What's the correct way to make a martini?
>>22044922Gin.
However you prefer it.
i dunno about correct, but i like mine with gin and green olive. not sure what vermouth is, but i assume it's in there
>>22044922served in a glass that's easy to spill
Vodka, extra dirty, bruised, blue cheese olives
martinis are like boobs, you need three of them like that alien in Total Recall
Hendrick's sweet martini, three to one with a twist.I have to REALLY be in the mood for it though.
>>22044922With blue cheese stuffed olives
>>22044922A real martini is just sipping gin from the bottle.
>>22044922However you like it. Me, personally? I like having some actual fucking vermouth in it, and not that cute "Glance at the bottle" or "put a thimble of it in". I aim for 2 to 1 or even 1 to 1 with my gin. In fact, I usually do the later simply cause it takes less thinking and a few martinis in, I ain't doing much of it.And, I like it dirty. Filthier than a paris hooker. Lots of olive brine. Keep a jar of just the brine, just for this. Also throw in a few olives to chew on once the glass is dry
>>22045109this but less intense. extra dirty double
>>22045126I like your style
>>22045109>I like having some actual fucking vermouth in it, and not that cute "Glance at the bottle" or "put a thimble of it in".Respeck knuckles on this. Although I only like my vodka martinis dirty, I don't care for gin and olive together.
>>22044922Tossed, not twirled
>>22044922is martini the most bastardized drink of all time?how did we get from "harmoneous blend of gin and vermouth" to "just vodka in a big glass"
>>22045617>is martini the most bastardized drink of all time?No, that's the zombie or Mai Tai with recipes that are basically just Bacardi, pineapple juice and artficial grenadine.
>>22044972Vermouth is a fortified white wine.A fortified wine is basically wine mixed with a spirit (sometimes brandy sometimes a neutral grape spirit)
>>22044922Like following a recipe?There's not really a standard recipe, and there are several accepted variations within the standard gin-vermouth-orangebitters framework.I like most of my martini-esque drinks to be 2-1-2. double of spirits, single of vermouth/amaro/etc., 2 dashes bitters, with an expressed twist of citrus - usually lemon for vermouths.Again, not "correct", as this might as well be a beans in chili thread, but my go to is: - 60mL Hendricks, Roku, or Ungava- 30mL Dolin dry or 15mL each Dolin dry and blanc (or Lillet Blanc)- 2 dashes orange bittersStirred with cracked ice until the shaker's freezing cold and strained into a suitable wide-mouthed glass (coupe, martini)- twist of lemon, squeezed into the drink and rubbed around the rim.
>>22044922I think it's an atrocious drink unless you drink it very dirty. I've had some real fancy gins in my time but by itself I cant say I enjoy the usual high gin-to-vermouth splits and increasing the vermouth amount doesnt result in a particularly interesting drink either.Dirty I do fancy it, but I do add a lot of brine. I've never had blue cheese filled plives with it, will give it a go.
>>22045840i love both blue cheese and olives, but i bought a jar and the blue cheese wasn't really detectable except for being slimy. maybe if they were stuffed into the olive right before so they retain texture and maybe more pungent
>>22044922Shaken, not stirred.
Correct, see:>>22044931Personally:Two shots of vodka with a lemon twist. Neat. Chase it with water. I then eat a jar of olives.A polite sage for not contributing greatly to the thread.
the martini has changed enough over the years it's entirely up to you to decide and virtually everyone will have different preferences. which also makes it a terrible drink to order at a bar unless you know and like their version, know your exact preferences and can let the bartender know, or just want a glass of vodka but want to pretend its something more.personally I like a pretty wet martini of 1:2 or 1:3 dry vermouth to gin. though sometimes I mix it up with a vodka martini with the same ratios
>>220449224 and 1, ice, stirred, 1/4 olive juice, two olives frozen in a frosty rocks glass.
>>22044922Back in the bartending days, it fucking cracked me up when people ordered a vodka martini, no vermouth. That's not a martini, retard. It's just shaken (or stirred) cold vodka. Gin, vermouth, an olive or two, and maybe a bit of olive brine. That's a martini.
>>22044922https://web.archive.org/web/20190318160729/http://www.coudal.com/perfect.php
