In light of the coronavirus pandemic, two distilleries in D.C., Republic Restoratives and Cotton & Reed, both came to the same realization: Sanitizer was sold out everywhere, and they both had a ...

Tierney Plumb is an editor of Eater’s Northeast region, covering D.C., Boston, Philly, and New York. Veteran D.C. bartender Lukas B. Smith has a big new gig: beverage director at &pizza. His first big ...

In early April, as the coronavirus pandemic transformed business operations across the city, Jordan Cotton opened a pick-up window at Cotton & Reed, the rum distillery he co-owns in Union Market. One ...

Lukas B. Smith, who has worked at bars across the city, is known for tinkering with the bitters, syrups and liqueurs that go into his cocktails. Now’s your first chance to take one of his concoctions ...

At 4 p.m. on a Sunday, Lukas B. Smith is making the rounds at Union Market. He stops by Buffalo & Bergen for a knish, and then it’s off to Peregrine Espresso for a doppio espresso. The barista hands ...

Cotton & Reed‘s Union Market-area rum distillery is still under construction, and they’re not producing any spirits quite yet. But that doesn’t mean they can’t approximate the recipe for their spiced ...

Come early 2016, D.C.’s newest distillery—<a href="http://www.cottonandreed.com/home/">Cotton &amp; Reed</a>—will hold a few unique distinctions. It will become ...

Cotton & Reed. 1330 5th St., NE. Over the weekend, someone posted a photo on Reddit of a blue door surrounded by beat-up white brick with the caption “Have you been to this speakeasy.” A commenter ...

Cotton & Reed is one of many distilleries using their alcohol to make hand sanitizer to help ease serious shortages during the coronavirus outbreak. Have you searched for hand sanitizer at pharmacies, ...