https://capitalcocktails.com/ How to Make and Find Good Drinks Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:15:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://capitalcocktails.com/2018/11/23/cocktail-gift-ideas-winter-2018/#comment-1438 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:15:19 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=757#comment-1438 Thank you!

]]> https://capitalcocktails.com/2018/03/26/dry-recipe-sakura-sparkler/#comment-57 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:52:56 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=540#comment-57 […] drinking need not be.  So far I’ve offered you two cherry-blossom cocktails.  The Sakura Sparkler is a refreshing non-alcoholic cocktail made with Seedlip.  In that recipe, I also showed you how […]

]]> https://capitalcocktails.com/2021/03/05/how-to-find-the-best-cocktail-shaker/#comment-56 Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:16:31 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=1149#comment-56 […] Here are a few cocktail items of note from around the web. The Tipsy Bartender has a post with cocktail recipes for International Women’s Day. The Moody Mixologist breaks down the recipe for the fantastic Naked and Famous cocktail, offering a few variations you can try and fabulous photography as always. Liquor magazine has 11 cocktail recipes for March, while Difford’s supplies 20 recipes for cocktails with absinthe. If you’re looking to expand your knowledge base, check out Punch’s thoughts on force carbonated cocktails (and on that subject, be sure to check out my recent post on the Aviary gin & tonic, where I show how to use the Perlini, my choice for home carbonation). Or if you’re shopping for a shaker, check out my recent post on what to look for when in search of the best cocktail shaker. […]

]]> https://capitalcocktails.com/2021/01/08/molecular-cocktail-recipe-the-aviary-gin-tonic/#comment-55 Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:15:35 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=1105#comment-55 […] on force carbonated cocktails (and on that subject, be sure to check out my recent post on the Aviary gin & tonic, where I show how to use the Perlini, my choice for home carbonation). Or if you’re shopping […]

]]> https://capitalcocktails.com/2018/01/17/classic-recipe-martini/#comment-54 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:30:53 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=201#comment-54 […] to be shaken, but others are meant to be stirred. (This includes, with apologies to James Bond, the classic martini. Hence, if it is indeed a shaker you desire, it is a cocktail shaker, not a martini shaker that you […]

]]> https://capitalcocktails.com/2018/01/18/drinking-d-c-brothers-sisters-line-hotel/#comment-53 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:23:12 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=341#comment-53 […] of this blog know I enjoyed my initial visit to the Line Hotel, when I stopped in at Brothers and Sisters on the first floor.  The thing that I was totally blown away by was the space:  a sprawling […]

]]> https://capitalcocktails.com/2018/01/18/drinking-d-c-brothers-sisters-line-hotel/#comment-52 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:24:51 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=341#comment-52 […] offered my take on the classic martini.  Then I interrupted our martini study to check out the Brothers and Sisters bar at the Line Hotel.  Now I’m back to deliver on the promise of multiple martini recipes.  As […]

]]> https://capitalcocktails.com/2018/01/17/classic-recipe-martini/#comment-51 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:05:18 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=201#comment-51 […] I promised you a “few posts” of martini recipes.  First I offered my take on the classic martini.  Then I interrupted our martini study to check out the Brothers and Sisters bar at the Line […]

]]> https://capitalcocktails.com/2018/01/06/drinking-d-c-martini-service-requin/#comment-50 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:59:37 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=188#comment-50 […] in my review of the martini service at Requin, I promised you a “few posts” of martini recipes.  First I offered my take on the […]

]]> https://capitalcocktails.com/2018/01/19/classic-recipe-twist-hot-dirty-martini/#comment-49 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:57:50 +0000 http://capitalcocktails.com/?p=351#comment-49 […] offered my version of the classic martini recipe.  Then I gave you my briny, spicy variation, the Hot and Dirty Martini.  Here I offer you a third and (for now) final variation – fit for dry January – the […]

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