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longship

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30. You never, ever shake a martini

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Fri Jan 6, 2017, 04:09 PM

Jan 2017

And BTW, Martinis are made with gin, not vodka or (shudder) rye.

The recipe is very simple. (Per serving):

2 oz gin.
1 oz dry vermouth (good Italian please.)
Dash of Angostura bitters. (Absolutely essential!)

Pour over pitcher of ice. Stir. (If you shake it, you're fucking doing it wrong! You don't want air in it. A martini should be absolutely clear and served at near 0F.)

Stain into chilled martini glass.

Garnish with olive(s).

Serve immediately!

A dirty martini includes a dash of olive juice from the jar of olives.

Oh, most importantly. The colder the better. I keep my ice cubes at 0F, along with my gin. The vermouth is kept in the fridge, at 32F.

As to not adding vermouth... Martinis have dry vermouth. No vermouth? Might as well just drink the gin right out of the fucking bottle. Whatever you do don't call that a martini. (Sorry, Sir Winston.)

Happy happy to y'all.

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Trump DC Hotel Will Make Martinis Great Again, If By Great You Mean Disgusting [View all] niyad Jan 2017 OP

I can buy a couple bottles of hooch and make 20 of my own for that amount. appleannie1943 Jan 2017 #1

apart from the ridiculous prices, those glasses (which are NOT proper martini glasses) are just UGLY niyad Jan 2017 #3

The glasses look like they're sporting some kind of bondage get-up. nt Tanuki Jan 2017 #5

They are reminiscent of temporary fencing, to me (just painted black): demmiblue Jan 2017 #24

That's the worst sin Nevernose Jan 2017 #8

even when a friend and I visited the bellagio, the drink prices (while high) were not insane. niyad Jan 2017 #11

Those are not martinis: demmiblue Jan 2017 #13

the glasses are still ugly, regardless of what is being served in them. for that money, I want niyad Jan 2017 #16

I don't dispute that, they are ugly... just setting the record straight. n/t demmiblue Jan 2017 #18

thank you. I thought that was a lot of junk for a martini. niyad Jan 2017 #21

Those CAN'T be martinis LisaM Jan 2017 #27

I think they are the same glasses my grandma got from a Bettie Jan 2017 #29

Wine in a spoon????? And for that kind of money you better get to keep the crystal spoon. Vinca Jan 2017 #2

yes, I don't understand that one, either. one sip of wine? reallllly? niyad Jan 2017 #4

Not a wine connoisseur but I'd never heard of that either underpants Jan 2017 #23

Martinis have been disgusting for years. TygrBright Jan 2017 #6

well, there is a chocola-tini. niyad Jan 2017 #10

There ya go. More proof. TygrBright Jan 2017 #17

I do like brandy alexanders on occasion. niyad Jan 2017 #20

Agree about its being gin unless specified. LisaM Jan 2017 #28

Martinis do not have Vodka in them! Gin and Dry Vermouth. haele Jan 2017 #7

I'm so glad someone else does Black Books references! Daemonaquila Jan 2017 #9

Why mix anything with Laphroaig (much less rum, lime juice and honey). That's criminal. MgtPA Jan 2017 #12

you are quite correct. niyad Jan 2017 #15

Oh my! MgtPA Jan 2017 #19

That was the one that got me as well Retrograde Jan 2017 #32

A bottle of Finlandia is under $20 shenmue Jan 2017 #14

You mean there's not a "Trump Special"? Buns_of_Fire Jan 2017 #22

You all don't understand conspicuous HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2017 #25

Exactly... radical noodle Jan 2017 #26

You never, ever shake a martini longship Jan 2017 #30

Now THIS is a martini octoberlib Jan 2017 #31