Gin
My current favorite gin is a tie between CapRock Organic Dry (Colorado, http://www.peakspirits.com/index.php) and Green Hat (DC, http://greenhatgin.com/). Those have somewhat limited distribution - more broadly, The Botanist or Damrak are fine and juniper-forward. In the easy-to-find category, Bombay Sapphire and Tanqueray are solid, Plymouth is smooth and well-regarded.
Back in the DC region, there is also Catoctin Creek (Virginia, http://catoctincreekdistilling.com/), which is a bit "wetter" and amazingly botanical.