Friday Question of the Day – Favorite Winter Drink
21 January 2010 9:45 PM | By Prince Of Petworth in Friday Question of the Day
Irish Coffee, originally uploaded by Carlos Porto.
Back in July we had a great discussion about some of your favorite summer drinks. Given the foul weather tonight it got me thinking about what were your favorite winter drinks? Last winter, Robyn suggested a few places to get hot drinks around town. I’m curious about what are your favorites to make at home. Is there anything better than a classic Irish coffee?
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21 January 2010 9:49 PM | Dittle Said:
Good Irish Coffee.
21 January 2010 9:54 PM | MK Said:
Hot buttered rum.
21 January 2010 10:19 PM | Martin Said:
Here is a good one from Poland called Krupnik:
Takes some effort though. Vodka can be substituted with grain alcohol
1-1/2 cup honey
2/3 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
8 sticks cinnamon
2 whole cloves
3 strips lemon peel
1 bottle vodka
Combine honey with the water, vanilla, spices and the lemon peel in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil cover, and simmer for about 5 min. Add vodka, remove from the heat serve hot or cold.
21 January 2010 10:27 PM | Gil Said:
Hands down…Mexican Hot Cocoa
21 January 2010 10:31 PM | Wammo Said:
My mom makes a nice one that goes well at the end of the evening on a night like this. It goes like this…
coffee
baileys
wild turkey (101 proof)
grand marnier
poof of whipped cream
in a snifter that has been swiped with lemon and then rimmed in sugar/cinnamon
yummy, gonna make one now….
Iced vodka works for me too! na zdrowie!
22 January 2010 9:18 AM | Mal Said:
na zdrowie! that’s polish, right? sounds very close to the russian cheers (I don’t know how to phoenetically spell that one though, I’m not fluent!)
22 January 2010 9:52 AM | wammo Said:
I think it might be polish, that was my hope!
22 January 2010 12:01 AM | Bella Said:
Mexican Coffee:
1 jigger Tia Maria
1 jigger Myers Dark Rum
coffee
just a dribble of half & half
yum.
22 January 2010 12:02 AM | MPinDC Said:
Hot chocolate made from real chocolate with steamed milk and a grind of fresh cinnamon.
22 January 2010 7:47 AM | Anonymous Said:
no booze? boooooooo
22 January 2010 2:39 AM | fuego Said:
An ice cold mango mimosa in a very hot room (after warming up from the f#$% cold outside). in underwear, reading a book by the space heater.
22 January 2010 8:01 AM | Mike W. Said:
I am the mayor of Manhattanville as soon as fall rolls around, and until the buds start to sprout in spring.
22 January 2010 9:06 AM | springroadintoaction Said:
The Hot Toddy is pretty awesome, but I have to go with wassail.
22 January 2010 9:20 AM | Ragged Dog Said:
Kahlua and Cream
22 January 2010 9:38 AM | Kyle Butler Said:
Good bourbon, neat.
22 January 2010 9:59 AM | Joe Said:
Nice! My vote is a hot toddy with single malt, but nothing fancy.
22 January 2010 9:41 AM | Mal Said:
Hot apple cider and I think there’s rum in it… Red wine always warms me up as well, and a jack and diet is quite satisfactory in the winter. Especially if a lot is consumed.
22 January 2010 10:12 AM | Quetzal Said:
Hot apple cider with a couple of shots of calvados.
22 January 2010 10:32 AM | AA Said:
I love a cider with booze in it. I absolutely have to disagree on the hot buttered rum… I ordered one this weekend at Poste and it was horrific. Melted butter and hot rum, that’s it… pretty disgusting.
22 January 2010 10:38 AM | IntangibleArts Said:
Bowmore cask-strength, neat.
wash, rinse, repeat.
22 January 2010 10:50 AM | Kyle Butler Said:
+100
22 January 2010 3:16 PM | rg Said:
win!
22 January 2010 10:44 AM | Emmaleigh504 Said:
Hot chocolate or cafe au lait. For my boozey drink I vote Manhattan.
22 January 2010 10:45 AM | Doug in DC Said:
Butterscotch, which is like hot buttered rum, but with scotch instead. Also, you can’t beat B&B (Benedictine & Brandy) straight up when you’ve just come in from the cold.
22 January 2010 3:43 PM | Lady Said:
B&B…Its Dyn-a-mite!!!
22 January 2010 10:46 AM | Jigger Please Said:
Manhattans rule in the winter. But they’re almost as awesome in the summertime.
22 January 2010 11:09 AM | Emmaleigh504 Said:
I agree completely.
22 January 2010 11:26 AM | andy Said:
homemade eggnog with actual eggs, rum, whisky, whipping cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc.
22 January 2010 11:49 AM | GC/DC Said:
Hot Toddy … they make a killer one at Tryst. Had a few last night.
22 January 2010 12:49 PM | dcdude Said:
Canelazo. Hot citrus juice (orange and lime) with brown sugar, cinammon, and cloves. Add a ton of aguarediente and you’re in business. Tastes like Christmas in South America.
22 January 2010 1:33 PM | Patrick Said:
I love the Nutella hot chocolate they serve at Crepes-A-Go-Go on P Street.
22 January 2010 1:48 PM | Victoria Said:
Best winter drink is the one I cannot remember!
Was working in St. Moritz Switz.for winter in ‘84 and a couple of the on-slope places had this amazing drink – coffee, several kinds of schnapps, lots of spices, some orange & maybe lemon slices, sugar. It was served in a unique carved wooden bowl with spouts. You would order it for 2,3 or 4 people and your bowl would have 4,6 or 8 spouts, so each person had a spout to drink out of and would put their thumbs over the other two spouts while drinking.
Damn – googling got me nowhere with this – anybody know what it might be? I do know it was the perfect ski drink – perfect combo of caffine, alcohol and sugar. I may have skied to Austria. . .
22 January 2010 3:21 PM | rg Said:
laphroig, served in a glass.
Preferably by a scantilly clad woman in her 20s who is working her way through college to be a “people doctor” (actually heard this from someone calling herself Xena) or librarian or whatever the line is.
/sexist: I’ll go check my motives.
23 January 2010 7:13 PM | tattletale Said:
coffee with Bailey’s for sure.