Hot chocolate made with Elle Techo liquor.Photo courtesy of ELLE Techo
boozy hot chocolate
Where to find: Regardless (502 H St., Nebraska) Use oat milk for cacao.Drinks come with allspice cream ceiling (606 Florida Ave, NW). and cafe leopold (3315 Cady’s Alley, NW)The spirit of choice is rum.
hot wine
Where to find: wine bar Maxwell Park at the Navy Yard (1346 Fourth Street, SE) Warm red wine with spices.order mulled wine next to an abandoned railway car metro bar (640 Rhode Island Avenue, NE)Opt for the Sugar Plum Iteration in a winter chalet in . hook hole (3400 Georgia Ave, NW).
hot butter rum
Where to find: destiny (1280 Fourth Street, Nebraska)La Cosecha Marketplace combines hot rum with passion fruit. a lot beer garden (3217 Tenth Street, Arlington), Spiced Rum and Brown Sugar drinks double as hand warmers.Indoor/outdoor spots calico (50 Blagden Aly., NW) Mix pumpkin spice into cocktails.
coffee with a kick
Where to find: with chocolate bitters fight club (633 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE). stable (1324 H cents, NE) Added Schnapps to the Swiss version. Clarendon Ballroom (3185 Wilson Blvd., Arlington) Makes a boozy PSL.
Hot Days Backpackers Resort
Where to find: the toddy Pennyroyal Station (3310 Rhode Island Avenue, Mt. Rainier) It features Japanese whiskey.Add hot chai and stir Duke’s Grocery (Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom) When duke’s counter (Woodley Park). high loan (1309 Fifth Street, NE) Add Earl Gray tea and lavender.
This article appeared in the December 2022 issue of The Washingtonian.
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