Upload Your Wisdom Photos
Share your good times at Wisdom on the Gintender! We’ve started a Flickr group that is really easy to use. Simply sign in (or register if you don’t have a Flickr account) and upload your Wisdom photos to our Flickr page. The photos should appear on our Flickr feed within 24 hours. Don’t be shy! [...]
Holiday Parties With The Gintender
The Gintender is, for a limited time only, opening up the bars to host holiday parties throughout the season. Wisdom, Fruit Bat and Church & State are great venues to hold an office Christmas party or holiday get together. You can rent out the entire bar for a few hours, a night, or just [...]
Wisdom Invades Bluecoat
It has taken far too long, but we are finally getting up our video and photos from Wisdom’s Bluecoat distillery tour! A very special thanks to everyone at Philadelphia Distilling and, of course, Erik (the Gintender) for organizing such an awesome trip. Also thanks to the brilliant Scott Stead for putting this video together. Enjoy! [...]
Happy Birthday to Wisdom!
It’s hard to believe, but the “little cocktail joint that could” is turning 3! Tomorrow, Wednesday Oct. 19th , come celebrate with the Wisdom crew and enjoy specials all night long. Get 15% off your entire tab plus 30% off the first and last hours (6-7 pm and 11 pm- 12am). And if that’s not [...]
Free Bluecoat Gin Tasting and Tour
Don’t miss your chance to tour one of the finest gin distilleries in America! Come hang out with the Wisdom staff and crew this Sunday (September 25th) as they tour and drink gin at the Bluecoat distillery in the city that’s always sunny (Philadelphia). The best part? It’s 100% [...]
H Street Festival
Come check out the Fruit Bat and Church & State on Saturday, September 17 during the H Street Festival! The Bat opens at noon sharp. There will be South American specials on an outdoor GRILL under our tent at the Bat!! Beer Specials will abound and we will be serving up a ridiculous WHITE BAT SANGRIA by [...]
H Street Chalk Walk
This Saturday, H Street Main Street and CHAMPS (Capitol Hill’s Chamber of Commerce) are presenting the first ever Chalk Walk on H Street NE…and guess who is participating! That’s right, Fruit Bat and Church and State are both participants this time around. Stop by and check out local artists creations while enjoying a premium concoction! For [...]
Private Mixology Classes and Cocktail Tastings
Learn the basics of a well-stocked home bar! Wisdom is now offering private Mixology classes. These classes are great for the novice and intermediate home Mixologist. You’ll learn everything you need to know from how to use the proper, basic bar utensils to which staple liquors and liqueurs are necessary for home bar tending. [...]
Blind Beer Tasting
Think you know your beer? PROVE IT! Stop by Wisdom August 16, 17, and 18 for a blind beer tasting during D.C. Beer Week. The winner of this noble contest will receive a $40 Wisdom tab…not to mention beer tasting glory. Afterwards, enjoy the epic motion picture Beerfest on the blueray projector. Only $25 a [...]
Wealthy Missionary Makes Cocktail of the Month
The Wealthy Missionary, one of Wisdom’s most popular libations, mingles peach and ginger with just a hint of tea leaf bitterness. Check out Kelly A. Magyarics’ take on this great summer cocktail in the Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
Yelp’s Loungin’ Wisdom Shout Out
Yelp gave Wisdom’s “Pears of Wisdom” a shout out this week. The Pears of Wisdom cocktail at Wisdom was the highlight of Ruth C‘s visit: A slice of Anjou pear, Belle de Brillet, Absolut pear and Elderflower – “it single-handedly convinced me that I must try their other concoctions.” Check out the full article here.
WE’RE HIRING!!!
ATTENTION ALL D.C. MIXOLOGISTS!!!! Wisdom and Church & State are looking for new bartenders to become a part of our family. The requirements are simple. You must have past bartending experience. You must have (or be willing to get) your ABC liquor license. Applicants should be good with people. Assholes generally don’t make very good [...]
WaPo’s latest review of Church & State
Church & State recently garnered another review by the Washington Post’s Fritz Hahn. Check it out in the Going out Guide section of the Post’s website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/bars-clubs/church-and-state,1180472/critic-review.html **Special thanks to Fritz Hahn for writing such a great review and for having a true appreciation for genuine American cocktails. **
Home Bar Basics Classes
Learn the basics of a well-stocked home bar! These classes are great for the novice and intermediate home mixologist. You’ll learn everything you need to know from how to use the proper, basic bar utensils to which staple liquors and liqueurs are necessary for home bar tending. Sign up for classes at Wisdom or [...]
Lucid Absinthe Tasting at Wisdom — April 13
Great news for all you absinthe lovers out there. Wisdom will play host to a Lucid tasting and mixology class on Wednesday, April 13. Whether you are an absinthe connoisseur or just looking to try it for the first time, this will be a great place to learn and experiment. After over 95 years of [...]
Catoctin Creek Tasting. Success!
It was an evening filled with fun, food, people and prizes. Josh was slinging drinks like a mad man and lighting citrus peels on fire – he knows all the tricks. All in all everyone had a fabulous time…and we have photos to prove it. A special thanks to Smorgie for both their support and [...]
Upcoming Mixology Classes
Church & State Classes (All classes start at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Limited to to 5 people per class) See our new event calendar on the right for all the dates and classes at a glance. Manhattan Class – April 5, 2011: SOLD OUT Manhattan Class – April 12, 2011: SOLD OUT Manhattan Class [...]
Help the Bat Support Local Artists
The Fruit Bat will participate in a H Street Art Walk and Dine Around on February 24th. The event, ARTventures on H, is the brain child of CHAMPS– Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce– and H Street Main Street. Here’s how it works: From 5:30-8pm, enjoy local art galleries open along the H street corridor. With [...]
Triple C Event at Church&State (March 1)
The latest edition to the Wisdom/Fruit Bat family is gearing up for its first ever event. Holding true to its all-American roots, Church & State will play host to a Catoctin Creek Cocktail tasting (thus the Triple C). Catoctin Creek, a small batch organic spirits distillery in Loudoun County, Virginia, will graciously supply three [...]
Drinking can save a Life
A friend of the GINtender is an aspiring animal trainer. He came across this pup at a shelter and is trying to raise enough money for her surgery. She was hit by a car and needs $6000 worth of surgery. A local vet is offering to do it for $2500, but her family couldn’t afford [...]
An Intro to Collins/Rickeys
Join the GINtender tonight at Wisdom as he divulges a few sexy insights in his latest Mixology class : An intro to Collins/Rickeys. For only $30, you can learn from one of the best and get hands-on mixing experience. Class starts at 6:30 and is limited to twelve people to ensure that all questions get [...]
Bourbon Tasting Tonight at WISDOM
Wisdom Bourbon Tasting (Jan 18th at 7:30 p.m.) COST: $40 Expert Mike Gross will walk us through and enlighten us on AMERICA’S SPIRIT Featured Bourbons: RESERVE NOW
Church and State Soft Opening
The Church and State, the newest edition to the Wisdom, Fruit Bat family, will open later this month. If you would like to be invited to the soft opening, subscribe to the GINtender by pressing the “subscribe” button on the right-hand side of the page. Once an opening date has been set, we will be [...]
