Rob Joynes — that’s right, THE Rob Joynes of the band Rob Joynes — was behind the bar at Vermillion. While you can usually find him on a stage somewhere, rocking off faces, he occasionally cracks Rainiers for Seattle’s finest art aficionados. On this visit, he made CHS a Boy George, a classic off the menu from craftsman Brian Clayton. This cocktail includes a little Hendricks, St. Elder liqueur, Ruby Red grapefruit juice, and bitters — a nice concoction of sweet and sour, perfect for a cloudy March day.
I drank this on Capitol Hill is a semiregular photographic tour of some of Capitol HIll’s best cocktails and libations. Have a suggestion for something we should drink? Let us know in comments.