The U Street restaurant finally rolls out its own booze, including a rum inspired by a colonial-era method and a Checkerbark American dry-style gin.

Vodka has one important advantage: it’s flavorless, which allows other ingredients to shine through.

Nobody really knows why the Bloody Mary exists, other than to trick people who prefer alcohol into drinking tomato juice. But here are seven Bloody Marys around town worth a quaff.

Lots of people need to get rid of their beverages before passing through airport security. Sometimes its coffee, soda or water. Other times its a big bottle of vodka.

Alcoholic beverage regulators in Idaho appear to have been cowed by George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, who threatened to sue unless it overturned a decision to ban a vodka whose name references polygamy.

A law professor at George Washington University is taking on one of the most important cases of our time: Helping a new vodka brand overturn an uptight decision by alcoholic beverage regulators in Idaho.

In early 2011, Three Olives released “Dude” vodka, which is supposed to taste like Mountain Dew. A little bit of research revealed that one place you can sample Dude in D.C. is American Ice Company.

If you’ve yet to read this hilarious trend story from the Awl about a phenomenon called “Icing Your Bro” — a thing at least a handful of people across the country are doing that involves forcing a friend to get down on one knee and down a Smirnoff Ice as fast as they can — do take a look.The rules are simple: hand a Smirnoff Ice (the warmer/more disgusting the flavor, the better) to a…