DOTD For Thursday, October 9, 2025

A Drink For Things That Are Shut Down!

Oct 09, 2025

∙ Paid

Today’s DOTD - Drink Of The Day - is a Shutdown Cider Cocktail inspired by the Trump/Republican shutdown, which doesn’t look like it’s going to end any time soon.

While some media outlets that cover DC are taking this as an opportunity to talk about food & drink specials, or discounted theater & museum tickets, the fact is, millions of government workers live like you & I do, paycheck to paycheck.

So we’ve got a simple drink today, that works as a full strength cocktail, or a “virgin”version - and uses things you might already have in your house.

Ingredients

Here’s what you’re going to need for this drink:

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