Behind the Backbar at Washington, D.C.’s Columbia Room
The Columbia Room bar team keeps an elegant and well-curated selection of rare spirits spanning a range of styles.
- story: M. Carrie Allan
- photo: Pierre Edwards
Smells Like Teen Spirits: Three Grunge-Inspired Cocktails
What does Pearl Jam’s “Even Flow” look like in cocktail form? We challenged Brother Cleve, Derek Brown and Sother Teague to make three drinks inspired by their favorite grunge song.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Violet Eyes
Derek Brown translates his favorite song from the grunge era into cocktail form with this frothy, floral drink built on Singani.
Daily News: Jack Daniel’s Whiskey-Flavored Coffee, Raising the Bar for Experimental Cocktails
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Jack Daniel's has debuted a whiskey-flavored coffee in partnership with World of Coffee. - In Washington, D.C., Derek Brown…
I Don’t Mind You Shooting Me, Frank, But Take It Easy on the Rum
In true holiday spirit, this drink takes a classic Christmas staple, candy canes, and mixes it with booze—here, in the form of crème de menthe and two types of rum.
The Robert Frost Cocktail
Built on a base of bourbon, amontillado sherry and white port, this drink reads like a slightly higher proof riff on the classic sherry-and-vermouth cocktails that were prevalent at the…
PX Sweet Tea
The Sherry Cobbler gets a Southern updo courtesy Derek Brown of Mockingbird Hill in Washington, D.C.
