12 Super Spring Cocktails (and Mocktails!) to Sip Around DC

Lastly, the District is defrosting—and the drinks are solely getting cooler. Listed here are 12 cocktails and mocktails that channel the springtime season.

Spiked for Spring 

Frosted Ideas at Silver Lyan
900 F St., NW
The Riggs Lodge cocktail bar is among the many greatest on the town. Frosted Ideas is a enjoyable slushie made with Hendrick’s gin and frozen white grape juice. In addition they combine in honeydew sherbet and aloe soju. To prime off the cocktail, which they wish to name a “occasion starter,” there’s crimson lingonberry “stardust.” ($17)

V&T.O at L’Annexe
2917 M St., NW
Georgetown’s French-inspired cocktail bar serves a tasty, low-alcohol riff on a gin-and-tonic: the V&T, a vermouth-and-tonic.  The spring model stars Japanese candy vermouth that’s infused with butterfly pea flower tea, aloe vera, Earl Gray tea, lemon, and tonic ($18).

Mezcal at 600T
600 T St., NW
The comfy Shaw cocktail bar serves a springtime drink good for mezcal lovers. Bartenders begin with a base of Bozal mezcal, constituted of agave harvested and roasted within the Mexican hillsides. Then, a mix of passionfruit juice, carrots, sage, and citrus offers the drink a contemporary, earthy style. For added spice, they prime it off with ancho chili powder ($18).

Matcha Backyard at Makers Union Pub
1811 Library St., Reston
Cherry blossom season means numerous Japanese flavors round DC. Japanese matcha tea offers this gin cocktail a beautiful inexperienced hue, whereas honey-ginger syrup, lemon, and orgeat present a frothy tartness. Topped with pink flower petals, this cocktail seems to be and tastes like sipping on a lush backyard ($16).

Hana-Yori-Dango at Ciel Social Membership
601 Ok St., NW
Ciel makes florals for spring, actually, groundbreaking! This cocktail, featured on their seasonal cherry blossom menu, boasts a base of Roku Japanese gin combined with a cherry blossom aperitivo. For a botanical contact, they add lychee and rose tea. Blended with lemon, soda, and raspberry foam, this drink is gentle, candy, and ideal for springtime ($20).

Backyard of Dwell Flowers at Allegory
1201 Ok St., NW
Allegory bartenders say this cocktail tastes like  “a Mai Tai was grown in a backyard.” Two spirits (rum and gin) are blended with fragrant bitter bianco natural liquor, plus extra earthy flavors from snap peas, cardamom, black pepper, coconut, and lemon ($18).

Lavender Fields at Fig and Olive
934 Palmer Alley, NW
The Mediterranean restaurant’s purple cocktail is Insta-worthy for spring. 1908 Empress Gin—which is darkish purple because of butterfly pea flower—is combined with lemon juice, elderflower liquor, rosemary syrup, and aquafaba chickpea water ($18).

The Bee Vol. 4 – Residents DC
1306 18 St., NW
Not solely does the Dupont spot have a reasonably patio adorned with spring flowers, they’ve a menu stuffed with drinks to match the blooms. Attempt a riff on the Bee’s Knees on this honey-filled mead cocktail whose components embody beeswax, uncooked honey, and bee pollen ($17).

Seasonal and Sober

Awakening at Allegory
1201 Ok St., NW
The Eaton resort’s cocktail bar concocts a bunch of inventive spirit-free cocktails, equivalent to a Filipino-inspired clarified ube milk tea with coconut, pineapple rind, and yuzu juice. Plus, it’s a reasonably purple ($13).

Citrine at Binge Bar
506 H St., NE
DC’s first solely non-alcohol bar creates a wide range of spirit-free seaosnal drinks. The Citrine cocktail, out there via April, is glowing gold, made with botanical “spirits,” grapefruit juice, and peach mango seltzer ($12).

Peacock at Boqueria
777 9 St., NW; 1837 M St., NW
Seedlip Backyard, an alcohol-free spirit constituted of rosemary, thyme, spearmint, and different herbs, is the bottom for this drink. It’s topped with butterfly pea tea for colour, plus lime, ginger beer, honey, and garnished with rosemary ($12).

Lavender Lemonade Mocktail at City Roast DC
916 G St., NW
The atmospheric Penn Quarter bat is decked out for spring, with partitions and ceilings coated in synthetic flowers. This purple cocktail is designed to match with lavender syrup, bitter combine, and a garnish of flowers ($9).