Posts Tagged ‘gin’

A recent Kojo Nnamdi Show featured 3 regional distillers

Distillers from Catoctin Creek Distilling Company | @catoctincreek of Loudoun County, Va., Blackwater Distilling | @sloopbetty (makers of Sloop Betty) of Stevensville, Md. and New Columbia Distillers | @dcdistillers(makers of Green Hat Gin) of D.C. were featured on The Kojo Nnamdi Show on February 20.
I have not sampled the products from any of these distilleries [...]

D.C. distilling: Green Hat gin

A New Green Hat in Town: DC’s First Microdistillery – Washingtonian
Following the trend microbrewery openings in and around Washington, D.C., a microdistillery has opened up. Green Hat, named for Capitol Hill Prohibition bootlegger George Cassiday’s signature headware, is producing gin and rye.
In 1920, fresh off a tour of duty in World War I, [...]

The false winter has yielded to early spring

I should have celebrated the early spring with some sort of free verse, but I wasn’t that creative this morning.

How to make a proper gin and tonic

There is no cocktail in this world more refreshing than a cold gin and tonic on a summer evening. With Memorial Day coming, the peak of gin and tonic season is here and will last into September. in order to truly enjoy it, I’m going to share with your how to make a proper gin [...]

Armageddon Cooler — a brief history of the gin and tonic

Through the magic of Web analytics, I learned my most recent post about gin and tonic was linked from a year old Wall Street Journal blog post called Armageddon Cooler: G&T by Eric Feltin that is essentially a history of the gin and tonic. I enjoyed this passage about JFK discussing nuclear war:
Asked how many [...]

John Cleese, James Bond and Schweppes

The traditional gin and tonic season is winding down, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy this Schweppes classic:

Schweppes, JohnCleese
©MMX William F. Yurasko

I’ve been Express-ed

My return to Metroblogging DC is now officially triumphant. For the first time (that I know of) Express, the free tabloid The Post gives out, has referenced a blog post of mine…sort of. Yesterday’s entry about the difficulties of finding Schweppes tonic water in greater Arlandria got this blurb:Page 36 (PDF)I’m glad they liked my [...]

Summertime is gin and tonic time

Are you concerned about scurvy or malaria this summer? I know I am.
Do you find that beer, wine or soda are not quite refreshing enough when you are sitting on your deck or patio after a day in the sun? Don’t be embarrassed, it happens to me too.
Do you wish there was way to address [...]

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