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“When it comes to gin, I like a Dirty Martini for two reasons,” says Daniel Rivas, general manager of restaurants at Hotel SLO in San Luis Obispo, California. “First, the olive brine ...
Robert Simonson's Martini. Ingredients: 2 ¼ ounces Hayman's London Dry Gin ¾ ounce Dolin dry vermouth 2 dashes Regan orange bitters Lemon twist for garnish
A classic martini recipe is simple enough: shake up some ice, vodka or gin and vermouth; stir; strain; pop on an olive. Here are some other classic cocktail recipes you should learn how to make.
A wet martini contains more vermouth; a 50-50 martini uses equal amounts of gin and vermouth. An upside-down or reverse martini has more vermouth than gin. [23] A dirty martini contains a splash of olive brine or olive juice and is typically garnished with an olive. [24] An extra dirty martini typically contains twice the amount of olive brine ...
Dry Martini Made with gin and white vermouth, and garnished with an olive or a lemon twist. Gin fizz Made with gin, lemon juice, and sugar, which are shaken with ice, poured into a tumbler and topped with carbonated water. [11] Hanky panky Made with gin, sweet vermouth, and Fernet-Branca. John Collins
A recipe for the cocktail was included in Harry Craddock's The Savoy Cocktail Book. [1] In a cocktail shaker over ice pour: 1 ⁄ 2 (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz) Italian vermouth; 1 ⁄ 2 (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz) dry gin; 2 dashes Fernet-Branca; Stir Strain into a (4 oz.) cocktail glass. Garnish by squeezing an orange peel over the top.
In the early 20th century, the "very-dry" martini became very-popular: Ice cold gin or vodka, garnished with a lemon twist, or an olive, or an onion, but only a little vermouth (or maybe not even ...
The drink was popularised by author Ian Fleming (1908–1964) in his 1953 novel Casino Royale, in which the character James Bond invents the recipe and names the cocktail. Fleming's Bond calls it a "special martini", and though it lacks the vermouth that defined a martini in Fleming's day, it is sometimes called a Vesper martini.