Check Out these Cocktail Set Gifts from the Columbia Room

Photo by Nick Karlin

From an email:

“With restaurants hit hard during the pandemic there’s never been a better time to shop small and local this holiday season. This year the Columbia Room, Washington, D.C.’s award-winning cocktail bar in Blagden Alley, offers holiday gift sets ideal for the home mixologist in your life.

Give the gift of cocktails with a choice between an Old Fashioned, Martini or Amero kit complete with the necessary ingredients and tools, as well as a recipe card with detailed directions. Each kit includes the following:

• Old Fashioned ($100) – 750ml bottle Old Overholt Bottle in Bond Rye Whiskey, rich simple syrup, aromatic bitters, lemon, signed copy of Spirits, Sugar, Water, Bitters: How the Cocktail Conquered the World by Columbia Room owner Derek Brown, and recipe card
• Martini ($100) – 750ml bottle Plymouth Gin, Dolin Dry Vermouth, orange bitters, lemon, bar spoon, julep strainer, jigger, and recipe card
• Amero ($100) – 750ml bottle Del Maguey Vida Mezcal, 10oz bottle reposado tequila, 10oz bottle chai maple, 1oz bottle of Amero cocktail bitters, coptias (clay mezcal tasting cups), and recipe card

Gift sets are now available for pick up or local delivery on Tock, under “The Gift of Columbia Room”. And for those who prefer to have their cocktails made for them, the Columbia Room also offers gift cards, available for purchase online.”