Tweaked Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Didn't see a thread going for these guys yet. The City Paper is reporting that their first offering -- Green Hat Gin-- should be ready for release in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dedrick Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Apparently you can now purchase the Green Hat Gin either at the distillery or at Schneider's on Capitol Hill. Maybe other stores as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercarrjones Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 They are really nice guys and gave me a quick tour of their distillery. They are definitely still trying to improve their product which is a bit expensive at $36, but in line with the costs of a very handmade gin (batch number stamped by hand). Batch 1 is already pretty tasty. It definitely has a sweetness from the all-wheat recipe and it's not overwhelmingly juniper-y. Some citrus- mostly in the nose. I think a really great martinez can be made from this as it has more similarities to Old Tom than London Dry gin. As the "green hat" references prohibition era and pre-prohibition era gin, this makes some sense. It's nice to see a distillery in DC and one doing their own thing (not buying wholesale liquor and flavoring/aging it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dedrick Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Agree with you on batch #1, which I purchased last week at Schneider's, it is tasty. We tasted it next to Plymouth, which was the other non-Old Tom gin I had on hand, and it was definitely sweeter, and I think with more citrus. Glad to see them here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 More about New Columbia Distillers and Green Hat Gin from the Washington Post today: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/value-added-ending-a-career-with-a-slow-gin-biz/2013/02/10/cd6823c2-721f-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 Team Etto (Peter Pastan and Kat Hamidi) and Team New Columbia Distillers are joining forces to produce Capitoline Vermouth. Sounds like it will be a larger distribution of the Vermouth that Etto produces in-house. Projected release Summer 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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