Drink of the Week: Mississippi Punch Searching for some inspiration for a recipe we were designing recently sent us way back, to 'Professor' Jerry Thomas and the cocktail guide he wrote in the mid-19th century. The Mississippi Punch grabbed our attention. 'Punch' is right; this recipe certainly packs...
Capitoline: DC's only Vermouth + Drink of the Week: San Martin When we decided on the contestants in our vermouth tournament (cheap sweet bracket, cheap dry bracket, expensive dry bracket, expensive sweet bracket, championships), we disqualified American vermouths. We felt that they were a bit too newfangled for...
Spirits Week: Tequila and Brandy Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories:...
Spirits Week: Rum Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories: the base spirits. These...
Spirits Week: Whiskey Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories: the base...
Spirits Week: Gin Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories: the base...
What We've Been Drinking: The Bastard We helped some friends from grad school celebrate MLK day by mixing drinks. It was a cozy party, filled with a warmth that only comes when there is a whole room filled with people who are delighted to see each other....
Classics Week: The Vesper (aka: James Bond's Drink) We reach the grand finale of our James Bond Classics Week. There's nothing more iconic than James Bond drinking a martini. In fact, among the movie Bonds, it's the only thing that George Lazenby and Roger Moore...
Classics Week: the Sidecar James Bond famously avoided the Sidecar--but since the sidecar in question was of the rocket-propelled, explosive, motorcycle variety, who can blame him? No one would go out of their way to avoid the sidecar cocktail. Like with yesterday's daiquiri, the keys to the...
Believe it or not, cocktails in general and many of the classic cocktails in particular have their roots in the very beginnings of pharmacy. For instance, yesterday's drink, the daiquiri, started as a preventative medicine against scurvy. And bitters--those extra-intense alcohol mixtures that play an...