Thread: Martinis

beefeaters stirred in ice and strained into a glass that has been swirled with a dry vermouth.. 3 olives.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I'm preferring Gin to Vodka lately but the Vesper works for me.
Anyone tried Cointreau rather than Lillet ?

Haven't tried that. Good?

No appletinis or any of that crap, just English Gin (Tanqueray, Boodles, Beefeater's) and Martini and Rossi Dry Vermouth, with a twist of lime. Those little 750 ml bottles just don't last very well, I have taken a liking to the 1.75 litre size lately.

Originally Posted by Bill S

Haven't tried that. Good?

Not yet. Have to finish the Bardinet Triple Sec first which is a bit too sweet for my liking.. I was too cheap to spring for the Cointreau
Won't take long

My wife and her girlfriends all think that fruit juice somehow belongs in a Martini - gack!

I like any good vodka or gin Martini, dry, and with and olive. Sometimes I stuff the olive with a good English Stilton. Very nice.

Yep, Ice cold, Stolichnaya or Absolut vodka, Martini and lemon. Definately the way to do things..!

Vodka, Vermouth and blue cheese stuffed olives(it is important to eat when you drink) make me a happy man.

Originally Posted by richmondesi

I'm the old fashioned fart that says it has to have gin to be a martini, but that's neither here nor there

I disagree!!! If you can change the name from Martini to Gibson by merely changing the garnish, when you change a main component of the drink - gin to vodka - the name of the beverage also needs to be changed - to something like... swill.

I ordered a Martini, dry, once and got a vodka beverage. In asking the server about this I was told that if I wanted gin I should have asked for it. Oh no, said I; a Martini is made with gin and gin only, well gin and a dash of dry Vermouth. Oh yes, said she, everybody prefers vodka, didn't I know that? Oh no, said I; those tasteless children know naught of what they ordered.

And so it went.

I'm not a big drinker, but I'm thinking about martinis as the weather warms up.

Recently discovered Distiller's Gin No. 11 from North Shore Distillery. This, camarados, is gin. I generally make martinis quite dry and simple, about 7 or 8 to 1 gin to vermouth (well, of course, as has been remarked, if it's got any other frou-frou stuff in it, whatever else it may be it ain't a martini), with an olive. But I'm thinking the next time I need vermouth (both sweet and dry last a long time at our house), I'm going to upgrade, and then I'll try more traditional proportions.

~Rich

Originally Posted by Bruce

I ordered a Martini, dry, once and got a vodka beverage. In asking the server about this I was told that if I wanted gin I should have asked for it. Oh no, said I; a Martini is made with gin and gin only, well gin and a dash of dry Vermouth. Oh yes, said she, everybody prefers vodka, didn't I know that? Oh no, said I; those tasteless children know naught of what they ordered.

Too true. But I had an experience of the opposite kind last December at my job's holiday party: I ordered a Manhattan and the young woman tending the bar asked me if I wanted bourbon or rye. I chose bourbon, as I usually do, but was pleased to know the old original hasn't been completely forgotten.

~Rich