The Savoy Gimlet Cocktail Recipe One of our bedrock beliefs is that a cocktail does not have to be high-proof to be serious, sophisticated, and delicious. In an effort to steer lower octane drinkers toward satisfying drinks, last week we proposed a system for substituting base spirits...
Pumpkin Vodka Martini Cocktail Recipe Last week, we did some experiments infusing spirits with pumpkin. We infused the vodka simply as a point of comparison with our main object, rum. But it end up turning out pretty well, with an actual fresh pumpkin flavor quite distinct from...
Cocktails for People Who Say Cocktails are 'Too Strong' Some people have firm beliefs about the right way to do cocktails. We're more romantics than ideologues. We just want to help people find the cocktail they're meant to be with. We believe that there's a cocktail...
Dexis Consulting Grand Opening One of our favorite things to do is design custom cocktail menus for parties. We think that cocktails that suit the tastes of the host or the theme of the party make the party more special and enjoyable, and are more fun...
Pumpkin Infusions It's time for the dessert of our fall cocktail menu. And what better dessert than pumpkin pie? While we're not above using canned pumpkin puree in our cocktails, for this year's pumpkin pie cocktail, we wanted more of a pure, fresh pumpkin flavor and a...
Apple a Day Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe This week, we're drinking to the beginning of fall. One of our favorite ways to mark the changing of the seasons is to create a seasonally appropriate old fashioned recipe; it's our version of the pumpkin spice latte. While we...
The Orchard Highball Cocktail Recipe Like all good urbanites of a certain type, there's nothing we like better as a way to celebrate autumn than getting out into the countryside and pretending we're farmers for half a day, picking our own apples and pumpkins and taking tractor...
Fall Forward Cocktail Recipe We had a fun time experimenting with this drink. The apple elements were clear from the beginning. We knew we wanted a dry, hard cider, to bring in apple flavor but with a minimum of syrupy-ness. And Baltimore Whiskey Company's 1904 Ginger...
Sweater Weather Cocktail Recipe When the 90 degree weather kept pushing its way further and further into September, we thought autumn might never come, but there's recently been a decided shift in the air. Last week, we finally shut off the AC and opened the windows. Last night,...
50/50 Martini of the Week: Win-Win Cocktail Recipe Ever since Copycat Company on H Street introduced us to the concept, we've been charmed by the 50/50 martini--that is, equal parts base spirit and fortified wine, with minimal accoutrements, stirred and served straight up. The template is clear and...