocktail recipe from a completely blank slate. But...
DIY Tonic Bar Maybe you liked our martini bar idea from last week and are looking for another fun, easy to execute cocktail party idea. Maybe the martini (even with the reversed proportions option) was a bit too hard a drink for you, and you're hoping...
This New Year's Eve: DIY Martini Bar Our love of the martini The martini became the drink of choice for sophisticated cocktail consumers pre-prohibition, and it's never lost its place at the top of the cocktail pecking order. There is nothing classier than a martini; it oozes self-confidence, and...
12 Drinks of Christmas: Spiced Winter Red Sangria For the tenth drink of Christmas, my true love served to me ...
12 Drinks of Christmas: Alpine Sangria For the sixth drink of Christmas, my true love served to me ...
12 Drinks of Christmas: the Italian Winter Red Sangria For the fourth drink of Christmas my true love served to me ...
(photo cred: uniquitchen.com) Should I buy it? Gran Classico (in place of Campari?) In one of the cocktail books I've been reading recently--I can't remember which, and can't find the passage. Sorry, fine author, for the lack of proper attribution!--the author mentioned something that is, of course, true...
Drink(s) of the Week: Vodka & Tequila Infusions Steph listens to The Splendid Table podcast. A recent episode featured a caller who was curious about infusions. She listened to this episode on a plane flight home, and my first text messages from her when she landed...